Town have lodged their expected second bid for Portsmouth pair Joel Ward and Jason Pearce (pictured). On Saturday, manager Paul Jewell said he would be discussing whether the Blues would increase their offer with owner Marcus Evans and chief executive Simon Clegg, the first having been rebuffed last week.

That conversation has evidently now taken place with Town this morning increasing their bid from the £1 million believed to have been tabled last week.

Since then, it has emerged that Portsmouth are the subject to a winding up order in relation to £1.6 million of unpaid PAYE and may be forced to make player sales with their proposed takeover having fallen through at the end of last week.

TWTD was first to reveal Town's interest in the duo last Tuesday.

We understand that the Blues are yet to make a renewed bid for Crewe midfielder Nick Powell, an offer for the 17-year-old England U18 international also having been turned down last week.

Meanwhile, Town have announced that there will be an extra train to London running after next Tuesday’s home game with West Ham.

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Sindre94 added 16:27 - Jan 23 Yes, haha .Sorry rossm :)
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Ipswich24 added 16:30 - Jan 23 Thats the end of that one then bloody offer decent amount
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itfchorry added 16:32 - Jan 23 Crystal Palace 0-1 Millwall 1-4 Doncaster 2-3 Forest 2-3 Reading 2-3 Burnley 0-4 Watford 1-2 Barnsley 5-3 Derby 1-0 Leicester 1-1 Reading 0-1 Forest 1-3 Hull 1-3 Birmingham 1-2 Blackpool 2-2 Leeds 1-3 Save our Club - Jewell / Clegg OUT
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irishtim added 16:37 - Jan 23 Typical of current regime. Crap on the pitch crap off it. Bring in someone with itfc in their blood otherwise we r doomed. Went through our squad & imo they dont care. Its just another pay cheque. We want players that want to play for us. Until we have a manager that has itfc in their blood we r doomed.
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casanovacrow added 16:39 - Jan 23 how many points would we have saved in the above list if we had 2 decent CB's and a decent GK? Too late to change, if you get a new manager in then we miss out on sorting the real problem in the last few days of the transfer window, a rubbish defence. Yes Jewell should've sorted it but didn't but booting him now wouldn't make any difference
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dubzyluvschips added 16:44 - Jan 23 Bids rejected, didnt see that happening so soon
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irishtim added 16:53 - Jan 23 casanovacrow: jewell must go & now. Otherwise its wrecked our once great club
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itfchorry added 16:53 - Jan 23 Casanovacrow - Booting him out would give the whole place a lift. This is not going to get any better with Jewell and Major Clegg. Just look at Sunderland with O'Neill Warnock /Holland Wanock/Kiwomya
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Tractorog added 16:53 - Jan 23 Our defending has been woeful, but it is not just about individuals. It is also tactics, confidence, training and the understanding that comes from being in a settled side. Hopefully these lads will join and bring some stability to defence... It would be nice to hope instead of fearing the worst every Saturday.
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markw added 19:24 - Jan 23 sign the pair up,or pi55 off jewell and clegg
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