Town boss Kieran McKenna says no one at Portman Road is surprised that midfielder Cameron Humphreys is making such a big impression during his loan spell with League One leaders Wycombe Wanderers.
The 21-year-old was voted man of the match following the 5-0 win at Stockport County on Tuesday, a result which took the Chairboys to the top of the table.
Today, manager Matt Bloomfield, like Humphreys a graduate of the Town academy, was named the division’s Manager of the Month for October.
Humphreys has now made nine starts and five sub appearances, scoring three times, since joining the Buckinghamshire club in August.
"It's been excellent,” McKenna said when asked for his thoughts on the Colchester-born youngster’s spell at Adams Park.
"I was talking to Conor Chaplin about it yesterday and I think the surprise levels in the dressing room are really, really low. I think everyone internally here was clear about how ready Cameron was and how he was performing and training.
"He just needed that opportunity to go and play a week in, week out. And he's grabbing it with both hands at the moment and the team's doing well.
"He's helping the team doing well and, of course, the team doing well helps a young player out on loan, so it's very positive. I'm sure there'll be some ups and downs, but he's having a really good experience.”
Quizzed on whether he would like Humphreys to make a step up to the Championship in January, McKenna said: "It's not something that we're discussing at the moment, to be honest. There's a lot of football to be played in the season. There's a lot of football to be played between now and January.
"And I think the priority is that he's out, he’s playing week in, week out in a good side and that's the first step and a big positive. And that's where everyone's focus is for now.”