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Jewell Delighted for McCarthy - Ipswich Town News

Former Blues boss Paul Jewell says he’s delighted that his successor Mick McCarthy has got Town moving in the right direction. The Liverpudlian, who left Portman Road by mutual consent in late October, was sounded out about his potential replacements by owner Marcus Evans.

Speaking to Sky Sports Jewell said: "I’m delighted Mick’s got them going. I had a bit of a hand in getting Mick the job. Marcus was asking me my opinions of certain managers.

"I think Mick is the right man for the job. I’ve really got a great feeling for the club, lovely people work that there, great supporters, great facilities, they just need a good run now.”

Jewell, who says he has no immediate plans to look for another management job, met with Evans last week to look back at why his 21 months in charge didn’t go to plan: "I had dinner with the owner Marcus Evans last week in London and we tried to go back and look at where we think we got things wrong.

"I think possibly in the summer we should have strengthened. We tried to strengthen, but we couldn’t strengthen for different reasons, hence we had so many loan players.

"But I felt [moving on] was the right thing to do for the club,” he added. "It’s a brilliant club.”

Meanwhile, a Town U17 side lost 2-1 at Spurs on Saturday morning in a friendly. Scottish first-year scholar Taylor Hendry netted for the Blues.

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