Skipper Carlos Edwards has emerged as a doubt for Tuesday’s trip to Nottingham Forest with a groin injury. The Blues will also be without loan striker David McGoldrick, who is unavailable against his parent club.
Manager Mick McCarthy says Edwards is his only new injury concern: "Carlos is a bit of a doubt, he’s got a sore groin area, his pubis symphysis. It’s just a little bit inflamed, so he’s a doubt for tomorrow.”
Town’s only other injured players are Anthony Wordsworth (cracked vertebrae) and Paul Taylor (foot). The striker, who hopes to be back in action before the end of the season, is currently working at the FA’s new National Football Centre at St George’s Park near Burton.
McCarthy admits it’s disappointing that Saturday’s goalscorer McGoldrick will be missing tomorrow but isn’t overly concerned about it: "It is but that was part of the deal and we knew it was coming.
"There’s no point whinging about it, you can’t play against your parent club. It was agreed at the time. No problem.”
The Blues boss has confirmed that Michael Chopra will continue in one of the striking roles but wouldn’t be drawn on who would replace McGoldrick, with Daryl Murphy, Aaron Mclean and Frank Nouble all options: "If I tell you that, I’d have to kill you.”
For Forest, one-time Blues loanee Danny Collins, who wears the armband at the City Ground, will be assessed having been replaced with blurred vision late on during Saturday’s 1-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday.
Another defender, ex-Colchester man Greg Halford, is banned, striker Marcus Tudgay is sidelined with a broken collarbone and centre-halves Daniel Ayala and Sam Hutchinson are back in training but not yet ready to return to action.