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Boss Paul Jewell will be weighing up whether to stick with his diamond formation or make a change to his system when the Blues take on Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday. Town are again without central defenders Ibrahma Sonko and Damien Delaney and striker Daryl Murphy, but midfielder Lee Bowyer and frontman Nathan Ellington are both fit again and Tamás Priskin has made it back from Hungary.
Town boss Paul Jewell says skipper Grant Leadbitter’s agent has told him that the 25-year-old is happy to take his time before deciding on his future. Leadbitter, who was
Out-of-favour midfielder Owen Garvan lashed in a stunning third goal to help Town’s reserves to a 3-1 victory at Luton this afternoon. Liam Trotter and Pablo Couñago (pen) had already hit the target before Garvan slammed home an Ed Upson corner from the edge of the area off the underside of the crossbar.
Loanee defender Darren O’Dea will start for the Republic of Ireland when they take on Norway in a friendly at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Wednesday (Sky Sports One, 7.30pm). The on-loan Celtic man, who will partner Manchester United’s John O’Shea at the centre of the defence, will win his third full cap.
Academy midfielder Josh Carson says he hadn’t expected to be called up to the Northern Ireland U21 squad having only broken into the U19 squad this season. Carson and Town team-mate Caolan Lavery are in the party taking on Scotland at Partick Thistle’s Firhill on Wednesday.