Boss Paul Jewell says it will be a long fortnight on the training ground in the wake of the Blues’ 3-2 defeat to Doncaster on Saturday. Town are next in action against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday 19th November.
Jewell says that at present his side isn’t replicating what happens in training during matches: "We’ve got some away on international duty and it makes it an even longer fortnight now that we’ve lost.
"If you come to our training ground it’s always busy and it’s always hard-working. We’re just not transferring the stuff we do in training on to the pitch at the moment and we’ve got to do it sooner rather than later.”
Away from Playford Road due to international duty are David Stockdale (England), Keith Andrews (Republic of Ireland), Carlos Edwards (Trinidad and Tobago), Tamás Priskin (Hungary), Josh Carson (Northern Ireland U21s) and young keeper Cody Cropper (US U23 training camp). Danny Collins has pulled out of the Wales squad.
Stockdale spent yesterday evening in hospital but neither Paul Jewell nor Fabio Capello need to worry as the on-loan Fulham man was there with his daughter, tweeting: "In A and E with Daisy! Not good as a bead is stuck up her nose! Long night!”
Fortunately, Daisy was fine, although his other daughter Molly managed to lock herself in an A and E toilet while they were waiting, the keeper adding: "It's always eventful in our house!”
Meanwhile, in Ireland, former Town keeper Shane Supple captained his Gaelic football team St Brigid’s to their second ever Dublin Senior Football Championship title on Sunday, beating St Oliver Plunkett's 0-10 to 0-8.
Supple, who walked away from football while with the Blues two years ago, says the victory shows he made the right choice having become disillusioned with the professional game in England: "This justifies it all, definitely.
"It’s something I really wanted, and to kind of prove to myself as well, that I’d made the right decision. So I’m absolutely chuffed to bits now.
"Winning this title is the best day of my life, in footballing terms, without a shadow of a doubt. It’s all I wanted to do. There’s nothing better than winning it with your mates.”
Elsewhere, ex-Town full-back Mauricio Taricco has come out of retirement yet again, making his second start of the season for Brighton, where he is assistant manager, in Sunday’s 2-0 victory over Barnsley.
The 38-year-old Argentinian, whose most recent decision to hang up his boots was announced by Seagulls boss Gus Poyet at Portman Road a few weeks ago, says he likes to keep people guessing: "I love it - making everyone think I've gone, then coming back!
"I said to the gaffer that I love playing football. The style we want to play, I think it suits me.
"An ideal situation would be to have everyone fit and playing, and me next to Gus trying to help in any capacity. But I'll step in and try to do the best I can."