Ipswich Town: Luke Chambers on Championship promotion race

Chambers, who skippered Town to the Championship play-offs under Mick McCarthy in 2014/15, was a studio guest on Sky Sports' coverage of the wild 3-3 draw at Hull City last night.

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He admitted the result, which saw the Blues pegged back three times, would be a disappointment for the Town boss, who was shown punching the perspex in his dug-out after Hull's late leveller, in a rare display of emotion.

Kieran McKenna thanks Town fans at Hull City after a thrilling 3-3 draw (Image: Pagepix)
 "You saw him with a little bit of a meltdown on the bench, which is as angry as I’ve seen him," Chambers said.

“But he keeps them very, very level-headed and he carries that in his persona – the way he speaks, the way he delivers his message – but there will be a little bit of disappointment there for him tonight.

“They had the game, and they will be very disappointed in the goals they’ve conceded.”

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The draw means Town need four points from their last two games - at Coventry on Tuesday night and Huddersfield at home on Saturday lunchtime - to seal back-to-back promotions and a return to the Premier League after nearly a quarter of a century away.

Omari Hutchinson celebrates one of his two cracking strikes at Hull City (Image: PA Images)
Asked if they could make the unlikely dream a reality, Chambers insisted: “Ipswich have been through this, albeit in League One last season, with the massive pressure they had to get out of that division.

“So they’ve lived through this already. That group of players have been together nearly two years now, so they’re going to be finding themselves with the same sort of pressures – albeit the reward is a lot greater, getting to the Premier League.

“But the way he (McKenna) prepares them, the way they’re all thinking – they never thought tonight was going to be an easy game, they never probably thought they were going to wrap it up tonight and Tuesday, so they’ve proved themselves right.

Luke Chambers believes Town will get promoted (Image: Steve Waller)
“It’s going to be a tough game coming up, but I still think they’ve got more than enough to get over the line – and I think they will.”

He added: “They don’t lose many games. Yes they’ve drawn their last three, but they don’t know when they’re beaten, and that’s a massive strength to take into the final two games.”