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<strong>Gutless Ipswich Town can now concentrate on relegation after being embarrassingly dumped out of the FA Cup by non-league Lincoln City.</strong>

Mick McCarthy's team were spineless and could not string two passes together all night, allowing an overweight Lincoln bloke with a comb-over to bully and outplay them on the pitch.


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The shocking 1-0 defeat - widely predicted by this newspaper - means Ipswich can now concentrate on getting relegated from the Championship for the first time in their record-breaking 15-year stay.

Last weekend's shock win against Blackburn put an unlikely ten points between Ipswich and the drop zone - but now the distraction of the Cup is over, that gap will soon close.

A member of McCarthy's backroom staff said: "Mick hates the Cup - it gets in the way of insipid League performances inspired by the manager being unable to motivate the team. Now we can concentrate properly on our relegation battle."

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Fans are furious. One said: "We played 5-3-2 against a non-league team, and two of the midfielders were defensive, meaning 7 of our 10 outfield players would not recognise an attacking move if it slapped them in the face.

"We have now lost in the 3rd round every year since 2010 - so at least we're showing some consistency."

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