Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna says it is hard to acclimatise to the Championship again after relegation from the Premier League.
The Tractor Boys visit Leicester City on Saturday (15:00 GMT) for a meeting between two sides who dropped down from the top flight last season.
Town are fourth – five points off the automatic promotion spots – but the Foxes have endured an inconsistent season so far and sit 13th, three points back from the play-off places.
“It’s probably different for different clubs but it is difficult and especially if you don’t get off to a good start and you can’t get that momentum and turn it around if you’re coming off a losing season,” McKenna told BBC Radio Suffolk.
“Trying to get that turned around is certainly not easy. You’ve seen all different things over the years. You’ve seen teams get off to a good start then everyone is happy and things push on.
“You’ve seen Luton compete in the Premier League and then get relegated straight through [to League One]. And then you’ve seen everything in-between over the last decade.
“It’s certainly a challenge and turning around momentum in all aspects from the season before is difficult and that’s what we’re still fighting to do here.”
McKenna says Leicester are “probably not happy with where they are and it’s not gone as well as they would’ve liked”.
However, he is still expecting a difficult game and says it will take a “big performance” to pick up all three points.
“It’s of course a challenge coming down from the Premier League,” McKenna added.
“Still when I watch them, they’re very often the better footballing side in a game. They play very well through the pitch and play some good football.
“They still have really good players. I think Marti [Cifuentes] is a really good coach. He did a really good job at QPR, certainly when we faced him in the Championship last time around, I thought they were really well-organised.”
