Reading have recalled keeper Alex McCarthy from his loan spell with the Blues. The 22-year-old, whose stay was expected to end on April 11th, will return to the Madejski Stadium tomorrow.

Chief executive Simon Clegg told the club site: "We had a request from Reading this morning and Alex will be going back there tomorrow."

McCarthy subsequently tweeted: "Thanks for all your messages really enjoyed my time at Ipswich, all the best rest of season."

Mikkel Andersen, the Royals' regular sub keeper while McCarthy has been out on loan at Town and Leeds, has a knee injury and could face time on the sidelines.

The England U21 international made 10 appearances for the Blues having signed on loan in January. The Guildford-born keeper's time at Portman Road started less than impressively with a red card at Leeds in his third game but his performances improved as he settled into the side.

Arran Lee-Barrett looks set to start against Barnsley at Portman Road on Saturday with Richard Wright on the bench.

US U20 international Cody Cropper, 19, is also available having made his first appearance for the U18s at the weekend after undergoing knee surgery in December.

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bluelady added 18:07 - Mar 28 Jas can you tell me what Keane did to address the GK situation... ah yes Begavich, what happend, ah yes he got recalled.... we then got Flapper Fullop and ALB hmmmm
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irishtim added 18:16 - Mar 28 Maybe we should see how shane supple feels now? Playing well in gaelic footie. Maybe he might fancy return now the dark lord doesnt rule!
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Karlosfandangal added 18:18 - Mar 28 Maybe ALB is happy to be number 2 as his football career was going nowhere now he has had a couple of years on 2-5k a week in wages. Got a feeling Jewell woud have told him he wont be number 1. bit like Sivell and Cooper.
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djc75 added 18:46 - Mar 28 Some of the comments on here are pretty comical really. You seem to want to play ALB whom we have lost 6 games this season with whilst he was in goal compared to McCarthy whom when he was in goal this season we lost only 3 times and 2 of those were in his first 3 games, so a big improvement on what we have had in goal so far this season. As for signing Stockdale... no thanks we lost 9 games whilst he was in. I know who I'd prefer in goal out of those 3 and don't forget McCarthy is only 22yrs old.

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Keaneish added 18:59 - Mar 28 All this aside. Who do we want in the summer as our new number one? I'd like to see a solid 25 or 26 year old come in at a decent price, someone from the lower leagues or Championship, someone who could stay with Town for the next decade. Ideally Cropper would get a good run of games and play some blinders to warrant a place on the bench next season. Keepers on the wish list? Joe Lewis Keiren Westwood Wes Foderingham?

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irishtim added 19:15 - Mar 28 Keaneish of your 3! westwood
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walberswick added 19:19 - Mar 28 Booble, Jewellio has been in charge at Ipswich for more thabn a year and these are the goalkeepers he inherited or signed. I think even you would agree he hasn't sorted this position out yet. And if previous summer transfer windows are anything to go by PJ will dither about and come up with the cheap option of another loanee. Good luck to ALB for the rest of the season but it must be humiliating when the manager doesn't rate you.

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StowTractorBoy added 19:27 - Mar 28 All I can is thank heavens we are safe and leave it there.
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Oldsage added 19:29 - Mar 28 Ipswich 1 Barnsley 4
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geography26 added 19:33 - Mar 28 One of Guzan, Stockdale, loach or Alexander next season please! In that order
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jatkinson4 added 19:34 - Mar 28 should have signed stockdale back on loan when schwarzer got fit again!!
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brazil1982 added 19:43 - Mar 28 A staggering decision to sign him in the first place. I only saw him at Leeds, enough said!
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 19:51 - Mar 28 Wobbles - yeah i would rather we have a full time GK than a loanee, i thin k we all would. However i think Pj was right to get rid of Fulop and Murphy. ALB i think is an excellent number two and if he is happy to stay as that (which i think he may be) i would be happy for him to stay. Stockdale was good and McCarthy was getting better every game and RW was only signed as a stop-gap. Pj is obviously looking for a GK as he bid for Henderson and hopefully in the summer we will get one. It is frustrating but i would rather we take our time and get the right player rather than throwing money away on the first ones that come up. In my opinion you are the same as several other posters on here in that you only post negative comments (whatever the news thread is) and obviously you dont like PJ. Thats fair enough but your constant negative posts,and anti Jewell comments, some of which are just ridiculous devalue any valid points you may actually have. I see your match prediction was wrong again by the way. Fondest Regards Booble

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village_blue added 19:56 - Mar 28 Tom Heaton of Cardiff is out of contract and it's not being re-newed so I think he would be my first choice to go after.
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RetroBlue added 20:15 - Mar 28 Neither GK are good enough for us if we are serious about pushing for promtion. Just add GK to the, "total makeover of ITFC defence" list (with exception of Cresswell). Not sure how much truth there is in the report of Joe Lewis being PR bound in the summer.
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stu_ward27 added 20:24 - Mar 28 don't feel as confident for saturday now, ALB is a poor keeper! shame McCarthy has gone back, excellent shot-stopper, shame his kicking was so shocking! I feel that we need an experienced goalkeeper for next season, someone who the defence can trust, because at times the defence doesn't trust ALB, and when you don't trust your goalkeeper, that's when mistakes are made!

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Ipswichbusiness added 20:37 - Mar 28 We aren't going to be promoted or relegated this season. We know what ALB and RW can/can't do, so let's have a look at Cody Cropper. If he turns out to be great, then fine, we may have saved a huge amount of money. If he is useless then we know to get rid of him as well. There really isn't any point in spending money on the youth set up unless we're prepared to give its products a run.

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bluearmy4life added 20:38 - Mar 28 Cheers Alex all the best! Need a GK in the summer as well as other players. Going to be a busy one again.
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Dissboyitfc added 21:01 - Mar 28 I certainly hope that is the last loan keeper, ALB is an ok number 2. Loan keepers are not the way forward...coyb
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ian_marshall added 22:07 - Mar 28 Cody Cropper in goal please, looks like a young Brad Friedel and will do brilliant if he does half as well as him
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Strikes added 22:11 - Mar 28 Did someone say Shane Supple? One of my favourite Town keepers. Have a go at tempting him back. He's won a Dublin county championship at gaelic football, and if his problem was with the previous regime... what have we got to lose?
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RAH4 added 22:50 - Mar 28 Thankfully only a few meaningless games left this season. This has been a crisis waiting to happen all season. A successful team has strength at the back. A long term solution is way to long overdue
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carsey added 23:02 - Mar 28 Thank goodness for that he is not better than ALB or Richard Wright. Quite why Reading gave him a new contract is beyond me. I know nothing about this Cody Cropper kid but if he is ours we might as well see how he gets on, we have nothing to lose but we must sort the goal keeping position out sooner rather than later along with the defence.
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Keaneish added 00:20 - Mar 29 Loach and Heaton would do me fine as well. Ward, Pearce, Clingan and Rhodes would be my wish list to add... Oh, And Dos Santos of course!!!!
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CherryHintonBlue added 07:27 - Mar 29 ALB this season: P10 W5 D1 L4. Just about playoff standard. Only Luke Hyam and Imbrahima Sonko have given the team better records when in the starting lineup. Enough said.
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