Boss Mick McCarthy says he’s happy with the way left-back Tyrone Mings has settled into the season having taken over from Aaron Cresswell following his summer move to West Ham, even if the 21-year-old believes he could be doing better. Cresswell joined the Hammers in July for an initial £3.75 million with the fee potentially rising to £7 million after top-ups.

“Tyrone is a lovely kid and I think he thinks he could do better,” McCarthy said. “But I’ve said to him that you don’t replace a £4 million left-back with somebody we got from Chippenham for 10 grand or whatever it was and expect it just to be seamless, because it doesn’t happen.

“We lost a guy who had played [79 games] for Tranmere, a lot of football in the league, then came here and finished his education and now he’s gone on to West Ham, deservedly so. Ty’s in that first bit of his education and he’s doing great.”

Cresswell loved to push forward whenever he could and McCarthy wants to see Mings do the same when he gets the chance: “When there are opportunities on for full-backs to go, he can go. But he’s doing fine.

“He’s exciting when he’s going forward. I hope he doesn’t excite me at the back,” he joked. “I just like it to be boring and absolutely rock solid at the back, I don’t need any excitement, thank you.”

McCarthy is also pleased with the way Paul Anderson has begun the campaign, having benefited from being involved for most of pre-season this year after stop-start preparations last summer.

“Ando didn’t have a pre-season properly last year,” the Town boss recalled. “I think he was waiting for his move here to happen. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was still here at the start.

“No matter who you are, I think you get a little bit sidelined. We were trying to do that deal but when he eventually came and started he did great and I was so disappointed that he then got injured.

“He’s got better and better, Paul, I’ve been delighted with him. As a signing, he’s been terrific.”

Elsewhere, McCarthy is now 10-1 to be the next Crystal Palace manager with some bookies.

However, former Eagles boss Neil Warnock is widely quoted as an odds-on favourite to return to Selhurst Park, while Steve Clarke and Neil Lennon are ahead of McCarthy, who signed a new three-year deal with Town last month.

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neillrumsey added 18:32 - Aug 27 Mings looks a great athlete and I have no doubt that he will exceed expextations and become a better player than Cresswell. MM must have been sleeping in the derby match if he thought Anderson did well. He gave us no pace no width and he can't tackle and as a winger his final ball is awful. I am yet to see him have a decent game .. Extremely poor player imo
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Surco72 added 18:58 - Aug 27 I have never stated I want MM to leave I want him to succeed and Town to flourish , I just would like him to be less defensive and maybe negative and actually try to beat teams through our game plan or ability rather than just stifle the opposition and defend and chase a lot and try to nick a set piece goal . If MM gets results his way great, but if he doesn't he is playing worse football than under Jewell or Keane and his overall record is not much better. Nobody can defend the point that Tabby and Nouble are better players than the likes of JET or Taylor and they have been selected repeatedly

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Tonyitfc82 added 19:12 - Aug 27 Tyrone was brilliant on Saturday. In my opinion he is going to be a great player for us,much better than Cres. He is tall, he is solid at the back, he could even play at CB and do a very good job. Im glad that he is in our team. He is the only possitive thing at Town at the mom. He will be playing at the top level very soon and I just hope its with us. COYB.
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chevvymalc added 19:42 - Aug 27 If you want a lesson on defending from a young player keep an eye on Mings during the game he defends even when the ball is up field getting right into his opponent knocking him out of his stride and generally getting in his face then completely ignores him when he reacts. A few more like him in the side and we could all be hopeful again!!!
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TimmyH added 20:23 - Aug 27 I feel Mings has done ok since the departure of Cresswell, he's still young and learning the game but he does look to have the odd mistake in him and certainly doesn't have Cresswell's left foot, his strengths are his tenacity at the moment. As for Mick's thoughts on Anderson or 'Ando' as he likes to call him...well not sure I can take those seriously...'better and better'!?! c'mon Mick he struggled for the majority of last season both on the left to right wing and didn't have the quality of crossing or flair you need for a wide man although he did chip in with the odd goal. Just because he started his first 45 minutes well and did ok against Birmingham this season doesn't mean he's getting better and better - he was running around like a headless chicken against Norwich, whose Mick comparing him against the rest of the Midfield? probably the most attacking of them but that's not saying a lot!

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Walk_the_Wark added 20:31 - Aug 27 McCARTHY OUT
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marcus139 added 21:13 - Aug 27 Jwm. Interested on your Warnock quote. Wasn't too much of a dinosaur to extract best out of Taraabt. I dream if having a player at Town to watch like this. Entertainment my friend.....
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marcus139 added 21:13 - Aug 27 Oh....surco loved your post.
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blueboy1981 added 21:31 - Aug 27 JWM ....... fair point - but given the choice of the two in question I know which one I would have - the one who is never, ever, going to be a good loser - and we ALL know which one that is from past experiences.
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Tonyitfc82 added 22:02 - Aug 27 Mings may have made the odd mistake - but amongst the abject surrender of Saturday he was indeed the one bright spark. If he 'makes way' for Parr after this it will send out all the wrong messages. If your better players get 'rested' & those that put in such a poor display keep their places it is indeed a suicidal piece of man management. This kid has paid for tickets for fans out of his comparatively meagre wages - gone on training programmes in the US at his own expense - all to make it at ITFC. When selected he has given his all for the team & if he is not retained after this it will not only set him back - but give no incentive to any other of our youngsters trying to break into the team !!

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thebeat added 22:57 - Aug 27 I really cant believe what i read sometimes. Andersons got better and better? Does MM really stand for Mr Magoo? Half a game against Reading at home last season is all Andersons produced. He has been a terrible signing. I really fear for us this season if we are going to be relying on the likes of him, i stand by what i said at the weekend, all 4 of the midfielders that played against the scum are simply not good enough if we want to be successful in this division. I notice some of the other championship sides have been bringing in youngsters from the premier league tonight, as usual we are sat scratching our arse's and will end up picking up the leftover scraps in the next few weeks that nobody else wants.

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kesgrave_bluey added 23:43 - Aug 27 Benik Afobe signed by MK Dons from Arsenal on 4th August on a season long loan. Cam MM explain why we are the only club that gets there squad sorted in the 2nd week of September? Doesn't that make having to play catch up for the rest of the season. We are already 9 pts adrift.
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Warkys_Tash added 00:09 - Aug 28 Surco, you talk about McCarthy being negative & I have to agree with you to a point. However, all of your recent whining is having a negative effect on most posters on here. You used to post some good comments. Talking about better football under the last two Clowns is laughable & insulting. The Beat, spot on son. 4 midfield 'battlers' at best is all we have. For anyone else, I don't want to hear any calls for Garvan. Never had any pace to win the ball in centre mid & if you don't have the ball you can't pass it - however good a passer you may be. Possible dodgy knees & potentially has a touch of the 'Chopras'? - Always worth doing your homework on players off the pitch? As for Saturday, what a toothless shower we were. Yes, it WAS a disgrace MM & if you don't think it was as important to us as the old Firm Derby, then start reading the response on here!! We are hurting massively.

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alexsmith111 added 00:20 - Aug 28 Keane-disheartened and almost self districive, over confident, yet optimistic as an brilliant player so potential bags of knowledge, failure. Jewel- such a lack of conviction, lack of respect, lack of team drive. Such a well intentioned bloke who wasn't up to the task, unfortunate. MM, clever, aware, experienced, trustworthy, it appears he has ever not disclosed our full finiancial restrictions or is lacking a drive in advancement. I'm getting increasing pissed off, which is because I believe MM is the man, just not convicting anything at the moment, our game, signings, team play, game plan. We could be in the mix. Lack of ambition is somewhere in the hierarchy, MM, Evans, who ever it is poisoning our club as we are no a bad team. You could literally put a outstanding playa let in and would be a different class, other area could be improved also, but we don't need too much work, just some effort from above and some financial backing. Don't get me wrong, Evans must be jiffed off. Yeah Taylor he's amazing, 1.5 mil bargain, he'll be in every game, top scorer, brace your self. I'm still braced! Anderson! Good but is performing like jet, except jet had a better shot. We need some proper work doing. Il take a point any day for sat

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COYB11 added 00:38 - Aug 28 I thought Mings played well on Saturday like most on here, especially considering Tabb is playing so narrow it leaves kings more exposed. i thought he dealt with it pretty well. i was sorry not to see hewitt start as i thought he was excellent against fulham and looks a committed and energetic player. as for chambers at right back, at times he can be as poor positionally as carlos edwards but doesn't have the pace to recover. He seems to be a great leader on the pitch but do we not have other players who can perform that role (Berra, Smith, Hyam, Murphy?) Having said that, last season the defence was the strongest part of our team by far and chambers was a part of that, keeping as much of that unit together could be vital this season. As for the midfield, i can't see what Skuse brings. He only passes sideways and backwards and i think hyam has developed brilliantly over the last year or so and has totally surpasses skuse as our shoe in at CM. Would love to henshall given a start, he's bright young and hungry and has shown great pace although i fear he will only be used as an 'impact sub'. Also, i went to the crawley game and young teddy bishop looked like a proper player. comfortable on the ball and cracked a shot off the bar from 30 yards. Murph and mcgoldrick are great but maybe someone needs to be brought in with some pace to get in behind defences and stretch teams a bit more. mccarthy will always stick to 442, whether i think that is the greatest modern day formation isn't relevant. so my team for saturday would be: Biliakowski Chambers Berra Smith Mings Hewitt Hyam Bishop Henshall Murphy Mcgoldrick Subs: Gerken Ando Parr tabb bru sammon bajner

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