New signing Aaron Mclean believes he is on exactly the same wavelength as Town boss Mick McCarthy in terms of how football should be played.
The on-loan Hull striker believes his progress from non-league Grays — he moved to Peterborough in a £150,000 deal six years ago — owes a great deal to application and sheer hard graft, qualities that McCarthy demands from his players.
Mclean, who has netted over 100 Football League goals, said: "Different players bring different things to the table. You will get some who are unbelievable technically but can’t be bothered to put the work in.
"In the past I’ve played with many of them, much better footballers than myself, but because they weren’t prepared to put the hard work in they are probably not playing at the level that I’m at now.
"Everything I’ve got I’ve had to work hard for and I’ll continue to work hard until the day I hang up my boots. As I see it, every experience has been worthwhile, whether it’s been good or bad.
"They are experiences you can learn from and they have to make you stronger as a person. If they don’t you will slip away. I’ve used everything, good and bad, as motivation to try and push me on to the next level.
"You get setbacks in life — all walks of life, not just football — and I’m lucky enough to wake up every day and come into training to play with good footballers at a great club.
"I could have just sat at Hull, second in the league, and been content with that but I haven’t been raised like that, neither in life nor football. I’m here to work hard and prove to people that I’m a good player.”
Mclean has often been used in a wide role and admitted: "It has given me another string to my bow. I don’t mind playing wide but first and foremost I am a striker.
"That’s where I want to be, scoring goals. I’ve come here to do that. If I play regularly and I’m getting chances then I’ll put them away.”
Meanwhile, Mclean, Carlos Edwards, David McGoldrick and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas were amongst a large number of footballers - also including ex-Blue Darren Bent - at the O2 Arena last night to watch the New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons 102-87 in an NBA regular season game.