Ipswich Town star Azor Matusiwa insists he won’t change his game to avoid a two-game ban for hitting ten bookings – and will happily take a yellow card if it’s for the good of the team.<\/p>\n
The Dutch midfielder has been one of Town’s best players this season, working tirelessly at the heart of the Blues’ engine room and leading the Championship in interceptions thus far.<\/p>\n
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His non-stop, all-action style has seen him rack up nine yellow cards though. One more will earn him a two-match ban, unless he can avoid it until the cut-off point of the March 7th trip to Stoke City.<\/p>\n
The all-action Matusiwa has been one of Town’s star players this season (Image: Ross Halls)<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course you think about it,” he admitted. “But now it\u2019s up to me to adjust where I can \u2013 but it\u2019s also my game, so if I have to take the card for the team, I will take it. If not, I won\u2019t.<\/p>\n
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“I have to use my experience as well now, I know the league better and I\u2019m getting to know the referees, so I know what the limit is.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Key players banned and a flu bug in the camp – Town’s festive foes suffer blows<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m aware of it now and if it happens, it happens and I have to deal with it. But for now I\u2019m still on nine.\u201d<\/p>\n So will he change his game?<\/p>\n \u201cI will say adjust a bit, I won\u2019t say change, because it\u2019s my game,” he stressed. “It\u2019s also the position I\u2019m playing, you take a lot of cards.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cHopefully I can stay on nine, that would be great \u2013 it\u2019s going to be hard, but I will do my best.<\/p>\n \u201cBut if I have to take a yellow card for the team, I have no choice.\u201d<\/p>\n One of the games in which the 27-year-old picked up a yellow was the dire 1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers at the start of the month.<\/p>\n