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Ipswich Town defender Jacob Greaves said they are ready to "do the dirty stuff" in order to achieve the results needed to boost their Championship promotion hopes.
The Tractor Boys bounced back from conceding five goals at Wrexham last weekend - an "out of character" performance, according to Greaves - with a 2-0 win at Watford.
It moved them up to third in the table, six points behind second-placed Middlesbrough, but with two games in hand.
Greaves told BBC Radio Suffolk: "We've got a group who want to fight and do the dirty stuff, as well as show the quality that we did out there. It's a beautiful place to play, the pitch is perfect, so there was no excuse out there.
"We did the stuff miles better that we didn't do against Wrexham, and that gave us more of a platform to go and play, and we were straight out of the traps."
Goalkeeper Christian Walton saved a spot-kick from Tom Ince to preserve a clean sheet, which Greaves believed was vital following the scoreline in north Wales.
"I don't think I've played in a game [before] where a keeper's made a penalty save and it was such a big moment as well - 84th minute and with six minutes added on - it was a massive save at such a big moment in the game," he said.
"It was needed - I think we had the best defence in the league going into the Wrexham game, obviously conceded five, and it's something to build on going into three homes games in a row."
Greaves owed his recall on the left side of the Ipswich defence to an injury suffered by Leif Davis against Wrexham. Town boss Kieran McKenna described it as a "heavy knock above his knee" and that the club would monitor the full-back's condition "over the next few days".
And Greaves, normally a centre-back, enjoyed renewing his partnership with Jack Clarke down the left, and provided the assist for the second goal by George Hirst.
"It's a different role for me, but one that I enjoy," Greaves said.
"The cross for Hirsty, it's nice for me to get up there and make something happen. I think I offer different qualities and can definitely help the lads in that area.
"It's a position, left-back, that I'm getting used to the more I play it, and I have the licence to stay high and wide. Hopefully, I can keep on improving my game for when I play there in the future."