Ipswich Town captain Sam Morsy knows the club is going to have to raise its standards again for Championship football.

A 2-2 draw at Fleetwood on the final day of the season saw the Blues end the campaign second in the League One table with an impressive 98 points and 101 goals.

With a four-year exile in the third-tier over, Ipswich - backed by ambitious American owners, driven off the field by CEO Mark Ashton and being expertly coached by manager Kieran McKenna - will look to keep their momentum going in 2023/24.

"We’re ready - it’s what we’re all here for," said Morsy, who has played 139 times in the Championship for Wigan, Barnsley and Middlesbrough.

"It will be a new challenge playing against better teams, better set-ups and everything just that bit better than League One.

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East Anglian Daily Times: Sam Morsy is held aloft by Ipswich Town fans after League One promotion was secured.Sam Morsy is held aloft by Ipswich Town fans after League One promotion was secured. (Image: PA Sport)

"Pre-season will have to be better, individual players will have to be better and concentration will have to be better. It’s all the small things together that we will have to improve.

“The manager will be searching long and hard for new solutions. How can we all improve as individual players and as a team? It’s a challenge that we’re all looking forward to.”

The 31-year-old added: "I look at our squad and I see a lot of quality there. I think we have a lot of the key ingredients.

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"I was looking the other day and there are teams in the Championship play-offs who have lost 15 games, so it tells you a lot of it is going to be about resilience and mental strength, because you can still be successful even after losing that number of games.

“The way we pushed the champions, Burnley, to a replay in the FA Cup gives us hope. Their coaching staff were very complimentary about us, which was nice, and you look at Sunderland, who went up via the play-offs last season. They added some quality and have competed at the top end of the table.

"But it’s still going to be tougher than it was for us this season - and it certainly wasn’t easy this season.

"We'll look to start next season as a better side than the one that's finished this one.

"As long as we stick together as a group and as a club, we can hopefully keep giving our fans some great days and memories."