Boss Roy Keane says fourth-choice keeper Ian McLoughlin was sent out on a month's loan to Ryman League Premier Division Lowestoft Town last week in order to play some games. The Republic of Ireland U19 international has made only one appearance for the Blues’ reserves this season and has been nowhere near the first team.
Keane said: "Ian needs some games. We’ve got Arran, we’ve got Murph, young Cody Cropper coming through and Márton, of course.
"We weigh up these options and speak to the player. It’s a good option for him to go and get some games.”
The 19-year-old, who joined Town from Dublin side St Francis in January 2009, made his Lowestoft debut on Saturday’s FA Trophy draw at Chippenham and also played in last night’s 3-2 replay victory. McLoughlin is yet to play for the Blues first team, although he has been on the bench on a number of occasions, but not so far this season.
Meanwhile, Keane says defender Troy Brown very much deserved last week’s call into the Wales U21 squad: "Troy’s done well for us. I wanted to play him the other night in the reserves [at Stevenage] but we want to be careful with him because he’s probably next in line if we got an injury to one of our centre-halves.”