Town boss Mick McCarthy has handed Richard Chaplow his full Blues debut in today’s East Anglian derby against Norwich City at Carrow Road. 
 The on-loan Millwall man, a sub in the 4-2 victory over Birmingham on Tuesday. comes into the side on the right of midfield with Jay Tabb on the left of an otherwise unchanged team.

Paul Anderson and Jonny Parr drop to the bench, while Teddy Bishop misses out with the ankle injury he suffered in training.

Striker Chris Wood, who signed on loan from Leicester on Friday, is on the bench alongside 17-year-old first-year scholar Kundai Benyu. It’s the central midfielder’s first inclusion in a matchday 18.

David McGoldrick (thigh), Darren Ambrose, Stephen Hunt (both hamstring), Noel Hunt and Luke Hyam (knee) had all previously been ruled out. Former Northgate High School pupil Hyam travelled to the game on the train along with the supporters and will watch the match from the away end.

Norwich: Ruddy, Whittaker, Martin (c), Bassong, Olsson, Tettey, Johnson, Redmond, Howson, Hoolahan, Grabban. Subs: Rudd, Turner, Jerome, Hooper, Andreu, Garrido, Dorrans.

Town: Bialkowski, Chambers (c), Mings, Berra, Smith, Skuse, Bru, Chaplow, Bru, Murphy, Sears. Subs: Gerken, Parr, Clarke, Anderson, Benyu, Varney, Wood. Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire).

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havinit69 added 13:23 - Mar 1 Bru playing twice?
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muccletonjoe added 13:23 - Mar 1 Benyu is a great young prospect , cant see him being phased by the day at all. Pleased chaplow plays
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bohslegend added 13:25 - Mar 1 THESE ARE THE DAYS!
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bluesince84 added 13:26 - Mar 1 poor Parr, just no matter what he does, how many consistent performances he does and how good he always is, just cant get in the team. Whoever he plays for next year will be a lucky club. Parr if your reading a tip: play well once every 7.35 games, works for Tabb and anderson
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Jimmy86 added 13:27 - Mar 1 Gotta feel sorry for Parr!! What's he gotta do to earn a run in the team!! There's no way you can say Mings is better than him. Otherwise a good team to be fair. Need to go at them from the start. COYB
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truckertractorboy added 13:28 - Mar 1 Didnt see chaplow long on tuesday but he looked good so i agree with that decision
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battyblue added 13:29 - Mar 1 Cant believe Parr is on the bench yet again Mick you are just not picking the best team Cambo will get skinned alive today
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Kikapu added 13:30 - Mar 1 Two x Bru is an advantage.
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emergencylime added 13:32 - Mar 1 I just called To say I love Bruuuuuu. Jerome and Hooper on the bench…jeez that's strong you have to say. COYB
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itfc1981 added 13:37 - Mar 1 Parr for god sake why not! feck it just win town!
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jas0999 added 13:42 - Mar 1 Very surprised that Chaplow starts. Bench demonstrates again that we have very limited options. No excuse really. January was a great time to strengthen.
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bluemikey100 added 13:51 - Mar 1 shame no bishop
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RaymondovicBlue added 14:06 - Mar 1 Connolly?!?!?!?
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Lightningboy added 14:53 - Mar 1 Really poor so far..Sears is looking sharp though. Seriously cannot believe some of McCarthy's decisions at times..Chaplow starting? - bizarre!? Smith needs dropping (been really poor since xmas) and Chambers needs putting into the middle..what the hell has Mick got against Parr?? These are bloody obvious decisions and it really annoys me that McCarthy can't see such glaring errors in his formation. If we don't wake up not only will Norwich overtake us but we'll completely drop out of the play offs.

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bellazzurri79 added 15:00 - Mar 1 Have I gone back in time? That was the same s*** I watched back in August against Norwich What the fcuk has happened No passion no desire no midfield Tommy smith has been dreadful I'm bemused, do they know it's a derby????
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brittaniaman added 15:00 - Mar 1 It is not long ago Norwich were 10pts behind, now at the moment they are 2pts. ahead ?? new manager syndrome certainly worked for them !!!
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tomitfc added 15:02 - Mar 1 Somebody please explain to me how jay tabb gets a game? Skuse is there to break up play but does he ever actually achieve it? Season defining second half coming up.
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bellazzurri79 added 16:03 - Mar 1 Disgusting performance today simple as that
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Hegansheroes added 16:34 - Mar 1 Poor team selection from the most negative manager in the four top leagues
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