'Confidence high' but 'wary' of predicting a win

Here is what our Ipswich Town fan writer Steve Mellen had to say in response to questions from our Manchester United contributor Dale O'Donnell.

How important is Kieran McKenna to Ipswich Town?

He is the key to the success of the past two seasons and getting him to sign a new deal was the most important event in our summer.

We get nervous every time a Premier League club sacks their manager. He is brilliant.

Ipswich's last league win over United came in 1994. Can the Tractor Boys ruin Ruben Amorim's first game in charge?

Confidence is high after the past two performances. I am slightly wary of calling a win, as you assume the United players will want to impress their new boss.

I think as it is at Portman Road we can get a point, but we expect United to be up for it and to present a huge challenge.

Are you confident Ipswich will avoid relegation?

Hopeful rather than confident.

We seem to be finding our feet, as the win at Spurs shows, but the odds are against us as a team that was in League One in recent memory.

We will fight to the end and will not be daunted by any challenge, and McKenna's ability to improve players and maintain team spirit will be key.

Steve Mellen is the former editor of ITFC magazine Meet Me At Sir Alf, and also represented fanzine Those Were The Days