Blues boss Paul Jewell confirmed that adding to his centre-half options will be a priority during the January transfer window with more calamitous defending helping goal-shy Nottingham Forest to a 3-1 victory at Portman Road yesterday. The Town manager was critical of Damien Delaney and Ívar Ingimarsson after the defeat.
New loan signing Noel Hunt reflected on his dramatic Town debut and said it was a script which couldn’t have been written. The 31-year-old, who joined the Blues from Leeds on Thursday, came off the bench in the 84th minute to score his first league goal in more than two years in the fifth minute of injury time to secure Town’s 1-0 victory at Charlton and move them up to second in the Championship table.
Town boss Mick McCarthy has dismissed the suggestion that the Blues have joined the Championship promotion push largely unnoticed. Saturday’s 1-0 win at Charlton saw Town climb to second in the table just a point behind leaders Derby.
Jonny Parr and Jay Tabb come into the Town side facing Charlton in this lunchtime’s live Sky game with the suspended Christophe Berra and injured Kevin Bru dropping out (Sky Sports 1/HD1, KO 12.15pm).
Debutant sub Noel Hunt netted an injury time winner as Town beat Charlton 1-0 at the Valley to end the Addicks unbeaten home record and climb to second in the Championship table. Hunt, who had come off the bench in the 84th minute after signing on loan from Leeds on Thursday, shot home from the edge of the box after a David McGoldrick cross had been half-cleared.