Ipswich Town star set to feature against QPR in huge boost for McKenna

Ipswich Town star set to feature against QPR in huge boost for McKenna

Ipswich will have Jack Taylor available for Saturday’s final game of the Championship season as they look to secure automatic promotion back to the Premier League.

Ipswich know a victory against QPR at Portman Road on Saturday will secure promotion, but anything less opens the door for Millwall or Middlesbrough to overtake them, which means McKenna’s men would then face a play-off campaign.

“We’re in a really good spot,” McKenna said when asked about his squad. “I think everyone in the squad trained, apart from Conor Townsend, who has been injured all year, but I think everyone else has trained.

“It’s always a difficult team to pick. I don’t know how many teams in European football at the moment have, in essence, have no injuries going into the last day, apart from Conor, who has had an ACL and been out for the season.

“That’s a really good spot to be in. That’s a credit to the lads, that’s a credit to the staff here for how they’ve managed the group through the season, but it also makes it a really difficult team and squad to pick because there are players over the last couple of weeks, who nowhere near deserve not to be in a matchday squad or not playing. But that’s just the situation at the moment.

“We’ll pick the team we think is best for tomorrow. For me, tired legs don’t come into it tomorrow. Minds is where the bigger challenge is, not just because of what it is tomorrow but the fact that we’ve had a really, really busy run of games.

“But coming back to our home stadium for the last league game, I’ve got no concerns around energy levels or the physical output that we’ll be able to put into the game.”