Midfielder Lee Bowyer and defender Ãvar Ingimarsson could be back in contention for Saturday’s visit to Blackpool. Bowyer has been out with a hamstring problem since the Southampton home game, while Ingimarsson has been sidelined with a thigh injury sustained in pre-season which has limited the Icelander to only one appearance, the 3-0 opening day win at Bristol City.
Manager Paul Jewell says the duo are closing in on a return: "Lee has been with the physio and the fitness coach for the last two and a half weeks and has joined in with training with the first team for the first time this morning.
"Ãvar has obviously been out for a while with a thigh injury and he'll come back into training tomorrow after working with the physio a lot recently.
"Since Ãvar has been here, it has been stop-start so from his point of view he is raring to get going.”
"Everyone is in contention for Saturday and if they are fit then they will be considered for selection."
Tommy Smith will be back from his one-game ban, but Lee Martin, who was red-carded at Peterborough along with Smith, still has two matches of his three-game suspension left to serve.
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, who suffered an ankle injury in Town’s win against Leeds, is also expected to be back in training tomorrow and ought be OK for the weekend, while Blackpool should have midfielder Elliot Grandin available again after a foot problem.