ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP Ipswich 1 Swansea 1: ROY KEANE insists it is far from "doom and gloom" at bottom-of-the-table Ipswich despite being held to a 1-1 draw at home to Swansea.

Town are still without a win in 12 English Championship games and fell behind inside seven minutes when Craig Beattie latched on to Angel Rangel’s long ball to drill home Swansea’s goal.

However, Pablo Counago – who rejected a summer move to Swansea – got the equaliser eight minutes later following some neat assistance from Jaime Peters.

Ipswich boss Keane said: “We’re making progress and this gives us something to build on.

“It’s certainly not doom and gloom.

“The players are training well and I can’t fault them, but we just can’t seem to put the ball in the back of the net. We had good chances in the second half and should have won the game.

“It wasn’t ideal to concede another early goal. I’m not sure if the boy was offside but you have to deal with setbacks in a game.

“You haven’t got a divine right to score first. Swansea keep the ball well. They have got good players, but we had the better chances and I don’t think we looked like a side at the bottom of the table.”

Eyebrows were raised before the game when Keane handed new loan goalkeeper Asmir Begovic his debut and left usual number one Richard Wright out of his 18.

“It’s my job to make decisions and I like to surprise people sometimes,” said the Corkman.

“It’s good for players to recharge their batteries and chill out for one or two days.

“But I know Richard and I know his reaction to being left out will be first class.”