Midfielder Lee Bowyer and central defender Ãvar Ingimarsson are back in training and could return to action when the Blues take on Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Saturday. New centre-half Ibrahima Sonko is a doubt with the hamstring injury he suffered last week, but Jay Emmanuel-Thomas is training again after picking up an ankle knock in the victory over Leeds.
Jewell says Bowyer (hamstring) and Ingimarsson (thigh) could come into contention: "Lee Bowyer’s trained all week, so has Ãvar Ingimarsson.
"Ibrahima Sonko has had a tight hamstring since the Monday after the Leeds game, but we’re hoping he’ll be OK. We’ll have to wait and see.
"Jay Emmanuel-Thomas trained yesterday for the first time. He did a bit of running. It’s unfortunate because we would have liked to have got a really good two weeks’ hard work into him.”
Lee Martin is suspended for another two games after his red card at Peterborough, but Tommy Smith is back from his ban.
Jewell will assess the fitness of his international players over the next couple of days. Most are already back at the club but Carlos Edwards isn’t due to return until tomorrow.