Striker David McGoldrick says the Town dressing room remains firmly behind manager Mick McCarthy, even if the Blues boss has faced criticism from some fans during the latter part of 2015/16.

“Don’t worry about what goes on outside of the changing room, trust me, everyone in there trusts him with our lives,” the 28-year-old Irish international said after Saturday's 1-0 final day win at Derby.

“Nobody argues with what he does, the decisions he makes or the signings he makes.

“His record proves that it and we respect him, he respects us and there’s no question about that.”

Saturday’s ninth away victory, achieved via a McGoldrick penalty, his fifth goal of his injury-hit campaign, saw the Blues end the season in seventh, five points off their pre-season target of a second successive play-off finish.

Next season’s Championship looks like it might be even stronger given the clubs coming down with Aston Villa already relegated and at least one of Newcastle and Sunderland set to join them.

However, McGoldrick says former Premier League clubs don’t always live up to their billing.

“We say that every year but the teams which come down aren’t always all that,” he reflected.

“When Fulham came down we were like, ‘Wow, Fulham are going to be the best team ever in the Championship’, but that wasn’t the case.

“The overall standard is going to be better and there are some big clubs coming down, but Ipswich is a big club and we can’t be scared of anyone. Next season will be tough, though.”

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carsey added 20:29 - May 10 Pip50 - a great observation
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happybeingblue added 21:30 - May 10 Villa look woeful massive rebuilding job on there reckon they will struggle to stay up nxt season
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jabberjackson added 23:33 - May 10 Never talk Pygmy to a dwarf
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essex57 added 08:25 - May 11 Pip50 great observation yes I would be sad if I was a hammers fan but yet again a fan uses a news story to have a snide chip at our great club thats SAD.
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runningout added 09:47 - May 11 wish a lot more of us town fans could take so called snide remarks with pinch of salt
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Ipswich24 added 13:05 - May 11 What do you expect him to say? Oh well Mick is a dinosaur I get neck ache watching the ball in the sky. I'm injured all the time anyway. MICK OUT
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Bob7881 added 13:11 - May 11 Essex57 you made the comment a few weeks ago that you would not make any more posts until next season but you have failed in that statement and have made comment after comment. you have your opinion others have theirs so please button it.
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Bob7881 added 13:18 - May 11 Regarding players coming out in defence of McCarthy let your talking be done on the pitch then we might believe you.
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