Town MD Ian Milne has urged fans to “stay with” manager Mick McCarthy and his team, despite last night’s humiliating FA Cup exit at Lincoln City.
Supporters have reacted angrily to the 1-0 defeat at Sincil Bank, only the Blues' second FA Cup defeat to non-league opposition since they joined the Football League, Peterborough United having won 3-2 in the third round at Portman Road in 1960.
In a statement to BBC Suffolk, Milne said: "Over the two matches Lincoln City were clearly the better organised team. That resulted in them deserving to win and we should, and have, congratulated them.
"We clearly did not perform to the standard we can do and an example of that is the good win we got against Blackburn last Saturday.
"However, nobody in the squad takes any pleasure in producing that type of football in front of our great away fans or indeed to the wider television audience.
"As usual Mick had been honest in his after-match comments and I have nothing to add to that regarding the game.
"I would add that over the last few days we have added players to the squad and we have bids in for others.
"So in these difficult times we would ask our fans to stay with Mick and the boys as we make improvements to the squad and get our injured players match fit, as our aim is to return to winning, entertaining football as we started to do against Blackburn."