Striker Brett Pitman and midfielder Luke Hyam will both miss Saturday’s trip to Brentford through injury, manager Mick McCarthy has confirmed.
Pitman suffered a thigh problem in training and missed the 1-0 EFL Cup defeat to Stevenage, while Hyam, red-carded in the home fixture against the Bees last season, picked up a knee injury in the pre-season friendly at Cambridge United.
"He’s still struggling, he’s not going to be fit for Saturday,” McCarthy said regarding Pitman. "I’m hopeful for Tuesday, but we’ll just have to wait and see.
"Luke’s not fit, he’s still recovering from that damaged nerve in his knee. I don’t know how long he’ll be out. We were being optimistic that he’d be back and up and running now, but it’s not the case. I’m not going to put a time on it.”
He added: "Everyone else is OK, there are a few bumps and bruises, that’s all, a bit of fatigue as you’d expect.
"Grant Ward had cramp. He’d not played that much in pre-season and having had Saturday’s game, the euphoria of that and the adrenaline going, he played again on Tuesday night. Conor Grant just had a bit of a tight groin but they’re OK, they’re fine.”
McCarthy says he'll decide on his team on Friday: "I’ll see how they all are tomorrow because we had the game on Tuesday. Some of them have been able to recover.
"The ones that have played two games, I’ll certainly take a look at them all tomorrow and see how they’re all feeling.
"They’ll all tell me they’re OK, of course, but it’s my decision as to whether they play or not.”
McCarthy made his anger at Tuesday’s performance clear and called his players in for training on Wednesday when they weren’t due at Playford Road.
"I said that that doesn’t warrant a day off,” he continued. "I’m always the one to give them plenty of time off and rest and recuperation and time with their families because, to be honest, they repay me back in spades by the way they work.
"But that wasn’t an occasion to do it. We all suffered a little bit. I didn’t see my granddaughter. I drove my wife back at half-past 10, turned around at five o’clock and came back in the morning. We got beat, so it’s no hardship.”
Striker Daryl Murphy trained with the squad this morning after being given a few days off having had little time off over the summer and will start on Saturday, while midfielder Giles Coke is continuing his recovering from the knee surgery he underwent at the end of last season.
McCarthy said that no moves in or out of the club are currently imminent.
Meanwhile, Town’s U21s are playing a friendly against Colchester United at Playford Road this afternoon (KO 1pm).