Stephen Henderson has been taken aback by the sudden lift that new boss Mick McCarthy has given Ipswich Town.
The Irish goalkeeper, on loan from West Ham for three months, had suffered three consecutive defeats before the 1-0 weekend win at Birmingham in McCarthy’s first game at the helm.
Henderson, 24, said: "It’s unbelievable, honest to God. Since we’ve come in on Sunday and Monday it’s just been a different dressing room.
"The lads are absolutely buzzing and while I don’t want to jinx it I hope it’s the start of something good for Ipswich Town.
"It was very difficult beforehand because the confidence was affected. It wasn’t too bad, don’t get me wrong, but it’s been a lot better over the past few days.”
Nothing was going right for the club and Paul Jewell paid with his job as the team slumped to the bottom of the Championship.
They are still there going into tonight’s game at high-flying Crystal Palace and Henderson added: "It could all change tomorrow again but hopefully we will get a result.
"Even though it’s going to be a tough place to go it would be great to continue what we started on Saturday.
"There are several tough games coming up. Palace have a new manager and that’s going to do them a world of good, but we obviously have Mick here now and apart from lifting the players the team has a different look about it.”