Luke Chambers believes Town are capable of clinching an automatic promotion place — if they can continue the recent form that has seen them extend their unbeaten run to seven games.
Not one to get carried away, he is keeping his feet firmly planted on the floor, but from initially targeting a play-off place he and his colleagues are now setting their sights a tad higher.
Chambers said: "From day one we were just taking it a game at a time but as things stand now, if we can continue this form there’s no reason why we can’t be up in the top two.
"But the league is so competitive now that you can just as easily win or lose three in a row. We just have to keep our heads and the gaffer has been tremendous at that — win, lose or draw he is always the same with us.
"The boys have bounced back no what matter what has happened and this is a week we’re looking forward to because we have two out of the three games at home. We’ll be going for maximum points as always and teams will be coming down here knowing they need to up their game against us.”
First in line are Blackburn, who visit Portman Road tomorrow, and after then long trek for Tuesday’s clash at Cardiff on Tuesday there is another home game to come when Huddersfield are the opponents on Saturday week.
Town are eager for action after the international break, only a goal deep into stoppage time denying them a win at unbeaten Nottingham Forest last time out, while Mick McCarthy and Tyrone Mings have been awarded the Manager and Player of the Month accolades on the back of that impressive unbeaten sequence.
Chambers added: "Maybe the break was a good thing. We’ve got to look at it as a positive. We put in a great shift in September and we’re unbeaten in seven, which is a good return, and the gaffer has obviously got his reward, as has Tyrone.
"The boys are raring to go for Saturday, having not had a game last week, and we’re all prepared.
"To be honest it felt like a loss at Forest. It was especially disappointing for me because it would have been lovely to have gone up there to my former club and won.
"We showed how far we have come and we just have to continue producing the consistent performances that we have turned in over the last few weeks.
"We had a slow start to the season but it shows that if you can produce several good results in a row you can fly straight up the table.”