Midfielder Liam Trotter says he hopes he can win back his place in the Town side if he impresses during his loan spell at Millwall. The 21-year-old has joined the Lions on a month’s loan.
Trotter said: "It's about getting the games to impress anyone and everyone. I'm coming here for a month, hopefully doing well and, if I do, perhaps Ipswich will recall me and I'll go into their team.
"But equally, if I do well, Millwall might want to keep me longer. For the moment, it's a case of doing the one month and trying to do well to make sure everyone's happy.
"If after a month Ipswich are still doing well then they might not want me back and hopefully I can stay here. As long as I'm playing and doing well I see no reason why I couldn't."
Trotter was previously on loan at the Den in 2006 when he made just one start and two sub appearances. The Ipswich-born midfielder hopes for greater involvement in his second spell: "I very much hope it'll be different this time around.
"Last time I came I was only 18 and made just three appearances but I must've been on the bench seven or eight times and just didn't come on.
"It was still a good experience for me to be involved with the first team, even if it was just on the bench.
"Whatever happened here in the past wasn't much of an issue. This time I'm here to play and that's the most important thing."