Striker Jon Stead says he expects he'll leave the Blues in the summer if Roy Keane remains as Town manager. The former England U21 international is currently on loan at Coventry City.

Stead said: "I think everything will depend on whether Ipswich make any changes in the summer and whether the manager is still there for next season.

"If he is, I will be moving I would have thought. I can't see him wanting to keep me if he has allowed me to go out on loan. I will have to gauge that at the end of the season. Once you go into pre-season, decisions will be made."

Stead says he will spend the summer back in Suffolk with his wife set to give birth to their first child: "The baby will be born in Ipswich because we have got a house still there and I don't know what is going to happen next season. We'll live down there over May and June and some of July and see what happens.”

The frontman, who has scored twice in nine starts and one sub appearance for the Sky Blues, joined Town from Sheffield United for £600,000 in the summer of 2008 and has another year left on his Town contract.

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bedsitfc added 08:04 - Apr 8 chambersm - its no good having someone that will create a goal every 3 matches, i want someone who will create 2 or 3 chances every game. this season our problem has been we've not scored enough goals and thats the supply chains fault
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bennyblue added 08:09 - Apr 8 its everyones fault from manager to players bugger all goals scored from players and bugger all from set pieces which has to be keanes fault
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bedsitfc added 08:17 - Apr 8 also dont want rosenior here as he is running down his reading contract so he can get a better wages deal and whose to say he wont try to do the same here, we will end up paying him a fortune and then he will walk away and we get no return on our investment
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GetInTheGameScowcrof added 08:48 - Apr 8 Stead's not good enough for Town. We need some quality up front, who are going to bag 20 goals. Not Stead with maybe 10 at best. I'm afraid Counago has to go too, not good enough. Only plays well at home too.
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james1989 added 09:38 - Apr 8 keep stead, he works hard and does score a few goals, all round good player
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bluechick added 10:17 - Apr 8 So Stead expects to go. Fine if & it's a big if we can get anyone to come here who is any better.
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