Midfielder Lee Martin will again be missing when the Blues take on Southend in a pre-season friendly at Roots Hall this evening (KO 7.45pm). The 25-year-old has been suffering with a thigh problem throughout pre-season with his only involvement so far as a sub in the second half at Cambridge.

Better news is that striker Ronan Murray is back having been sidelined with a minor niggle, while prospective signing Cheick Kourouma is again involved with the squad.

Martin was the Town scorer in the friendly between the two sides last year which ended 1-1.

A Blues reserves side will be in action at AFC Sudbury on Wednesday evening (KO 7.45pm).

Squad: Ainsley, Bullard, Carson, Chambers, Chopra, Cresswell, Delaney, Drury, Edwards, Emmanuel-Thomas, Hyam, Kourouma, Lee-Barrett, Loach, Luongo, Murray, Scotland, Stevenson, Whight.

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ITFCed added 13:06 - Jul 31 Our team is not good enough!
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dirtydingusmagee added 13:07 - Jul 31 come on lads ,lets see you turn the shrimpers over ,if only to take the wind out of the sails of the moaners on here .COYB
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blueandwhitebadger added 13:10 - Jul 31 Look forward to Murray having a chance. Be interesting to see how he has developed after being out on loan.
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Langdon_Blue added 13:11 - Jul 31 Going to the game tonight. Looking forward to seeing how the new lads play. I might even post updates on here for my TWTD buddies, if I get internet connection in such a big stadium, that is ;-)
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WeirdFishes added 13:19 - Jul 31 Missing? Has he ran away?
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arc added 13:37 - Jul 31 The Cletus photo is back!
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SuperReuser added 13:43 - Jul 31 have you ever seen a photo of those skinless rats? thats what he looks like. google it now! anyway we need Martin, he is a good player.
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Jimmys_Law added 13:55 - Jul 31 Would much appreciate any updates on the game tonight. One of my mates is a shrimpers fan so I don't want to hear him gloating tomorrow. COYB!
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Surco72 added 14:01 - Jul 31 Loach , Edwards,Chambers ,Delaney ,Cresswell Jet,Bullard,Luongo,Drury,Carson Chopra 4-5-1 , 3 in the centre with Luongo sitting behind Bullard and Drury letting them both get forward and Jet and Carson getting wide to support Chops
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stinkiusminkius added 14:27 - Jul 31 I like the look of that Surco.
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casanovacrow added 14:58 - Jul 31 Expecting a performance from JET after his outburst
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pitseablue added 15:30 - Jul 31 Like a home game for me........just up the road !!
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brian_a_mul added 15:36 - Jul 31 @Surco72 Thats a pretty good line up, with Martin and Smith to come back I think we have a pretty solid first team. Dont forget we also have Hewitt to come back. TBH I think we just need to add a new striker or two and an extra def cover to have a very competitive and quality squad. i too hope Murray can stake a claim for more first team action this season. He could be a 10-15 goal+ striker if given more regular game time.

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bigolconnor added 15:38 - Jul 31 Superreuser. I believe it is a molerat. And yeah, he played really well last season.
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kerryblue added 15:47 - Jul 31 Expect more stupid mistakes and Porno Pauls excuses on here by the morning
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Garv added 15:55 - Jul 31 Would like us to play our best team tonight, as we haven't really done that in pre season so far. Not expecting it whatsoever though. That team in my opinion is, 4-2-3-1 Loach Edwards Chambers Delaney Cresswell Drury Luongo JET Stevenson Carson Chopra Before the season starts we need to replace Carson with Murphy/Wickham, and possibly Delaney with a new centre half, but I don't think we're desperate in that area. I actually think Chambers and Del boy could form a good partnership. Also Martin to come in for Stevo.

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Sindre94 added 16:39 - Jul 31 An injuryfree team for me this season will be.. Loach Edwards - Chambers - Smith - Cresswell Drury - Luongo JET - Bullard - Martin Chopra
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Garv added 16:48 - Jul 31 Don't think Bullard has the energy, pace or skill to run with the ball to play there sadly. We need Martin's direct running in there, Bullard won't do that.
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karls_dad added 16:55 - Jul 31 The start of the new season is fast approaching , we really need a committed performance tonite, defence especially! no more soft goals please!
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Sindre94 added 16:55 - Jul 31 U dont need to run much about to play there garv, youre just like the second striker, receiving the ball and making things happen, better off there than as a holding midfielder.. He will also get to use his shootingskills more
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HackneyBlue added 17:02 - Jul 31 If he goes to Bristol he would have failed miserably in Geography as its quicker and nearer to get to London from Derby
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billlm added 17:16 - Jul 31 basically if chopra is up front all season no disrespect to him i think hes a gem it will be a non starter of a season we will possibly stay in this division just
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gypo added 17:55 - Jul 31 Hackneyblue I hope your gonna use sat-nav if your going to southend tonight ;-)
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Garv added 18:06 - Jul 31 Sindre you really do need to run about in there. Your main job without the ball is to harry the opposition defence into making mistakes or giving the ball away. You need to be energetic and run the channels, get to the the byline and put crosses in, just because its not from the wing you still need to do this. You need direct running with the ball. You need at least a bit of pace as not to slow attacks down too much. Can you see Bullard doing these things? Let Bullard do his thing in central midfield with a protector next to him offering security I say.

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dirtydingusmagee added 18:23 - Jul 31 kerryblue are you going to the match with jas0999 ?
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