Blues manager Paul Jewell has praised Town fans for the support they have given to striker Michael Chopra since news of his battle against his gambling addition broke just over a week ago. The 27-year-old frontman is set to make his first appearance at Portman Road since then when the Blues take on Doncaster Rovers this afternoon.

Jewell says the former Cardiff man continues to make progress, although admits that his recovery will be a long road: “He seems fine, it’s an ongoing situation with Chops. His problems have been well documented over the couple of weeks.

“It’s not going to go away overnight. As I see it the best thing he can do is concentrate on his football and play well, everything else takes care of itself.

“I don’t think you’ve ever really finished [the recovery], it’s an ongoing thing. It’s not like going into hospital, having an operation and you’re cured.”

The Blues boss says the club will continue to give him any assistance he requires and praised fans for getting behind the Newcastle-born striker: “As I said last week, we just want to help and support him if he wants help.

“I have to say that the Ipswich Town fans have been terrific in their support. Hopefully he can reward them with a good performance and some goals.”

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broomfield123 added 10:19 - Nov 5 All that I agree chops needs all our support I send my deepest sympathies to billy sharp in regards to the loss of such a young child
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bobble added 11:35 - Nov 5 i love the way the site offers gambling bet options while it has a story about gambling addictions isn't that just western capitalism all over ?
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Garv added 12:09 - Nov 5 'His problems are well documented'. You're not wrong Paul, so why are we still talking about them? The more words written about him and his problems the more likely whenever he has a poor game everyone will say 'well he's got problems'.
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Tampa_Florida_Blue added 14:30 - Nov 5 Damn... this is a bad day, I was thinking the same as bobble...... noooooooo lol
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churchmans added 17:36 - Nov 5 we all got problems dont give a phuck about his if anything it pisses me off that he can spunk 10,20 grand on bets. dont nobody come on here give me ballache about its a disease or mental problem or whatever i dont give a toss its just my opinion and view. hes dealing with it end of! next subject (i know! we are krap and the players we got are krap! what do we do about it?)

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confoosed_dot_com added 09:28 - Nov 6 @churchmans truly insightful, you are clearly a genius. And definitely not an ill-informed ranter
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TractorRoyNo1 added 18:54 - Nov 6 the best thing is to give him the ball in the box, he will score, and then feel great with himself
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