After a fantastic victory on Tuesday night, it’s really important that we don’t take a step back when we travel to Ipswich Town today.

If I’m really honest, then a result like the one on Tuesday against AFC Wimbledon, a 5-0 win, had been coming and we have been playing well without perhaps getting our just rewards.

I hate making excuses and after we lost to Sunderland last Saturday I heard myself saying that the ball didn’t quite drop for us.

That was true, but I sat down on Sunday and thought about that.

Did we do enough to make sure that we made those moments go our way?

Did we gamble on where the ball was going, did we push ourselves, put our bodies on the line and make sure we were first to the ball in those key moments?

I knew we had played well and my message on Monday was just to keep doing what we had been and if we did that then results would go our way.

I’d also like to give a special mention to our sports science and medical team as well, headed up by Chris Short and Amy Cranston.

They have all worked every hour that comes their way just to make sure the players are in the best physical condition possible to cope with nine games in the shortest month of the year.

If I say the names Dwayne, Nathan, Spike, Chris and Jack, I don’t think the fans will know them, and all five will hate me even mentioning them, but they are working so hard with Shorty and Amy and deserve so much credit.

Even the kitman is getting yellow cards, just to show the togetherness we have at the club.

We are going to need it, especially today at Portman Road – a tremendous old ground for a club full of history.

But we will be ready for the challenge, just like we need to be at every one of our next 13 games.

We started our amazing run at this stage last season, so why can’t we do it again?

If you are going to Ipswich then be loud and proud, but if you can’t be there, make sure you are with us next week for two huge home games against Accrington Stanley and Southend United.

It was my pleasure to be a guest speaker at a conference on mental health in sport on Wednesday at the Kassam Stadium.

As you know, this is an area of football where we are leading the way.

Gary Bloom, our club psychotherapist, set up a really interesting day full of guest speakers, which I hope made everyone in the room even more determined to push back the barriers and make people understand the importance of good mental health.

Given the terrible news that has been in the headlines all week, if just one person who attended on Wednesday, or one person reading this, picks up the phone or has a chat with someone then we are making a start.

Who knows what people are going through – talk to each other, be open, and let’s keep discussing mental health, not just in sport but everywhere.