Boss Roy Keane says that some of the players who featured for the Blues at the weekend are unlikely to play for the club again. The Town manager says he hopes to have a busy week on the transfer front with several players coming in, but departures are also very much on the cards.
Keane said: "There are certainly one or two players from the weekend who are unlikely to play for me again. And I’ve told them that.
"I’m still learning about these players, but eventually you have to make a decision about one or two and say ‘I don’t like what I’m seeing’. That’s not just on Saturday’s game, but the end of last season and pre-season as well.
"You can’t keep waiting on people, you have to say that enough’s enough. I’m not saying they’re not good players, they’re just not doing the business for me.”
Keane says his task at Town at present is not so much about getting promoted as bagging the first league win of the season: "It's my biggest challenge because it's the next one. In your career, as in life, you face different hurdles and we have a big one ahead.
"The next challenge for us is not getting promoted, it's about getting some wins under our belts and if we do that, the rest will take care of itself.
"I was thinking about what we face over the weekend and I'm looking forward to it definitely. I'm relishing the challenge ahead.
"The problem has been for us that we have had to deal with high expectations since we have been back and I've played a part in that. I'm an ambitious person and have talked about taking the team to promotion.
"We have to deal with those expectations, but as bad as results have been, I think we are two or three players away from being a decent side and being back in the mix."
Meanwhile, we understand that Alex Bruce will again be captain when the Blues take on Peterborough in the Carling Cup tomorrow and may continue in the role for the rest of the season.