First league win an 'energy boost' - McKenna
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Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna says his team's collective energy has been "boosted" by their 5-0 win against Sheffield United last weekend.
The win was Ipswich's first of the Championship season and their first at Portman Road since January.
"There has been a really good energy - although there was before the Sheffield United game anyway, we are pretty good at that in general," McKenna told BBC Suffolk.
"We have had that feeling since the international break really - the team was in a positive mindset and when you get a result like we did, it gives everyone a bit of confidence in the direction of travel."
Six Ipswich players have started all five of the club's opening five Championship games so far this season, with McKenna admitting opportunities will come for others, when the games start to come "thick and fast".
"I have said it many times, if you want to be one of the top teams in the division, you need to have really good strength in depth with different qualities and it feels like we have that," the head coach added.
"Only 11 players can start and if we want to be a top team in this league then we need to have a top bench and if you want to have two good players for every position, you are going to get good players miss out of the squad."
The Tractor Boys will be looking to make it back-to-back wins when they visit Valerien Ismael's Blackburn Rovers on Saturday (15:00 BST).
"We are expecting a tough game," McKenna added. "It is a different Blackburn team to the one we faced a couple of years ago, probably only a few of the same players, but they have a really good manager, who is experienced at this level."
