Mick McCarthy says Northern Ireland international midfielder Josh Carson needs to go out on loan to play some games. The 19-year-old hasn’t featured since the 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday defeat in late October, the match prior to McCarthy taking over as boss.

The Blues manager says that currently there are no members of his squad on the verge of moving on but revealed that there are clubs interested in Carson: “There’s nothing imminent. A few would like to have Josh Carson on loan and that would be something I would be open to.

“I think he needs to go and play some football. He’s just a young lad learning his trade and travelling with us and training with us is not good enough for him, he needs to play. So that might happen.”

Spells out on loan in the lower leagues away from the relative comforts of Town are often viewed as character building for young players, but McCarthy says Carson shows a good attitude to the game in any case: “I don’t think there’s any problem with Josh [on that front], he’s a smashing young kid, he just needs to play football.

“I know he was in and around the first team, I think he played in the game before I took over. But he hasn’t played since and he’s been in the U21 games and he played the game at Felixstowe, but that’s not enough for him. He’s got to be progressing more and playing in somebody’s first team.”

Meanwhile, McCarthy says he wants to see more from Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, who has missed out on a place on the bench in the last two games.

“The situation is that I put Big Frank [Nouble] on the bench, I wanted more out of Jay Emmanuel-Thomas,” he said. “If I get it, then he’ll be involved. If I don’t, then he won’t, like everybody else.

“I think he can do better. We all keep saying that he’s got really good ability and he could do this or he could do that. I’ve got to see it.

McCarthy says he’s pleased with recent recruit Tyrone Mings’s progress since he came to the club and revealed that the 19-year-old former Chippenham Town man averted a potentially embarrassing error prior to the Aston Villa FA Cup tie: “Tyrone’s fine. He’s still learning his trade but he’s been around the first team and if I had a problem with Cressy then I’d give him a game.

“I’m so glad that we’ve got a bright, educated young man that said ‘By the way gaffer, I’m cup-tied from playing for Yate Town back in August’. That could have been embarrassing, that!”

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Sindre94 added 06:31 - Jan 25 Not being harsh on carson but I cant actually see him making a name for himself at Town. His development has slowed down after the brace against palace and his long range goal at Brizzle
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Sindre94 added 06:31 - Jan 25 Not being harsh on carson but I cant actually see him making a name for himself at Town. His development has slowed down after the brace against palace and his long range goal at Brizzle
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Sindre94 added 06:33 - Jan 25 cant really* Sorry, too early haha
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Dissboyitfc added 07:41 - Jan 25 Love MM's stance on Jet, although in all honesty i think i can see jet moving on. As for Carson a move will kill or cure , he needs game time....COYB
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gazmangaz added 09:12 - Jan 25 Jet had unsuccessful loan spells before he came here so its not that surprising he isnt very good. I cant see him ever doing anything as he has the wrong attitude, thinking he's way better than he is. If he cant make the grade in this team then he isn't championship standard !
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brian_a_mul added 09:29 - Jan 25 With regards JET & Carson, no harm if both got loans to get solid first team experience. They should look to Tommy Smith, his loan spell at Colchester was tough but did him the world of good. He came back a far better and motivated player.
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footyblue added 10:45 - Jan 25 I think Carson should be given a few games here personally after watching last weekends performance
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irishtim added 12:27 - Jan 25 Carson & Jet need rockets up them. Wasting talent. Careers can be very short lads.
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Karlosfandangal added 13:50 - Jan 25 Strange that Carson is one for the future so we give him a 3 years contract, yet Hyam only gets 1 year but has progressed more than Carson and even Jet, Can see Jet being sold at the end of the season but cant see many coming in for him and if they do we will not get much for him.
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