Loanee Town defender Darren O’Dea picked up a knee injury in training with the Republic of Ireland squad in Dublin this morning and is considered a doubt for their Euro 2012 qualifiers against Armenia and Andorra. O’Dea has been hugely impressive at left-back since joining the Blues on loan from Celtic earlier this month.

The 23-year-old was taken to hospital to undergo scans after suffering a heavy knock during this morning’s training session.

O’Dea, who spent time with Reading last season, is on loan with the Blues until January.

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Stadiumofdark added 14:48 - Aug 31 Hopefully a speedy return - due to our lack of cover. "hugely impressive" is over-playing it a bit!!
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tom_the_blue added 14:49 - Aug 31 O'Dea O'Dea O'Dea sorry
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OsborneOneNil added 14:51 - Aug 31 Has he really been that good? Not seen him yet.
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bluelady added 14:52 - Aug 31 well lets hope its just sore then he has two weeks to recover!
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tom_the_blue added 14:52 - Aug 31 Hopefully he wont be out too long, he looks a quality defender, so strong in the tackle and decent going forward
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Wallingford_Boy added 14:53 - Aug 31 He has 2 weeks to recover, so I am sure he will be fine.
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Back_The_Boss added 14:53 - Aug 31 Had a decent game against Bristol City on saturday. Looks like the squad is getting even smaller for a little while at least.
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rosseden added 14:54 - Aug 31 i went on Saturday and i was very impressed, didnt look out of place at all, went into tackles hard but fairly, often coming away with the ball and their man was left on the deck......
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ITFCkezza added 14:57 - Aug 31 out of all our internationals someone was bound to get injured! Fingers crossed... Please no more
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BOjK added 14:57 - Aug 31 He was more impressive at Palace than at home to Brizzle. At Palace he was excellent.
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MaySixth added 14:57 - Aug 31 Dear oh dear. Our luck with injuries is awful.
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zippyrainbow added 15:00 - Aug 31 Come on Mr Keane, this is transfer deadline day. There must be loads more dross that nobody else wants that you can snap up.
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bluelady added 15:00 - Aug 31 it does say he is only 'doubtful' so to me that appears to imply it really isnt that serious - so come on ROI send him home for some TCL and we'll see him at Portsmouth saturday week :-)
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arc added 15:09 - Aug 31 So we won't be selling Delaney then? ;-)
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Wallingford_Boy added 15:09 - Aug 31 Bl - Although he is yet to have his scan, so guess we will know more once this has happened.
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joe9087 added 15:14 - Aug 31 Fingers crossed for a quick recovery - he looked very good against Bristol City.
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bluelady added 15:22 - Aug 31 good point WB.....
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denhamblue added 16:50 - Aug 31 here we go again.i bet hes out for weeks.
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jas0999 added 17:31 - Aug 31 I hope this isn't too serious, with the lack of new signings the squad size is becoming a worry. Roy must think the world is against him!!!
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Blue_Balls added 17:44 - Aug 31 Arguably our best player at Palace, and another solid performance at the weekend. interesting to see how he performs if played at CB alongside McAuley.
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Eireannach_gorm added 18:26 - Aug 31 Scan done. Minor knee damage. Management currently making decision to allow him to travel to match.
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bluelady added 18:36 - Aug 31 think it should be a no then dont want any risks!
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lawshallgirls added 19:06 - Aug 31 at least we havent sold mccauley or delaney hope he doesnt travel but glad its minor! how long till delaney, kennedy and wickham back
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Fatcatevans added 19:19 - Aug 31 Hey zippyrainbow - 3rd in the league unbeaten and still some people like yrself cant resist a cheap jibe at the manager. Grow up
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SurreyITFC added 20:25 - Aug 31 Hope it's not a bad injury, he has looked very solid L/B and seems to love getting stuck in. COYB
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