He may well return to his favoured position tomorrow, but Jonathan Parr shouldn’t get too comfortable there.

The Norwegian international is right-footed, but has spent the vast majority of his entire career as a specialist left-back.

He’s been converted to a right-back at Ipswich Town though, manager Mick McCarthy fully vindicated by his decision to start Tyrone Mings in Parr’s preferred slot.

Mings – the Championship Player of the Month for September - picked up his fifth booking of the campaign in Tuesday night’s 3-1 defeat at Cardiff though and, as a result, will be suspended for tomorrow’s visit of Huddersfield to Portman Road.

Parr may switch back to left-back, Luke Chambers temporarily returning to right-back, while another option would be to keep Parr and Chambers where they are and deploy left-footed centre-back Tommy Smith as a full-back.

“We took Jonny Parr as a left-back/right-back,” explains McCarthy. “My conversation with him when he came was ‘I hope you’re happy to play right-back because if you’re not then you might as well do one’.

“He didn’t really want to play right-back, but I said if you’re coming here you’d better be able to because we’ve got a young lad that will probably start the season. And that’s just how it’s turned out.”

Tuesday night was the first time Parr had tasted defeat for the Blues following his arrival on a free transfer from Crystal Palace in the summer.

“He’s been excellent – a really good signing,” said McCarthy. “I remember rampaging up and down the line here for Palace until (Richard) Stearman tackled him and he had to go off. I knew him before that but it stuck in my mind how well he’d started that game. When he was available on a free I thought he was a great shout.”