Albion's players have been ordered not to dwell on the disappointment of their derby defeat.

Gus Poyet has urged his side to get the setback against Crystal Palace out of their systems as they head for Ipswich today.

Poyet told The Argus: "If they cannot they are going to be out of this football club, of that I've got no doubt.

"It's simple, either you deal with it or you are not good enough for us."

A mini-slump of one point from the last nine since the Seagulls led the table with their six-match unbeaten start has emphasised the leap in standard from League One last season.

Poyet said: "It's tough. It's a difficult division with big teams and big players. It's difficult to maintain the consistency.

“It doesn't matter how many games you have won in a row. The next one is more difficult than the previous and somebody is going to knock you down, so you need to be ready for a fight.

“For us it's important that we play and if we don't play we need to be more solid. If we are not solid and we don't play we've got problems."

Ipswich's form graph has been a reversal of Albion's. They lost four of their first five matches, including hammerings by Southampton and Peterborough, but won at West Ham on Tuesday to build on a draw at Middlesbrough and recent home wins against Leeds and Coventry.

Poyet wants his team to produce a performance from the first whistle to the last following below-par displays in the first half against Liverpool and Leeds and in the second half against Palace.

He said: "When you have got good players, a good staff and manager, sooner or later you are going to have a good run of winning games, so I'm not surprised how Ipswich are coming back and getting better and better and stronger and stronger, because they are a good team and because they want to be at the top.

"It's as great game for us to play, another very tough place to go. I don't think it is more or less tough than going to Leicester, Cardiff or Portsmouth. We need to deal with their qualities and try to be better for 90 minutes.

"I think the key is 95 minutes of proper football, one way or the other, playing well or bad, but being a team for 95 minutes. We haven't been like that for the last three."

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