Town boss Roy Keane says striker Tamás Priskin is by no means the only player who has taken time to settle at a club. The Hungarian is starting to make an impact at Portman Road this season after a less impressive first year with the Blues.
Keane dismissed suggestions that the 24-year-old, who has scored four goals this season, had been a disappointment since his £1.7 million move from Watford last summer: "There are certain players who come to clubs and it takes them a bit of time to get going at a football club - Damien at the start of last season, Jack Colback didn’t do much for two or three months, Jack was finding his feet.
"Tamás has had a full pre-season with us this year and remember when he came in last season we were a club which was going through a lot of changes.”
The Blues boss says at key moments things didn’t go right for Priskin last season: "I think there have been turning points for Tamás, up at Peterborough when he scored and then missed a penalty. I think there have been times when he could have kicked on and it hasn’t happened.
"I remember when we were up at Preston he had a chance when he went through on the keeper. It just wasn’t happening for him.
"Ironically, I saw Tamás get the same chance when he was on loan at QPR from exactly the same position and he slotted it in.”
Keane feels that signing Márton Fülöp in the summer has benefited Town’s other Hungarian international: "It’s helped him Márton coming to the club, Márton’s a big pal of his. Some players do like having a fellow countryman with them at a club. It helps. When I first came here Gio, Pablo and Campo would be off for their coffees down on the marina. It helps certain players.”
The Town manager says that fans are yet to see the best of the one-time GyÅ‘ri ETO player: "We know there’s more to come from Tamás, Tamás knows that. I said when we signed him you have to give certain players the benefit of the doubt.
"Sometimes you need a break and I think he earned that break the other night with his finish and his workrate.
"Tamás is different to our other strikers, that’s why you need three or four different strikers, they all bring something different to the party.
"Tamás is a talented player, but of course you need a bit more than the talent - the workrate, the concentration and sometimes that takes a bit of time to bed in.”