Titus Bramble may well make his first appearance of the season in Saturday s ultra-crucial game between Town and Charlton at the Valley. With John McGreal out for the season, Mark Venus suffering with an ankle injury and now Manu Thetis having a back problem, the eighteen-year old, plagued himself with injury this season might find a place in the line-up. George Burley will want to keep playing the 5-3-2 formation which saw Town back to winning ways rather than go back to the 4-4-2 which has rarely worked for the Blues this season. Other possibilities for the third centre-half joining Tony Mowbray and Wayne Brown are Matt Holland, who might find himself dropped back from midfield or Fabian Wilnis. Holland moved into the defence when Thetis went off on Tuesday and has played there before both for Town and Bournemouth. Fabian Wilnis might find himself moved inside from right-back despite a patchy performance against Palace. Gary Croft would then get a recall. Up front Marcus Stewart may
Town s Slovenian left-back Amir Karic has promised fans that they will hear much more of him. The internationl joined from Maribor last September but he has made just three fleeting first-team appearances as a Worthington Cup sub.
FourFourTwo have asked us to name Town s best and worst ever players. Over the last 24 hours we ve taken nominations via a Town Topic and picked out the six with the most votes in each category.
Former Blue Tommy Miller says he’s looking forward to returning to Portman Road with Sheffield Wednesday a week on Saturday. Miller was a youth player with the Blues, then returned for two spells as a professional before leaving on a free Bosman transfer last summer.
In a shock move Town striker David Johnson has declared himself Welsh. The 23-year-old striker has in the past appeared for both the England B team and the Jamaican full side as well as spending a game on the bench for the England U21s, however none of these games tied him to any one country and he can still choose which nation he wanted to represent.