Mick McCarthy delighted by Freddie Sears' return to scoresheet
ByPA Sport Report
Published 28/11/2015 at 16:18 GMT
Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy claims he was more relieved for Freddie Sears than the striker himself was after he broke his scoring drought in a 3-0 win at Charlton.
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Sears scored his first goal in 11 games and also played a big part in both of Daryl Murphy's goals and McCarthy was delighted for the former West Ham and Colchester forward.
"Freddie was diligent in his work in tracking the full-back and then caused all sorts of problems," said McCarthy. "Freddie has been selfless, a proper pro in the way he has gone about his business.
"I was more relieved than Freddie was when he scored his goal because as much as I say to him after every game 'well done, you're brilliant, I love what you're doing', all he wants to do is score."
Town's revival has coincided with Murphy getting back to form after he went on a 13-game run without scoring. He has now scored six times in Ipswich's past three matches, which McCarthy put down to patience.
He said: "Daryl came back late from pre-season because he was with (the Republic of) Ireland. He then had to get used to different people with Brett Pitman and Freddie.
"Brett has taken a bit of weight off him and that has helped. Murphy has benefited from our belief in him and our consistency in keeping with him."
Stand-in Charlton boss Karel Fraeye, who has made no secret he would like the job full-time, believed his side were unlucky and the scoreline did not reflect their performance.
"There was a foul leading up to the first goal," said Fraeye.
"We started very aggressively to try and get a goal. All the statistics are in our favour except for one. It seems unbelievable that we did not score and they got three goals in this game.
"The first goal was important and this one should never have been allowed because there was a clear foul and that proved decisive.
"The second and third goals did not look good for us but things were against us."
Skipper Johnnie Jackson was forced off after 13 minutes with a hamstring problem and Fraeye admitted his loss was a blow.
"We lost Jackson, who was the heart of the team last week," he said.
"He is our captain and credit to him that when he is off it has an effect on the team, although I felt the team reacted very well.
"We lost the first goal which should not have been and the timing of the second goal, just on half-time, was very bad for us.
"In the second half we tried to create pressure and get chances but the third goal made it very hard."
Fraeye was heartened by the performances of youngster Ademole Lookman and the experienced Ricardo Vaz Te, who went on at half-time for his home debut.
Lookman created problems, mainly in the first half, and Vaz Te was denied three times in the final 10 minutes by Ipswich keeper Dean Gerken.
Fraeye said: "We know Ricardo can give us something when he is fit. He and Ademole Lookman did very well.
"Ademole was on the pitch because we believe he deserves to start the game and can affect the game."
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