Town will again be without Luke Varney when they face boss Mick McCarthy’s old club Wolves in Saturday’s play-off six-pointer at Molineux, while none of the Blues’ longer term absentees are yet ready to return to action, although Darren Ambrose and Kevin Bru are back in training.
Varney was forced off with a hamstring problem in the first half of the win against Blackpool last Saturday and missed the midweek victory over Cardiff.
"Luke Varney’s still out,” McCarthy confirmed. "Darren Ambrose and Kevin Bru are both training but they’re not ready to go at the intensity that we’ve had to play at for the last 43 games. They’re both training and they’ll be available for the games.
"Nobody else [is back] really. Jonny Parr came through the Cardiff game all right, Stephen Hunt did, but Didz is still injured, Luke Hyam’s still injured, Noel Hunt’s still injured. So there’s no change really on the injury front.”
Town are reminding fans that Saturday’s game is all-ticket match for Blues’ supporters. Tickets can be purchased from Planet Blue until midday tomorrow. Further details on the club site.
The club has already sold 1,200 tickets ahead of Saturday’s game, which kicks off at 12.15pm and is live on Sky.
Meanwhile, former Blues striker Shefki Kuqi has applied for the vacant manager’s job at Portsmouth. Kuqi, 38, is currently boss of Finnish side PK-35 Vantaa.