Keeper Brian Murphy will be out for around three months having suffered a broken ankle in training this morning. The 27-year-old was taken to hospital but the injury didn’t require surgery.

Murphy, who joined the Blues a year ago from League of Ireland side Bohemians, has made four league appearances this season, most recently the 1-0 defeat at Preston.

The Irishman has played in all five Carling Cup ties but will now miss the two-legged semi-final with Arsenal and also the FA Cup third round match at Chelsea.

Márton Fülöp returned from his ankle injury to face Leicester at the weekend, while Arran Lee-Barrett will now be on the bench with Ian McLoughlin on standby to come in should another keeper suffer a problem.

Meanwhile, veteran defender Mark Kennedy says his problems with hamstring injuries since joining the Blues in the summer have been frustrating: "One of my biggest disappointments this year is not being able to offer a bit more to the manager and the lads.

"That's something that's been a little bit personal and something I've actually been a bit embarrassed about."

Kennedy has played Town's last two matches and is likely to be at left-back against Watford on Boxing Day.

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MaySixth added 17:11 - Dec 23 Oh dear.
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CGH added 17:14 - Dec 23 Sign up Smithies, can then get rid of Murphy, Lee-Barrett and/or McLoughlin. Quality young keeper! Maybe even get a deal for Rhodes as well. it's all a pipe dream though... COYB
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Garv added 17:15 - Dec 23 Nice one
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JetaimePeters added 17:17 - Dec 23 Get Well Soon Brian!
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bluelady added 17:22 - Dec 23 What a shame he deserves to play in the cup after coming so far with the team!!! How on earth does a gatekeeper break an ankle in training???!!!
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TractorBeezer added 17:24 - Dec 23 Tough luck....get better soon Brian!
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legoman added 17:25 - Dec 23 By trying hard BlueLady
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Back_The_Boss added 17:55 - Dec 23 Oh dear, call up the replacements!
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slippery added 18:03 - Dec 23 could do worse than having lee barrett as a replacement i feel he is better than murphy any way. get well soon murphy
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petermorris added 18:24 - Dec 23 Did 'Keano' do it?
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whoppit added 18:25 - Dec 23 Was it a five-a-side game and Keano went in hard??
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petermorris added 18:30 - Dec 23 Any pathetic Leicester fans reading this should try: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/article/26408/ No one falls over. Good game apparently.
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howdonblue added 18:49 - Dec 23 no offence to murphy, but we wont miss him .. his command of the 6 yard box is as poor as i have ever seen at town. clive baker & laurie sivell were much smaller ,but had a better command of the box
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Mungo added 18:55 - Dec 23 Unfortunate that he will miss the Arsenal games given his role in the cup so far. Get well soon Brian! CGH - Huddersfield want £3m for Smithies. If we spend £3m on a player I'd be disappointed if they were a goalkeeper!
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jas0999 added 19:02 - Dec 23 Bad luck for Murphy and yet another injury for us. Luckily we still have Fulop - who in my opinion is the better keeper. ALB is an ample back-up so no real issue - but nevertheless feel sorry for Brian and I wish him a speedy recovery.
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Brazilian added 20:27 - Dec 23 I like Murphy...speedie recovery please....enjoy Xmas.
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BlueJewells added 22:00 - Dec 23 sh1t
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yorksblue added 22:15 - Dec 23 HowdonBlue Agree with you entirely. Saw Clive Baker at Highbury one Boxing Day stop everything that Arsenal threw his way, and we got a 0-0 out of it.
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runaround added 22:16 - Dec 23 Thats bad luck for Murph. Hopefully this means we can at least have some continuity in 1 position in the team hopefully giving our back 4 more confidence
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CGH added 23:19 - Dec 23 Mungo - Really? This I didn't know. Maybe a package deal with Rhodes, don't we have a 20% sell on fee? That's a lot to spend on a youth keeper, I agree.
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bobble added 06:49 - Dec 24 by the time he gets back we will be a 3rd division team
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