Manager Mick McCarthy was back at Playford Road today after missing Saturday's 4-0 victory over Middlesbrough and having been absent from training for most of last week due to a virus.

McCarthy's assistant Terry Connor was in charge in his absence and said after Saturday's game that his boss expected to be back at work today: " "At the end his message to the team was that they did really well, they performed well and got a good result and he’d see them all on Monday."

Meanwhile, Connor told the club site that he and McCarthy have worked with two-goal central defender Tommy Smith on various facets of his game: "We have spoken to Tommy about his defensive side and improving aspects of his play and he has taken that on board.

“We have also talked about the other end of the pitch. He had chipped in with one or two goals before the weekend and looked a threat. It was great to see him against Middlesbrough turning that threat into goals.”

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TractorBoy666 added 18:52 - Feb 4 Hope you well Mick, the boys sure made you proud I bet. Onwards and upwards now!
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kuyski added 19:07 - Feb 4 good news
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bluemikey100 added 19:13 - Feb 4 good to see u takin trainin MICK keep up the winnin with 3 points at weekend
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mitchitfc96 added 22:01 - Feb 4 Mick welcome back and also could you get tommy to head in a couple against blackburn would be brilliant for him and for us.
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suffolkpunchdrunk added 23:14 - Feb 4 Very sensible to stay away from the players whilst unwell. Welcome back, onwards & upwards!
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ScottCandage added 23:17 - Feb 4 I am no longer infected.
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bobble added 05:30 - Feb 5 so now we find out that all those awful performances and huge losses under the dark lord and the shiny one were rigged...thank the gods for that i thought we were just a sh-te team...
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wkj added 08:58 - Feb 5 I think this coming game will be our game of the season. Appleton has done a lot to hamper our plans of late; and I think the boys will be right up for it and am glad mick will be in the mix!
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RaymondovicBlue added 12:13 - Feb 5 I keep saying it - Tommy is a good player at this level and potentially a great player for the future. I joked on another thread that we need strikers AND MIDFIELDERS to be competing with him for top goal scorer though!!! Thankfully, under Mick and Terry, we are seeing the whole team improve one player at a time and for that we are grateful Agree that it would have been silly for Mick to be around the players whilst infectious

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