Town boss Kieran McKenna isn’t concerned where the goals come from just as long as his side find the net and claim three points against the MK Dons at Portman Road on Saturday.
One of the Blues’ summer signings, Marcus Harness, got off the mark at Forest Green Rovers last week but another, number nine Freddie Ladapo, is still to find the net having started both Town’s League One matches.
"To be fair, I don’t mind who scores,” McKenna said. "I want us to win the game and I want to score more goals than MK, so it doesn’t matter who scores from my point of view.
"From Freddie, Marcus, Tyreece [John-Jules], Conor [Chaplin] or any of the forwards individually, you always want to get off the mark, but I think all of them would also say they would happily take the three points whether they scored or not.
"It’s always about the team and creating changes as a team. Whoever they fall to is not so important to us as long as we score and get the three points.”
Likely to be on the bench and also looking for his first goal of the season is Kayden Jackson, who was a surprise starter for the Blues when they travelled to face the MK Dons last season having been out of the picture under the previous management.
The former Accrington man has subsequently signed a new contract and is firmly in McKenna’s plans having come on as a sub in the two league matches before starting the Carabao Cup defeat to Colchester having recovered from the hamstring injury which cut short his 2021/22 season.
"He’s very important to us, first and foremost. I think from that MK game and in the run that he had [before the injury], you could see the threat he can give opposition,” McKenna said.
"He’s worked really hard in the summer and we’re still being really careful with him in terms of trying to limit him to 60 or 70 minutes.
"I thought even the other night, he was still impacting the game and working the defenders hard. But we just want to protect him a little bit because it was such a serious injury that he had.
"He’s recovered from it well. He’s obviously still finding his full sharpness on the pitch, but I think he’s had a terrific impact off the bench in the games that he’s come on in the league and I think if we can keep him injury free now, he’s going to get stronger and stronger over the next few months.
"He’s an important player for us, brings us lots of different attributes that you don’t find too much at this level and he’s got to keep working, keep chipping away and keep taking the chances and the minutes when they come, and he’s going to play lots of minutes for us in the future.”