Town will not be adding any loanees to their squad until after the West Brom game a week on Saturday. The Blues are known to be considering taking a central defender from a Premiership club on a short-term basis.
Town are one of a number of Championship clubs being linked with Wigan central defender Fitz Hall. The former Southampton, Crystal Palace and Oldham man s only appearance for the Latics this season was in their 1-0 Carling Cup defeat to Hull City.
Town midfielder Veliche Shumulikoski has branded George Burley s Scotland side long ball merchants ahead of Macedonia s World Cup qualifier with the Scots in Skopje on Saturday.
Keeper Neil Alexander is Town s only doubt ahead of Saturday s game at Watford. The Scotland international will travel to Hertfordshire with the squad on Friday but could return to Suffolk if his wife Joanne, currently in Ipswich Hospital, goes into labour.