Luke Chambers has hailed Ipswich supporters for their patience so far this season. Chambers likes to connect with the paying customers, both home and away, as his fist-pumping gestures at the final whistle of games have underlined.
The central defender said: "For me the fans have been absolutely fantastic to stick with us the way they have done. I haven’t heard too many boos and to be honest the way we were performing deserved a hell of a lot of booing.
"At my previous club, Nottingham Forest, sometimes if you were 0-0 at half-time you heard the odd boo when you went off the pitch. It’s a little bit different down here and the fans have been very, very patient with us.
"I’ve told the lads in the dressing room that they don’t know how lucky they are to have fans who are on your side and who stick with you when things are down.
"It’s brilliant that we have been able to turn things round a little bit and hopefully it will continue.
"It’s inevitable that people do get carried away when you have three wins on the bounce — that’s massive in the Championship whether you are at the top or the bottom of the league because it doesn’t happen very often — and we’re hoping to make it four on Saturday.”
Chambers has been an integral part of Town’s impressive run under new boss Mick McCarthy but he added: "I’m not really enjoying the wins at the minute; it’s just more of a relief that we’re moving in the right direction.
"The lads have worked so hard to turn things round and the connection we are feeling with the fans is brilliant. Everyone is pulling together, I think we’re making Portman Road the fortress that it should be and long may that continue.
"The fans have been great and they deserve something to cheer about. For me celebrating with the fans is important. I think they stay there to the end and there’s a hell of a lot of journeys that they make to see us play so the least we can do is go over and acknowledge them.”