Trinidadian international Kerry Baptiste will spend this week on trial with the Blues. The 28-year-old, who currently plays for Joe Public in his home country, was due over in January but his spell was postponed due to the snowy weather.

Boss Roy Keane says Baptiste will be looking to emulate the likes of Arran Lee-Barrett and Shane O’Connor in impressing him enough to win a deal: “He’s due over this week, I’m sure he’ll be pleased with the weather. He’s due in for a few days.

“We’ll have a look at the boy, Carlos knows him. We look forward to him having a few days with us, like Arran had a few days with us or Shane had a few days with us.”

An international team-mate of Edwards and former loanee Stern John with 43 caps and eight goals, Baptiste was previously with Trinidad clubs San Juan Jabloteh and North East Stars.

The striker or right winger is the all-time top scorer in the TT Pro League, Trinidad and Tobago's top division, having scored 102 goals, 48 of them coming last season.

The Blues have no new injuries ahead of Tuesday’s game at Scunthorpe but Liam Rosenior could be back in the squad after missing out over the weekend due to illness.

Scunthorpe have requested help from their fans in clearing snow from their pitch covers this morning ahead of the Blues’ visit.

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dirtydingusmagee added 16:42 - Feb 22 there is a similarity between keano and Imadinnerjacket, both are strengthening deffence and on look out for attackers,
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stinkiusminkius added 17:21 - Feb 22 pauliejaz - Chances are that the iranian leader is a better football manager than Keane anyway. :-)
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bluepeter added 17:35 - Feb 22 never mind 48 goals, we want someone who scores in the last minute of added time!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jesney_Havoc added 21:38 - Feb 22 Trial only - remember he's not guilty until proven
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Tractorog added 21:38 - Feb 22 No. We need someone who scores so many that the opposition scoring in the last minute of added time no longer matters.
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Tractorog added 21:59 - Feb 22 Perhaps we should nickname this guy Rastapopoulos given that he was put off by Snowy... ( a harmless reference to Tin Tin before anyone asks )
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jas0999 added 22:35 - Feb 22 Simply can not believe that several people are already moaning and the guy hasn't even been on trial yet. Do you people actually support the club?!
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blue added 03:31 - Feb 23 Maybe a trial but this boy can run!Hopefully quicker than haynes with more control buzz and whizz,getting rather excited now ,he looks a mean machine,gogogo yao and co :)
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dirtydingusmagee added 08:01 - Feb 23 Haynes gave Westv Brom thec run around Sunday, so if Babtiste can do a job and is on his toes, got to be worth a look . Its a case of ''suck it and see ''.
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mental1 added 08:11 - Feb 23 there are some clips of kerry baptiste on youtube, he looks alright, not afraid to shoot!
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