Town could be without Gareth McAuley, Darren O’Dea, Connor Wickham and Jimmy Bullard when they take on already-relegated Preston in the season’s final home game on Saturday. Defenders McAuley and O’Dea have definitely been ruled out, while striker Wickham and midfielder Bullard are both doubts with rib and knee injuries respectively, having missed the defeat at Swansea on Monday.
Town boss Paul Jewell says he now expects the Blues’ contract saga to drag on until after the end of the 2010/11 campaign. Central defender Damien Delaney is still the only senior player whose current terms are up at the end of the season to have
Loan midfielder Jimmy Bullard says joining Town in January was the best move of his career. The 32-year-old is with the Blues until the end of the season with manager Paul Jewell having
In Part One I discussed the poor recruiting under Marcus Evans (ME). In this second part I wanted to start by discussing his manager appointments before going onto financial matters.
Town visit Middlesbrough on Saturday with manager Mick McCarthy determined that his side should finish their season strongly, despite now having no realistic chance of making the play-offs. The Blues, who are without a win in six, are eighth in the table, eight points from the play-offs with just three games left to play.
Town manager Paul Jewell says that ideally he’d love to have all his summer signings at the club when pre-season training starts on June 29th but admits that that’s not a realistic prospect. The Blues boss says he has his summer plans in place and has held long meetings with owner and chairman Marcus Evans as he looks towards his first full season in charge at Portman Road.
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Blues boss Paul Jewell says he will speak to West Ham regarding Kieron Dyer extending his loan at Portman Road for a second month. Dyer has made one start and two sub appearances since returning to his home-town club a month ago.
Town's U18s comfortably beat Birmingham City 4-0 at Playford Road on Saturday afternoon. Three of the Blues' four goals came from defenders released this week, centre-half Josh Meekings (pictured) netting twice and full-back Rory McKeown one, while first-year scholar Callum Bennett, also a defender, scored the other.
Released Town midfielder Alan Quinn recently spent time in hospital after picking up an infection having undergone his second groin operation of the season. Boss Paul Jewell says the Irishman spent “four or five days” in a hospital in Leicester.