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Hurst Planning Changes at Leeds - Ipswich Town News

Town boss Paul Hurst says he will make changes to his side when they face Leeds at Elland Road on Wednesday and confirmed he is considering which of his goalkeepers to field.

Hurst says he has no injuries ahead of the game with only the longer-term absentees and Myles Kenlock sidelined at present.

"No, we’re as we were,” he said. "I think Myles is the only one really who is missing apart from the longer-term injuries. That’s good from my point of view, a squad to make some decisions about.”

The Blues manager says left-back Kenlock could be back prior to the next international break.

"Possibly,” he reflected. "I think it’ll be touch and go though, we’ll see. You don’t want to rush hamstrings back. I think the initial diagnosis was a couple of weeks, so there’s a possibility.”

Asked whether he is considering a change in goal with Dean Gerken having made the error which led to QPR’s opener, Hurst said: "I’ve got a few decisions to make. Prior to the game on Saturday, there was always a thought with this week and the games, the opposition and the travelling that I would not stick with the same XI.

"Goalkeepers are no different in my eyes from that point of view, so it’s something that I am looking at.”

In the last couple of games left-back Jonas Knudsen has joined keeper Bartosz Bialkowski on the bench meaning both the Town players who were at the World Cup in the summer have been out of the side.

Hurst agreed that that might look an odd situation: "It may well do to people on the outside. What I would say is they’re not here, they’re not on the training ground.

"And Jonas had a long travel last week [having been away with Denmark]. He played a game, he played near enough the full game and then had a long travel.

"I think if you look at [Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick] Aubameyang, people might think it’s strange he’s on the sideline and coming off the bench.

"I think it’s easy when you’re on the outside to look and think you can make better decisions and maybe not have the full story or have seen everything which contributes to managers making decisions.”

Quizzed on whether he has found a back four which works, the Blues having conceded two more very preventable goals at the weekend, he added: "I don’t think that the goals alluded to are down to personnel or an organisation, a structure. It’s more individual errors than anything.

"I don’t think that’s really something I’m worried about in terms of that. Can individual players play better? Yes, but I think from a point of view of being a unit, I don’t think that’s the case.”

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