Page 10 - Jon Stead News Today

Sunderland take on Bristol City at the Stadium of Light hoping to make it three wins in a row in the Sky Bet Championship.

On-loan striker Jon Stead says he would have liked to have scored more than six goals for the Blues this season. Stead yesterday joined Coventry until May with a view to a permanent deal in the summer.

Towns dismal run of home form continued with a lacklustre 1-1 draw against Blackpool. Alex Baptiste put the visitors in front in the 28th minute but Tommy Miller hit back for the Blues six minutes later.

Town striker Jon Stead is weighing up whether to join Coventry City on loan with a view to a permanent move in the summer. Stead, the Blues joint top scorer along with Jon Walters with six, has been on the bench since the arrival of Daryl Murphy and David Healy earlier this month.

You may have noticed that in recent weeks our regular polls have returned to the site. The latest asks whether the Blues should allow striker Jon Stead to join Coventry on loan.

Town visit manager Paul Lambert’s former club Norwich City on Sunday looking to upset the form book and for their first derby victory in almost 10 years (Sky Sports Main Event/Football from 11.30am, kick-off midday).

New signing Daryl Murphy says the Blues should be in a far better league position given the players that are at the club. The Irish international joined the Blues on loan until the end of the season from Sunderland along with David Healy on Monday.

Boss Jim Magilton has no new injury concerns ahead of Saturdays home game against Plymouth Argyle. Defenders Moritz Volz and Iván Campo remain on the sidelines with long-term absentee Tommy Smith.

Second half goals from Neill Collins and Danny Welbeck saw Preston North End to a 2-0 victory over the Blues at Deepdale. Town created little aside from what looked a harshly disallowed Tamás Priskin header at 0-0, while earlier on the Hungarian missed the Blues best opportunity in open play.

Boss Roy Keane says striker Tamás Priskin will not be leaving the club before the transfer window closes on Monday. QPR have been linked with the 23-year-old and the Town manager says a number of clubs have contacted him regarding the Hungarian internationals availability.