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.
Midfielder Owen Garvan is hoping that a good showing in the Irish U21 side this week will push him back into the full squad. The 20-year-old took part in the summer training camp but is yet to win a cap for Giovanni Trapattoni s side.
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.
Midfielder Owen Garvan has been called into the Republic of Ireland U21 squad for the friendly with Portugal on Friday, September 7th at Turner s Cross in Cork. Striker Billy Clarke was named in the original squad.