Boss Mick McCarthy hopes the Blues can build on Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Birmingham after the international break. Middlesbrough and Yeovil are at Portman Road for back to back home matches following the free weekend.
McCarthy said: "I’ve said to the guys, I think you need sometimes need something to stop, not a rot, but a losing streak.
"We’ve played well in every game for all the game except for the second half against Leeds, and even then we had loads of pressure and loads of corners, we were still going.
"The pleasing thing [on Saturday] was that we didn’t lose it. I’ve seen that happen before when teams have been dominant and then lose. So I’m delighted we didn’t.”
The Blues manager is pleased to be going into the break having picked up a draw rather than a fourth defeat in five league games.
"It’s much better, of course it is,” he said. "I’m encouraged again by the way we played. We’ve done enough to win three games there.
"You’ve all watched it, I hope you write it as such. We were excellent, I thought it was a really good performance.”
McCarthy has said he plans to give his players some time off during the break, while Tommy Smith and Elliott Hewitt are away with the New Zealand and Wales U21 squads respectively.
Meanwhile, academy director Bryan Klug watched Colchester’s 2-1 home defeat to Leyton Orient on Saturday, in which former Blue Kevin Lisbie scored the winner against another of his old clubs.
Also in action for the O’s was 20-year-old winger Moses Odubajo, who was previously eyed by Town in January, while Colchester midfielder Drey Wright, 18, son of ex-Blue Jermaine, who came on as a late sub, is starting to attract the attention of Championship clubs.
The summer transfer window closes at 11pm today but it seems likely to pass quietly at Portman Road with Mick McCarthy repeatedly having said he has no plans to add to his squad.
On Saturday, the Blues boss didn’t entirely rule out the possibility of someone making a deadline day move for Aaron Cresswell, although he felt it was unlikely.
Josh Carson now cannot join Hibernian, where he spent last week on trial, with the Scottish transfer window having closed on Saturday.
McCarthy previously said that Chris Kiwomya may be interested in taking the 20-year-old Northern Irishman to Notts County, where he has also recently spent time on trial.