Town boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed that midfielders Cole Skuse and Jonathan Douglas are fit to travel to Bolton today ahead of Tuesday’s game at the Macron Stadium, but striker Daryl Murphy remains a doubt.
Skuse has missed the last four games with a toe ligament problem, while Douglas was ruled out of Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest with a badly cut foot and Murphy was sidelined with a calf strain.
"I’m hoping that he’s come through his training sessions,” McCarthy said regarding Skuse. "He trained yesterday and was fine. I’m very hopeful he’ll be OK.
"We’ll see how Murph is today. I’ve a lingering hope that we might be able to get him on the bench but if he’s not fully right we won’t involve him. Dougie will be fine, he’ll train today.”
Midfielder Kevin Bru was subbed at half-time on Saturday as he was being sick, but McCarthy says he’s made a swift recovery.
"Lazarus is fine!” the Town boss laughed. "I rang him yesterday and was expecting a very groggy, sick-sounding Kevin Bru and he was as bright as anything, he was on his way in and he was fine.
"It was obviously something he just had to get out of his system. He was great. He’ll be fine. I’m delighted as well because I thought Kevin played very well in the first half.”
Former Bolton loanee Giles Coke is expected to return to training after his knee injury later this week.