John McGreal and Alun Armstrong are both worries for Town ahead of Thursday's clash with Helsingborgs IF. Both aggravated back problems and neither trained yesterday.

However, Town boss George Burley expects both to be fit for the UEFA Cup game. Burley expects a tough game against a side who beat Internazionale in a Champions' league qualifier last season.

Town had another behind-closed-doors game for the fringe players yesterday, this time against Peterborough. Rumoured Town midfield target Jimmy Bullard was not involved.

Of Helsingborgs Marcus Stewart says: "I don't know too much about Helsingborgs, I know they played in the Champions' League a couple of years ago but apart from that I don't really know of them."

Stewart will get to know more about them when he and his team-mates watch videos of some of their recent games. Manager George Burley watched them against Halmstads while chief scout Colin Suggett was at their 1-0 loss to Norrkoping at the weekend. He has prepared a detailed report for the Town manager.

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