Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna has remained positive as his side continue their battle to avoid relegation with nine games to go.
The Blues, who sit 18th in the Premier League, have a huge week ahead of them with just two months of the season left.
They face AFC Bournemouth away on Wednesday and then host Wolves at Portman Road on Saturday, with the latter directly above them with a nine-point advantage and a superior goal difference.
Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna addresses the media at his pre-match press conference on transfer deadline day Picture: Phil Ham
Kieran McKenna’s men are also yet to win a league game in 2025.
“There's 27 points to play for and there's nearly a quarter of the season left, so we know from a points perspective we're certainly still in the fight,” he said.
“We know that things can change really, really quickly this week with one positive result or two positive results, so there's still absolutely that belief that we can compete till the end of the season in terms of league positions.
“But irrespective of that, we've got a quarter of our first Premier League season in 22 years left.
“I think whether we were 16th, whether we were one point off the line where we want to be, or if we were 24 points off the line we'd want to be, I couldn't really understand or legislate for any difference in the mindset here and the difference in how we prepare and the difference of how we go into the games.
“We need to go to every game, give absolutely everything we've got, try and do ourselves and our supporters proud and hope that we get good results from that, and that that will leave us at the end of the season in a position that we're really, really happy with.
“So that's still absolutely the focus and belief, and we hope that a good week this week can really contribute to that, but I don't see that changing any time soon.”
Wolves play West Ham at Molineux on Tuesday evening and the Blues boss said he will not watching the match.
McKenna said: “Our focus needs to be on ourselves. We know it's not a position where there's too much point putting focus on anyone else's games.
“We know we need to go and deliver performances and get points on the board ourselves, and we're going to have to do that at a really, really high rate over the next nine games.
“Of course, we'll check the score, but I think I'll save my mental energy for the things we can try and control.”
Before facing Wolves, Town come up against Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, who sit 10th in the Premier League and only five points off the top four.
When the two sides met earlier in the season, the Cherries bagged two late goals to come from behind and secure a 2-1 win at Portman Road after Conor Chaplin’s 21st minute strike.
Bournemouth have lost three of their last four Premier League games (and drawn the other), after having only lost three of their previous 18 beforehand (won 10 and drawn five.)