New Town keeper Brian Murphy will be out for two weeks due to the ankle ligament injury he suffered in the warm-up at Leicester City on Sunday. There had been concerns that the Irishman would be out for longer.

Boss Roy Keane told the club site: "We're hoping Brian will be fit again in two weeks or so.

"We've been unlucky with keepers but I did fear it could have been longer so we'll sit tight and wait for Brian to return.

"It puts us back in the same scenario as before he arrived, with Arran and young Ian [McLoughlin] and we will stay with that until Brian is back." Richard Wright is out until the end of March with knee ligament damage.

Meanwhile, reports claim midfielder Colin Healy has completed his half-season loan move to Falkirk, although neither club has confirmed the switch. Livingstone are reported to have been amongst the other clubs to have been chasing the Irishman.

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Bluearmy added 14:27 - Jan 12 not so long out that good news to here
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PlymptonBlue added 15:00 - Jan 12 Better sign Lee-Barrett up as doesn't his contract expire c. 20/01/10???
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blueherts added 15:03 - Jan 12 On a separate note what ever happened to the young American lad we were looking at signing afew weeks back - His Mum was his agent ? Yao was it?
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1RWR added 15:13 - Jan 12 Could have been much worse, L-B to stay where he is is no bad thing anyway, sound young keeper who should mature with age & games.
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MaySixth added 16:07 - Jan 12 Sounded like it could be the whole season after the Leicester game so this is a bonus. Pray that lee-barrett stays fit.
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bleedblue added 16:26 - Jan 12 Lee-Barrett deserves to keep his place, has done very little if anything wrong. Good keeper.
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BenITFCMAD added 17:23 - Jan 12 Lee-Barret has been good since he stepped in and has made some quality saves. On another note ive heard that Micheal Chorpa could be coming to us for 1.5 million plus Jon Stead. I cant see it happening but we can always hope.
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buryblue77 added 18:12 - Jan 12 Well, good news really. In answer to blueherts question there's apprently complicated compensation negotiations going on with his previous clubs, so assuming all parties can come to arrangements he should be signing for us soon. As for the above post, Chopra would be a great signing but not sure I want to see Steady moving in the other direction, he's not been exactly prolific, but he's the only striker we have at the moment who's been putting the ball in the back of the net.

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elburro3 added 18:25 - Jan 12 These footballers need to man-up and stop being so injury prone. Its a Joke. Lee-Barrett looks out of his depth, am I the only one who thinks this?
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mightytown added 18:45 - Jan 12 i think lee-barrett has been fantastic for ipswich since coming in, he is an inexperienced keeper and yet, has barely put a foot wrong and produced some assured performances and eye-catching saves, in particular against leicester on sunday. hope murphy isnt out for too long as would be great to get is town career up and running, having three very talented keepers on the books can only be a good thing. more evidence of the good work keane is doing at ipswich - come on you blues!

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jas0999 added 19:09 - Jan 12 Good news, although ALB has done well. Good to hear Healy may be on the move.Good for him and the club.
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BadMedicine added 19:17 - Jan 12 This Keeper thing is going mad, when I first started watching town you would never consider having so many different ones in 1 season, although - Craig Forrest, Clive Baker, Fred Barber I suppose was an odd year
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blueoveru added 20:10 - Jan 12 Can you be 'Out' when you haven't even been In ?
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dirtydingusmagee added 20:37 - Jan 12 A L B ya's gonna be ok mate , new bloke tripping over his laces coming out to warm up, very promising ,
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tractorboy_jack added 21:08 - Jan 12 Lee-Barrett has been brilliant and he deserves to keep his place and at the moment i would keep playing him whilst he is in this form even if Murphy was fit. Sign him up Keano!
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WREXHAM_BLUE added 21:14 - Jan 12 elburro3... bizarre comment in my view but it's all about opinions isn't it? In what way does he look out of his depth? He's done very, very well. Good news on the Murphy front. At least Keano doesn't have to waste any time this 'window' looking to bring in a loanee keeper.
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corshamblue added 09:49 - Jan 13 Simples, Sign up Lee-Barrett - at 3rd Choice he's very, very decent.
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tractorboy_jack added 19:00 - Jan 13 agreed corshamblue :)
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