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No New Injuries But Changes Possible - Ipswich Town News

Town have no new injuries ahead of Tuesday’s game at Derby County but manager Mick McCarthy says he could make changes to his side.

McCarthy says no one suffered a knock during Friday’s controversial 2-1 defeat at Reading - "We’re fine, that’s good news” - but that he could shuffle his pack.

"Possibly, but they’ll all have recovered from it. It was Friday night so it’s not too demanding in terms of Saturday-Tuesday,” he said.

"I think they’ll all be OK and I was delighted with the performance, we played well.”

The Town boss still expects loanee Jonny Williams to be ready to make his fourth Blues debut next month.

"I think he will be fit some time in October,” he added. "He was ahead of schedule, he told me when I spoke to him he’d started running. Hopefully he will be back as soon as he can be.”

Luke Hyam will discover whether his knee problem requires surgery next week: "He’ll get the news two weeks from when he saw [the specialist] and I think it was last week he saw him.”

Striker David McGoldrick is also still sidelined with an ankle injury and remains on schedule for a return to action in late October or early November.

"He is five weeks in and we were talking about 10 to 12 because he didn’t have to have the operation. So, as they say in America, do the math,” McCarthy continued.

Meanwhile, the Blues boss says he will not be taking his interest in former Carlisle and Tottenham full-back Alex McQueen, who played for the U23s at Barnsley on Friday, any further: "He just played in the game, he won’t be coming back.”

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