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Jamie and Fab in Reserves - Ipswich Town News

Jamie Clapham and Fabian Wilnis are both in the reserve squad for the game with Derby tonight. The pair have missed out on action recently, Wilnis due to an ankle injury and Clapham down to the good form of Martijn Reuser.

Former Heybridge Swifts man James Pullen will start in goal with Mike Salmon being rested in case he is needed as back-up to Keith Branagan if Richard Wright misses out at Charlton on Monday. Richard Naylor will again be involved and Gary Croft will have a fitness test on his groin which again worried him during Monday's game with Wimbledon.

Squad: Pullen, Kelly, Wilnis, Clapham, Artun, Croft, Milller, Moffat, Van Eijk, Abidallah, Nicholls, Friars, Naylor, Logan, Graaven, Ambrose, Bent, Burton and Snowdon.

Town are still hopeful that Richard Wright will be available for Monday. The Town keeper missed Saturday's game with Coventry with a back injury and has missed training ever since.

George Burley said: "Richard is progressing well and we hope he will be training by the end of the week, but we are taking it carefully at the moment."

If he doesn't make it Keith Branagan will make his fourth start for the Blues.

Mark Burchill was on the losing side yesterday as Scotland's U21s lost 1-0 to Poland. Burchill captained his nation on a night when Town target Mark Kerr was an unused sub. A goal from Grzegorz Rasiek gave the Poles the victory.

Matt Holland will start for Ireland in Dublin tonight against Andorra. Holland scored when the two sides met in Barcalona recently. Hermann Hreiadarsson is in the Iceland side which meets Malta in Valetta and may captain, while Amir Karic may play for Slovenia in Denmark in a friendly.

With the trip to Charleston, USA now postponed the Blues are planning a short break closer to home in the gap between the Manchester City and Derby games. The Charleston game was called off after medical advice a couple of days ago.

A European break sounds more sensible and is something they have done before this year and in previous seasons.

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