On-loan striker Kevin Lisbie says he doesn’t want to return to the Blues. The 30-year-old joined former club Colchester United on loan in the summer and has scored six goals in 12 games for the League Once side so far this season.

Lisbie was reportedly unwilling to move his family to Suffolk, one of the rules laid down by Roy Keane when he came to the club, although it’s understood that the former Charlton man was renting a flat locally.

The ex-Jamaica international, who featured in both Keane’s games in charge at the end of last season and in pre-season before departing for North Essex, says a return to Portman Road is not in his thoughts: “Once a manager tells you, without seeing you play a single game, that you can go on loan then it becomes very difficult to say that you would want to play for him again.

“I don't want to go back. Even if it came to the point where they wanted me back I think I would speak to both clubs and explain my situation.

“I just felt like the club didn't want me. If I had to go back then I would, but I don't want to be going from club-to-club at this stage of my career.”

Town have the option of a recall in January, but Lisbie, who is contracted to the Blues until 2011, says he would prefer to stay with Colchester in the longer term. The Hackney-born frontman left the U's for Portman Road in the summer of 2008 for a fee of £750,000, scoring seven goals in 26 starts and 19 sub appearances for the Blues.

Meanwhile, midfielder Carlos Edwards says he has no intention of giving up international football at the end of the current World Cup campaign. Edwards will win his 77th and 78th caps during the current international break, but says he has set himself no targets: "I'm proud to play for my country but I'm not going out with the target of reaching 100 caps. If it comes along, then it's a bonus.

"I will carry on doing my best for my country and when the time comes to hang up my boots, then I hope I can say that I have done my bit to not only push my country forward on the football pitch, but also leave Trinidad and Tobago in a good position in the FIFA rankings.

"It's disappointing that we are not going to South Africa next year, but we have some good players coming through and hopefully we can make it to the next finals."

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MaySixth added 08:55 - Oct 7 The world shrugs.
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dirtydingusmagee added 08:57 - Oct 7 Dont blame you Kev, good luck in future.
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BoxerBlue added 08:58 - Oct 7 F!#k him
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bedsitfc added 09:03 - Oct 7 i hope he comes back we need another striker that can't score in a brothal
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MarkITFC added 09:05 - Oct 7 Oh no what we gunna do now ! :D
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Ely_Blue added 09:05 - Oct 7 Good ridance, He doesnt want to come back- read "We dont actually want you back- useless piece of Sh@*e"
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yorksblue added 09:07 - Oct 7 £750k for what? He''s at a level that suits him now. We'll probably give him away for £100k eventually. Just hope we're not in the same league as them next season..
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Marcus added 09:10 - Oct 7 He's not prepared to do what many other players have done and move close to Ipswich - so what. Get rid. He hasn't exactly been a match winner.
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ITFCblueTaunton added 09:17 - Oct 7 WE DONT WANT YOU BACK! what a waste of 750K that was, he did nothing, one of the worst players ive seen in a town shirt! yes he will score goals at that level but thats about it!!
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nthstd added 09:24 - Oct 7 Says a lot for RK management style
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Gilesy added 09:24 - Oct 7 So Keane had never seen him play...except for those two games he played for Keane it seems. What selective memory.
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Bluebell added 09:27 - Oct 7 It says that he played in the final 2 games of last season and then pre-season. He says that the manager let him go on loan without seeing him play a single game. From memory he didn't exactly do anything in those 2 games. If he had shown he was any good he would be playing for us. He was a waste of money and will never play higher than league 1.
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nick8 added 09:31 - Oct 7 thank god,thats what we have all wanted to hear!!! we dont need you lisbie your useless
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Norwichbeater added 09:33 - Oct 7
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Tractorboi4eva added 09:33 - Oct 7 oh well ... was a piece of s**t anyway probably only get about 200k for him ...but i would happily sell him for free if it meant he didnt come back COYB!
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BYRNE_16 added 09:34 - Oct 7 Ahhh poor Little Lisbie. Actually thinks he is good! Only place your good enough Lisbie is league one. I would understand if you actually put effort in but you didn't stop sounding like you were hard-done-by!you were lazy and slow. But anyway good luck and all the best.
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Norwichbeater added 09:37 - Oct 7 The reason he wasn't liked at Ipswich was because he didn't seem to put any effort in and seemed uninterested as well as his poor scoring record. Apparently he works his nuts off at colchester so best he stay's at the level he can compete at.
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AJblue added 09:38 - Oct 7 C'mon be fair, he is honest enough to admit he has found his level, let him be. It is also obvious that in the 2 games from last year, and the pre-season games, where he did nothing, it is RK's fault isnt it? Some of you are pathetic! Also Sky are running a report at the moment that RK has the boards and the fans full backing.....they cant have read the posts on here then can they? LOL

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dirtydingusmagee added 09:39 - Oct 7 MarcusSg, he hasnt exactly been a match winner, thats true, but no one else has either !,so whilst its easy to point a finger at him and slag him off,the likes of Priskin , Stead ect are,nt exactly setting the Championship on fire,he played well enough at Colchester if thats his level ,so be it .
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steve01777 added 09:41 - Oct 7 Oh dear! Looks like somebody has lost their dummy!!! If you were good enough in the first place you would have not been turfed out on loan. Have a nice day.
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chunkymunky added 09:52 - Oct 7 MESSAGE FOR MR LISBIE....................BOTHERED?..........NOT.
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Greektractor added 10:16 - Oct 7 met lisbie in issacs once. He seemed like as much of a p**** off the pitch as he does on. So bye bye, you won't be missed
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byebyesheepshanks added 10:16 - Oct 7 Kevin who?
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Surco72 added 10:16 - Oct 7 Has anyone actually read the article ? He has refused to move so whether he was good enough or not ,in my opinion not he was never going to play like Thatcher . But when did we turn into such hateful fans ? it didnt work out for him here and he has moved on, why the abuse ? That is the problem with the present players they know that if they make a mistake the manager may publicly critisize them and the fans will get on their back , no wonder they have no confidence . The sad thing is he may have to come back at some stage and then we will be booing another player ,lets try supporting

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JayITFC added 10:19 - Oct 7 Don't forget your still owned (and probably paid) by this club so if you're recalled in January you'll do exactly as Town say! As it turns out I'm sure both Ipswich and it's fans would be pleased as punch to never see you again. Tw@t.
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