Source: Northern_Echo
McDonald misses out on Boro bow
SCOTT McDONALD has been left behind in the North-East as a precaution and will not make his Middlesbrough debut at Portman Road today.[LNB] McDonald, a £3.5m deadline day signing from Celtic, had hernia surgery last month and has still not full recovered.[LNB] His absence means that Lee Miller, a £500,000 buy from Aberdeen, makes his debut alongside Chris Killen in attack.[LNB] Other new-boys Stephen McManus and Kyle Naughton, who are on loan until the end of the season from Celtic and Sheffield United, are also handed immediate starts.[LNB] There is also a surprise return to the starting line-up for Andrew Taylor and he is likely to start left-midfield, with Justin Hoyte asked to play on the opposite flank.[LNB] Ipswich boss Roy Keane has named Daryl Murphy and David Healy in his team following their loan moves from Sunderland.[LNB] IPSWICH TOWN (4-4-2): Lee-Barrett; Rosenior, McAuley, Delaney, Wright; Walters, Leadbitter, Colback, Norris; Murphy, Healy. Subs: B Murphy, Garvan, Counago, Peters, Stead, Balkestein, Edwards.[LNB] MIDDLESBROUGH (4-4-2): Coyne; Naughton, Wheater, McManus, Grounds; Hoyte, Flood, O'Neil, Taylor; Miller, Killen. Subs: Steele, Lita, Walker, Bennett, Franks, McMahon, Williams.[LNB]
