Boss Paul Jewell says he’ll be happy if the media are still talking about Town as promotion possibles nearer to the end of the season. The recent renaissance has led to the Blues again being viewed as Championship dark horses, as they briefly were in the season’s opening few days.

Jewell said: “In a way we’d like to sneak under the radar. I remember us beating Bristol City on the first day of the season and everyone saying that Ipswich are dark horses, but I was thinking that even though we’d beaten Bristol City, we were miles off.

“Then we got exposed in the games against Peterborough and Southampton. Since then we’ve changed a few things around and I’m actually going into the games expecting us to win and enjoying watching us playing the football.

“We’ve got 35 games left, so there’s an awful long time to go. If they’re talking to us with a couple of games to go, I’ll be happier.”

Meanwhile, defender Ibrahima Sonko says he didn’t entirely enjoy his spell on loan with Tuesday’s opponents Portsmouth last season: "It wasn't the best of times. I was in and out of the team a lot and sometimes not even figuring on the bench.

"I was upset to be left out and I loved everyone there, they were very good to me, but it didn't work out."

Sonko says he is happier playing alongside Danny Collins, the two having been at Stoke together, although without featuring together in any first team games for the Potters: “We are good friends off the pitch and on the pitch he is not scared of telling me how he feels about things. I'm a bit more peaceful but we work well together."

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Sindre94 added 19:31 - Oct 17 Nice, 12/12 the next games is the only acceptable outcome. COYB
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cooper4england added 19:51 - Oct 17 Collins must be the hardest footballer in the world!
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cooper4england added 19:57 - Oct 17 Collins must be the hardest footballer in the world!
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jert16 added 20:00 - Oct 17 what?
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ipswich_is_the_best added 20:04 - Oct 17 Spot on jewell 2-0 to the town tommorow
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theblueginger added 20:23 - Oct 17 We finally have a manager with his head screwed on. I will be more than happy if we are all in a position to talk of promotion in about late April.
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siebdykstra added 20:40 - Oct 17 Great results recently, clearly down to consistency in team selection. No one is stupid enough to think that the same side will play week in week out, but having a clear first team, with around four or five players who can step in when the need arises (not all four or five, just when tiredness or injury set in), means we can mount a challenge on the top six this season. In my opinion, we need to get to Christmas in the top 8, which is realistic, sign one or two either permanantly or on loan to build the squad, and then push on. There are maybe two or three clubs who will be in the top six for the whole season (WH, Saints and possibly Boro), we need to be in the next three. I believe we will be. COYB

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Suffolk_n_Good added 20:54 - Oct 17 Portsmouth, Palace, Millwall, Doncaster...... Surely we should be hoping for 10 points?! Keep it up PJ, great job!
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bobble added 22:04 - Oct 17 4-1 to town 11 pts clear by xmas promotion sown up by april
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ozzydog added 07:49 - Oct 18 We`er going up as fecking Champions
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bobble added 08:03 - Oct 18 champions indeed we are the best now the others have no chance 5-1 against portsmouth tonight and the champions league in 2 seasons beating those dodgy expensive teams owned by public company stealing russian oglifarts...........
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jonnysuave added 09:24 - Oct 18 Two things... 1. Real hippys don't get up before 8.00. Unless you are in India and then I salute you. 2. I don't want us to go up this year. Rather next.
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heady added 09:34 - Oct 18 3-1 TO THE TOWN TONIGHT!
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MVBlue added 09:35 - Oct 18 We'll be lucky to get 6th
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