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Jimmy Bullard could make his first start after his recent return to the Blues when Town take on Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Saturday. The midfielder has been working on his fitness during the two-week international break, having come on as a sub against Leeds, and could be considered ready to go into the starting XI, along with new loan signing Danny Collins.
Blues boss Paul Jewell says skipper Grant Leadbitter told him that he wants to stay at Town when the two met to talk on Wednesday. Leadbitter, a Portsmouth target earlier in the summer, is out of contract next June with the Town manager desperate to avoid a repeat of the situation which saw David Norris and Gareth McAuley leave on free transfers at the end of the season after months of speculation about their futures.
Academy second-year scholar Gunnar Thorsteinsson was on target as Iceland’s U19s beat Estonia 4-0 in a home friendly this afternoon. Thorsteinsson, a midfielder or centre-half, netted his country’s third goal.
Town centre-half Tommy Smith and New Zealand beat New Caledonia 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Noumea this morning, avenging their 2-0 Oceania Nations Cup semi-final defeat to the Pacific Islanders earlier in the summer.
Town boss Paul Jewell says he won’t pick his team for Saturday’s game at Blackpool until he assesses the seven players who have been away on international duty this week. Keith Andrews and Damien Delaney have been with the Republic of Ireland, David Stockdale with England, Josh Carson with Northern Ireland, Tamás Priskin with Hungary, Carlos Edwards with Trinidad and Tobago and Jaime Peters with Canada.