Ipswich Town starts season strong with impressive performances

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As first weeks of the season go, Ipswich Town's could not have gone much better. Gary O'Neil named six debutants in his starting line-up against Sunderland (seven if you include the returning Julio Enciso) and one of the big takeaways from the opening-day win was that this did not look like a new team trying to find its feet under a new manager. A few days later, despite making nine changes, O'Neil's side progressed relatively smoothly into round three of the Carabao Cup at the expense of a Leicester side who finished above them in the Premier League two years ago, and who Town failed to get the better of during six meetings under former boss Kieran McKenna.