Blues boss Paul Jewell says central defender Damien Delaney will train today and hopes he will be OK to face his former club Hull City on Saturday. However, Ívar Ingimarsson is out due to his thigh problem.
Centre-half Cameron Burgess admitted that last night’s 1-0 Carabao Cup defeat to Colchester United was a frustrating one to take but felt it was a game the Blues hadn’t deserved to lose.
Next season’s 10 new full-time Academy scholars will be formally inducted into the club today. They will be shown around the stadium and officially welcomed to Town by chief executive Simon Clegg.
Boss Mick McCarthy says he’s delighted to have been able to offer five of this season’s academy second-year scholars professional contracts, but doesn’t expect any of them to break into the first team immediately.
Russell Osman was the latest Blues legend to be welcomed to Playford Road by manager Paul Lambert and his staff earlier today, while the Town boss has been discovering more about one of his illustrious predecessors in the Portman Road hotseat.