Midfielder or full-back Shane O’Connor was due back in training yesterday having been out of action since a bout of suspected appendicitis forced him out of the Republic of Ireland U21 squad almost a fortnight ago.
A young Town reserves side lost 2-1 to a more experienced Stevenage line-up at Playford Road earlier this afternoon. Bermudian international winger Reggie Lambe scored for the Blues late on after Jerome Anderson and Callum Willock has scored for the visitors.
Blues boss Paul Jewell was still waiting to hear whether all his international players had come through their games unscathed at Thursday’s press conference ahead of Saturday’s game at Barnsley. Linchpin defender Gareth McAuley, Darren O’Dea and Connor Wickham were back and OK, but Hungarian pair Tamás Priskin and Márton Fülöp, and Canadian Jaime Peters had not yet returned to Portman Road.
Town s reserves comfortably beat top-of-the-table Oxford United 3-0 at Didcot s nPower Loop Meadow Stadium on Wednesday night. A brace from Ronan Murray and a strike from Bermudian international Reggie Lambe secured all three points for Chris Kiwomya s men.