Loach Starts for Injured Gerken - Ipswich Town News
Scott Loach comes in for his first league start since August and Paul Green makes his full debut as the Blues face Blackpool at home. Luke Hyam returns to the starting line-up after his gashed leg, while Sylvan Ebanks-Blake is on the bench having recovered from his hamstring injury.
First-choice keeper Dean Gerken misses out having woken up with a stiff neck, while Frank Nouble and Jay Tabb drop to the bench.
Town look set to start in a 4-4-2 formation with Green on the right of midfield with Stephen Hunt on the left.
Former Blues striker Michael Chopra is on the bench for Blackpool, alongside ex-Town loanee Ricardo Fuller.
Town: Loach, Chambers, Berra, Smith, Cresswell, Green, Hyam, Skuse, Hunt, McGoldrick, Murphy. Subs: Crowe, Mings, Richardson, Anderson, Tabb, Nouble, Ebanks-Blake.
Blackpool: Gilks, McMahon, Broadfoot, MacKenzie, Robinson, Angel, Perkins, Haroun, Dobbie, Keogh, Davies. Subs: Cathcart, Basham, Grandin, Halliday, Chopra, Goodwillie, Fuller.
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