Skipper Richard Naylor admits he can't wait to go back to Ipswich Town for the first time as an opposing player - but insists his return is all about helping Leeds United banish the blues from midweek.

Despite being born in Leeds and playing his schoolboy football for the city, Naylor's professional career started in Suffolk and he spent 15 years at Portman Road, making 372 appearances for Ipswich Town.

"It'll be fantastic going back to see some old faces," said Richard. "It's the first time I've ever been back with an away club.

"Going in the away dressing room will be strange, but you take it like any other game. It's about us getting a result and putting Tuesday behind us.

"I played in the Premier League and Europe with Ipswich. I had a great time there, and it's a good club with good people and supporters.

"They have been a top club when you look back in history and I'd like them to get back up there - but Saturday is all about us and what we can do."

The captain was sat on the bench on Tuesday evening and was a spectator as United shipped six goals on home soil for the first time since the war years.

Like his team-mates, Naylor viewed the game again at a post-mortem on Wednesday morning.

"It was like a car crash waiting to happen," conceded the captain. "You could see it coming and it was very hard to watch.

"We got to 4-1 without playing particularly well, they got a lifeline at 4-2, and after a couple of mistakes the momentum was with them.

"When you're conceding goals people say there's no talking or no belief, but there's different things that go wrong. All we can do is look to put it right.

"No one's making any excuses. We have to dust ourselves down and go again now.  We've watched it again and put it to bed."

Having sat on the bench for the last three games, Naylor could come back into contention for the Portman Road trip after manager Simon Grayson threatened to ring the changes.

The skipper lost his place in the side after the 5-2 defeat at Barnsley last month as United played three games in six days, and he has been on the bench for the games against Doncaster, Sheffield United, and Preston.

"I'm the sort of player who will get on with it," added Richard. "I'm not a sulker. I made a mistake or two when I was in the team and when you're a defender or a goalkeeper and make mistakes they can end in goals, but we had some results as well.

"I'll keep working hard. Obviously I want to play and am disappointed when I'm not, but I'm working hard and I'm available and ready when he wants me. "