Jim Magilton will be looking to win three away games in a row for the first time as manager when the Blues travel to top-of-the-table Stoke City on Saturday afternoon. Magilton has a full squad from which to pick his side and may name the same eleven for the third successive game.
Town boss Mick McCarthy is under no illusions that Saturday’s home match against bottom-of-the-table Burton Albion is a “huge game” for the Blues as they look to get themselves back in the play-off picture.
Town s excellent home form faces its biggest test of the season on Saturday when second-placed Watford bring the division s top away record to Portman Road. The Blues have few injury concerns aside from Alan Quinn, who has a minor ankle problem.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, it s David Norris s name which features in most of this morning s newspaper reports involving Town. The entire media seems convinced that the Plymouth midfielder will finally move to Portman Road today, the final day of the transfer window.
Town are reported to have completed the signing of Derby County keeper Stephen Bywater on loan until the end of the season. Bywater comes in as a replacement for Neil Alexander, who joined Rangers yesterday.