Boss Mick McCarthy says left-back Tyrone Mings is "a little bit frustrated" by his lack of first team opportunities and would ideally like to send him out on loan to play games.
Mings, who signed from Chippenham Town in December 2012, has made five starts and eight sub appearances for the Blues this season, in addition to his full debut at Burnley on the final day of 2012/13.
"Ty’s great but Ty’s a little bit frustrated because he’s playing behind the best left-back in the league,” McCarthy said. "He can’t get a game, he’s busting his gut to play.
"He trains every day, he’s just getting a little bit frustrated. I’ve had that conversation with him. It’s hard for him.
"And I don’t have another left-back so I could send him out on loan somewhere to get some football, some meaningful football. We can’t do it.
"I’d love to be able to do it for him because he deserves to be playing in somebody’s team. But while Cressy’s around and playing like he is that’s going to be increasingly difficult.
"When it comes to this time of the season everybody starts asking what’s going to happen. There are 10 weeks left, but it’ll be gone like that and then we start again, and who knows what will happen.”
McCarthy believes there would be plenty of interest if he were to make the full-back, who skippered the U21s in their victory over QPR on Tuesday, available for loan: "I think we’d have plenty of takers for him.”
The Town boss sympathises with the one-time Southampton trainee: "There are times when it’s hard.
"I love the kid, he’s great, his attitude, everything towards him being a professional footballer, and I would love to say to him ‘Go and have some games’ and I’ve got somebody else who can fill in for him, but I haven’t.
"We’ve got seven games this month and six the following one. They’re going to come thick and fast, so maybe he will get his chance purely and simply because I’ll have to put fresh legs in, hopefully nobody gets injured. There’s every chance everybody will have to play.”
Earlier in the season Mings, who celebrates his 21st birthday next Thursday, extended his Town contract until the summer of 2015 with an option for a further year.