Davies: Town Deal Just Wasn't Going to Happen Tue 21st Aug 2012 09:44 Striker Steve Davies says Town continued to show interest in him right up to him signing for Bristol City yesterday, but he felt the proposed switch was taking too long and that Derby County didn’t want to do a deal with the Blues. Town had been in negotiations with the Rams regarding the 24-year-old since May but without being able to agree a fee. |
Just One of Those Days for JET Tue 21st Aug 2012 06:05 Just one of those days, that’s was how assistant boss Chris Hutchings summed up Jay Emmanuel-Thomas’s disappointing display in the Championship opener against Blackburn. However, Paul Jewell’s deputy says the former Arsenal man has shown that when on form he can be a match-winner. |
Loach: Ipswich Move Footballing Decision Tue 21st Aug 2012 06:04 He may be a Town fan but new goalkeeper Scott Loach did not allow that to influence his decision to join the club from Watford this summer. |
Hutchings: Town Squad Can Take the Heat Tue 21st Aug 2012 06:02 Assistant boss Chris Hutchings has revealed that members of the Town side lost up to four pounds in weight during Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Blackburn played at a sweltering Portman Road. However, he doesn’t expect any of the squad to be unduly affected and everyone should be fine for tonight’s game at Watford. |
Loach: No Regrets Spurs Move Broke Down Tue 21st Aug 2012 06:01 Scott Loach insists he has no regrets that a £2 million move to the Premier League with Tottenham failed to materialise and that he remains in English football’s second tier. |
Loach: Town Move a Step in Right Direction Tue 21st Aug 2012 06:00 Ipswich new boy Scott Loach is at pains to emphasise that moving from Watford to Ipswich is definitely a step in the right direction. |
Hutchings: We Won't Play Just One Way Tue 21st Aug 2012 06:00 Blues assistant manager Chris Hutchings says he and boss Paul Jewell want Town to be flexible and to be comfortable lining up in various formations. Against Bristol Rovers in the Capital One Cup last week they started in a 4-4-2, while on Saturday they returned to playing Michael Chopra as a lone striker with Lee Martin behind him, the set-up which became so familiar in the final months of last season. |
Blues Linked With Liverpool Defender Mon 20th Aug 2012 17:30 Town are interested in taking Liverpool left-back Jack Robinson on loan, according to a report in one of today’s tabloids. Now 18, Robinson became the Reds’ youngest ever senior player when he made his debut as a sub in a 0-0 Premier League draw with Hull City in May 2010 when aged only 16 years and 250 days. |
McCoist Confirms Town's Edu Move Mon 20th Aug 2012 13:27 Rangers manager Ally McCoist has confirmed that the Blues have made an offer to US international midfielder Maurice Edu, but says the 26-year-old is yet to accept it. |
U21s Lose at Swansea Mon 20th Aug 2012 13:19 Nathan Ellington netted for the Blues as Town fell to a 2-1 defeat to Swansea in their first ever U21s Professional Development League Two — South fixture at Stebonheath this lunchtime. The 31-year-old, the only overage player in the Town side, scored in the 33rd minute between two first-half Swans goals netted by James Loveridge and Rory Donnelly. |