Jon Stead admits his Ipswich teammates pumped him for information on Roy Keane after his appointment as manager last week.

Stead, who played under Keane at Sunderland, fielded questions from his teammates when news of the appointment broke. The striker said: "He's a very clever man. He's the sort who judges you over five or six years, not two or three weeks. You always know he's watching.

"He's hard, but he's fair. A lot of managers beat around the bush and you don't really know where you stand. With him, you know exactly. He told us if we weren't on time, the bus would leave.

"Everybody has to work hard and he has told us that."