Jim Magilton has been confirmed as Town's new penalty taker. He replaces Mark Venus who recently missed two in successive games. Magilton has previously taken penalties for Oxford and Southampton and will hopefully fill the position which has never really been claimed by anyone since the days of John Wark and Neil Thompson, penalty kings both. In the last couple of years Venus has missed three, Johnson two, whilst Taricco, Scowcroft, Tanner, Dyer and Mathie have also missed one each.
Weekend virus victim John McGreal will return to the Town defence tonight after missing the draw at Norwich on Sunday. His replacement Manu Thetis has irritated his recurring achilles problem and hasn't trained since the Carrow Road match.
Despite his request to be dropped David Johsnon and James Scowcroft are set to start as strikers with Richard Naylor and Jonas Axeldal on the bench.