Boss Mick McCarthy has hinted that he’s considering changes of personnel ahead of next week’s game at bottom-of-the-table Blackpool.
Although the Blues have lost only once in 10 matches, Saturday’s 2-2 home draw with Huddersfield stretched Town’s winless run to five.
Reflecting on Saturday’s game, in which the Terriers came back from two goals down with 20 minutes remaining, McCarthy said: "There’s nothing I can do about it now except have a look and see, and there’ll be other lads who’ll be wanting to play.”
Tyrone Mings will be available again after his one-match ban, while Jonny Williams and Kevin Bru missed Saturday’s game with minor niggles and should be back for the visit to Bloomfield Road.
The likes of Stephen Hunt, Paul Anderson and Jay Tabb have been in and out of the team this season, while Cameron Stewart, Darren Ambrose and Jack Collison will be hoping to come into McCarthy's thoughts.
Ambrose, who has twice appeared as a late sub, and Collison and Stewart, who are yet to appear in the first-team matchday 18, could be amongst those in action when a Town XI take on Hampton and Richmond in a friendly on Tuesday. Today's scheduled U21 game at Cardiff has been postponed.
Ultimately, McCarthy saw his side holding on for the draw as amongst the few positives he could take from Saturday’s game: "We got a point, we could have lost it. When they equalised, they were on top and we’ve had to scrap it out.
"We got the point, as much as I’m disappointed that we’ve shipped a two-goal lead. And we got a couple of goals from defenders.”
Premier League scouts were again at Portman Road en masse despite Mings’s absence with Teddy Bishop the reason for their visit on this occasion, according to one of Sunday’s tabloids.
Speaking shortly after Bishop broke into the side, McCarthy said that scouts would already be well aware of the academy product's first-team impact.