Boss Paul Jewell has revealed that Town owner Marcus Evans has been involved in the moves to help striker Michael Chopra overcome his gambling addiction. The Blues manager says he’s happy with life working under Evans, given the lack of patience at certain other clubs.
Jewell said: "Without being sycophantic about it, Marcus has been very supportive of me and the club, even what we’re doing with Michael. Marcus is fully involved in that.
"I’m at a club which I really enjoy, I really enjoy the feel of the football club, I enjoy the challenge, working for the owner and really want to get some success here, that’s what I’m desperate to do.
"It’s one of those clubs which deserves it because it’s not trigger happy with managers, it gives people a chance.”
Leicester dismissed their boss Sven-Goran Eriksson this week, with Jewell joking: "It would be nice to have had the sackings he’s had, I have to be honest with you!
"I’m not surprised,” he added more seriously. ”It is madness, he’s five points from second but I’m not surprised when you see these owners making these decisions.
"If they don’t think it’s working out, it’s entirely up to them, but they spent quite a lot of money in the summer and it takes time. It doesn’t matter who it is, it takes time.
"Very rarely does a team come together and clicks, but with respect, people from outside the game who don’t really understand how football works won’t have an understanding of that.
"That’s why I’m not surprised. I think it’s a knee-jerk decision. They might bring somebody in who takes Leicester up the table and wins the league and they might be proved right, but when a manager gets sacked when he’s five points off second in a league that’s so tight, you just have to shrug your shoulders.”
Jewell says Leicester like Town are amongst a number of clubs who will feel they should be in the Premier League: "At Ipswich we think we’re a big club, but so do Nottingham Forest, so do Derby, so do Cardiff, Southampton, West Ham, Leicester. The list is endless.
"We have no divine right and I think that supporters are intelligent enough to know that. If you get out of this league you’ve done really, really well. But if we’re making progress and trying to knock on the door, eventually we’ll get there.”