Midfielder Jon Nolan says League One will be a different challenge to the Championship but believes the Blues will be capable of success during their first season in the third tier for 62 years.
Nolan, 27, helped his former club Shrewsbury Town to the League One play-off final in 2017/18.
"It will be different to the Championship. League One is more direct. There are not many teams who overly pass the ball,” Nolan told the club site.
"In League One you can play more off the cuff. In the Championship, it’s more structured. More teams have a set style of play. There is a difference in the quality and sharpness of the players as well.
‘It’s obviously not a giv...bla bla. Keep our team together with the right additions that will be enough to win every single game in league one. Fuck it.’ Fixed it. https://t.co/d5OSe3SRSz
— Jon (@jonnolan_92) May 11, 2019
"It’s obviously not a given but if we keep most of our team together and play like we showed we can do at stages during the season, that will be more than enough to win matches in League One.”
Meanwhile, former Blues and Shrews boss Paul Hurst, the man who brought Nolan to Portman Road last summer, is strongly tipped to become the new manager of Scunthorpe United, who were recently relegated to League Two.