The pressure is on for Town after their disappointing start to the new season, skipper Carlos Edwards admits on the eve of Millwall’s visit to Portman Road.
The Trinidad & Tobago international said: "I would say so. There is a bit of pressure on me — that’s how I look at it. I don’t want us to be starting the season with three defeats or even two defeats and a draw.
"The last thing we want is at this early stage of the season to be playing catch-up with the teams above us. We need to be biting at their heels so that any time they have a lapse we are right there to take advantage and it needs to start on Saturday.”
Despite last season’s lengthy battle to avoid the drop Edwards insists Town can enjoy a far more successful 2013/14 campaign and be among the leading contenders.
He added: "We have to think positively and make our mark. We have to put our feet on other teams’ throats and let them know how tough it is going to be to beat us.
"Look at when the gaffer took over in November last year and we went to places like Wolves and Bolton and won. Teams might have been thinking it would be an easy three points but we soon shut them up.
"Why we can’t do it again this season? It’s a tough league and it will be another challenging season but it’s not something we can’t do.”