Boss Roy Keane says he has three doubts ahead of Saturday’s home game with Bristol City. The Town manager wouldn’t reveal the identities of the players, who he doesn’t expect to train today.
Keane said: "There are three lads who haven’t trained and who might not today but I’ll give them every opportunity to see if they’re fit.”
The players are unlikely to be Liam Rosenior, who Keane confirmed was over his illness in time to play against Scunthorpe but the Blues boss preferred to stick with David Wright. The former Wigan man is also likely to be OK despite reports that he underwent a scan earlier in the week.
Bristol City boss Gary Johnson is also keeping his cards close to his chest with a number of similarly unnamed Robins first team squad members missing training due to illness this week.
Keane confirmed that Trinidadian international trialist Kerry Baptiste is at the club but says he’s not yet seen a lot of him: "He’ll be training with us today. I’ve not seen much of the boy this week, a lot of players were off yesterday and he couldn’t play in the reserves match. But he’ll have another few days with us and we’ll have a look at the boy.
"We’ll speak to Carlos who knows him, he’ll certainly train with the first team today and we’ll have a good look at him in training.”
The Town manager dismissed this morning’s link with former Blue Darren Ambrose: "He was at the club before and he’s a good player but no, I think we’ve got good options in midfield. There’s only one area where we need a little bit more and that’s it. If you look at the strikers and the midfield, we’re all right.”
A right-sided centre-half as back-up for Gareth McAuley is probably the area of the squad most in need of an addition.