Brentford manager Andy Scott says he will ask Town if Tommy Smith can return to Griffin Park to complete his loan spell now that Damien Delaney’s red card has been rescinded. Smith had been on a 93-day spell with the Bees prior to being recalled after Damien Delaney's now rescinded red card.
Scott said: "We have to look at getting a centre-half in. Obviously we're trying to bring in a centre-forward but defensively we're massively overstretched.
"We were going to re-address that situation after the Brighton game [which they lost 3-0 last night] anyway. Delaney's red card has been rescinded, so we'll speak to Ipswich."
However, Town may not be willing to allow Smith to go back to the League One side with Roy Keane saying on Monday that he now intends to keep him at Portman Road: "He’ll be back for the season. He’s done reasonably well there, he’s had the experience of playing for New Zealand and it was touch and go whether I’d let Tommy go anyway when we brought Pim back in.”
Ahnother option is that Pim Balkestein could return to Griffin Park having spent time on loan there prior to Smith's spell.
Meanwhile, Alan Curbishley and his former Charlton and West Ham assistant Mervyn Day were again spotted at last night’s match at Watford, apparently on a scouting mission.