Aji Alese was forced off against Blackburn after a bad tackle, and Tony Mowbray spoke after the game about the defender's injury as well as Lynden Gooch's progress...
ALESE
"Aji looked in a lot of discomfort after the game, lying on the bed with a big pack of ice around his foot. I’m hoping it’s [just] a kick, but I think he might have twisted it in the challenge as well. He’s pretty upset about it – he thought it was a really bad tackle. We’ll have to see. If it needs a scan, we’ll get a scan. It needs to settle down first, then we’ll see what the aftermath of it is."
GOOCH
“Lynden was struggling to walk without limping, he didn’t travel because he couldn’t even walk properly. I don’t think there’s any lasting damage – I think he might have half a chance for the weekend – I think it was just a really severe bone bruising that was really painful. But let’s see. I think he should be alright for the weekend, yet he was hobbling pretty badly yesterday so we didn’t even put him on the squad list.”
