Noel Hunt is looking to benefit from working with Town assistant manager Terry Connor, just as his fellow Waterford man Daryl Murphy has done this season.
Hunt, who joined the Blues on a deal to the end of the campaign earlier in the month after leaving Leeds, following a loan before Christmas, has already netted three times in one start and five sub appearances for Town, but is aiming to be even more potent in front of goal.
"I sat down with TC on Friday and we went through stats — what can I do to get more goals, what should I be doing. I’m going to work on that for the next six months,” he said.
"For that five or six months I’m going to do everything I can to do what the manager and the assistant manager want. He just pulled me in.
"I love it because they always demand more. I like the fact you could score four or five in training, but miss one and they’re not happy. That’s a great thing, to push for 100 per cent perfection.”
The 32-year-old will be hoping Connor’s sessions have the same impact on him as they have on Murphy, who is currently the Championship’s top scorer on 17.
"His stuff is top notch," Murphy told the Irish Independent in an interview last week. "He doesn't just put on a session where you kick it at him, get it back and shoot.
"You won't have that space to shoot in a game. He's got mannequins there, and because he's been a striker, he knows the situations that occur in games. I definitely wish I'd worked with him earlier."
Hunt is evidently enjoying himself at Town and would love to extend his stay beyond the end of the campaign but says he’s taking the traditional one game at a time approach to the season: "I just want to concentrate on the next game. If I keep on doing my work day in, day out, hopefully that will look after itself.”
The Irish international’s successful start to his Town career is in stark contrast to his frustrating 17 months at Leeds, where he failed to find the net once and, having been involved in the first two games of this campaign, found himself out of favour.
"It’s always difficult if you are not playing or not involved,” he admitted. "But throughout the six months [of the season] I was there, I kept my head down and worked hard — whether it be on my own or with the coaches.
"They treated me with the utmost respect and kept me fit. I’m not 100 per cent yet. I am nowhere near match sharpness but I am getting there. My last start [before Saturday was at Millwall in Leeds’] first game of the season.”
He believes that he'll ultimately benefit from that difficult period: "I think it will stand me in good stead in the end. Those kind of tests of character, if they don’t break you, they’ll only make you stronger.
"I was always adamant that I would keep my head down. If I was called upon at Leeds, I would have been ready. If I wasn’t then I’d have to look at other options.
"Thankfully Ipswich came along and I went on loan and now I’ve come here permanently until the end of the season.”
He added: "You have ups and downs in football. It’s how you handle them. Yeah, it was difficult because I want to get involved. It was hard because you see the boys come in and if they drew or got beaten, you don’t know what to say them.
"They were a great bunch of boys and it’s a great club. It’s just unfortunate that it didn’t work out for me there. That’s life, but I’ve moved to Ipswich now and I’m happy.”