Wes Burns: Ipswich heading 'somewhere good' despite Norwich draw
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Wes Burns' goal against Norwich was his third of the season for Ipswich Town
Their East Anglian derby display against Norwich showed that Ipswich Town are heading "somewhere good", according to winger Wes Burns.
They had to settle for a 2-2 draw in Saturday's derby and still have not beaten Norwich since 2009.
Burns scored the second goal for the Tractor Boys and insisted they had dominated the game despite the result.
"Bring on the derby when we go to their place," the 29-year-old Wales international told BBC Radio Suffolk.
"I think the fans can take a lot of positives. I know we didn't get the win everyone so desperately wants but when the dust settles and everyone looks back on it properly, everyone will realise we are seriously going somewhere good."
Ipswich remain second in the Championship, behind Leicester City on goal difference only, though the Foxes have a chance to go three points clear when they take on Birmingham City on Monday.
They next face third-placed Leeds United at Elland Road on 23 December before hosting Leicester on Boxing Day.
"Everyone keeps saying we haven't played anyone good and it's all momentum (from last season), stuff like that, it's all a lot of noise - but the next two games are massive for us in terms of the promotion race, not that we want to talk too much about the whole promotion thing," said Burns.
"Last year, we didn't talk about promotion going forwards, it was just step-by-step, game-by-game and that's the same process now."
Burns blamed "lapses in concentration" for the two Norwich goals but said: "We created loads of chances. On another day we could have been two or 3-0 up at half-time.
"There's one thing I can say about this squad, we'll never give up and we'll always give a hundred (per cent) right until the last whistle.
"As soon as we equalised, there was plenty of time to go and I'd never not back us to go and get another one. It was definitely there for us but just wasn't to be."
He continued: "The noise when it went in was one of the loudest I've heard when I've been out there on the pitch. I've scored in a Fylde coast derby, Blackpool-Fleetwood, but it was nothing compared to this one."
A crowd of 29,611 watched the match and Burns said the atmosphere was the best since the game in which they beat Exeter City 6-0 to clinch promotion from League One last season.
"It was electric, even from the coach entry on the way in. The Exeter game kind of prepped us, we knew the magnitude of the game," he added.