With the West Brom game on Monday next up the boss has given a fresh update on those who are missing, most importantly Ross Stewart. He explained the decision to leave him out on Saturday vs Millwall.
LND
“There was no pressure to play him, but what’s important is the factor of trust in the medical department, and my relationship with Ross. The medical department thought it was too dangerous a risk to play Ross at the weekend.”
BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY
“If he’d started or come off the bench and then had to go back off the pitch again because he was limping, you’d say we got that wrong. For me, Ross should train for a whole week and there are nine days between the Millwall and West Brom games, when he’ll be training a lot. We have a behind-closed-doors game with Middlesbrough which he could play some part in – he’s chomping at the bit to get back out there.”
BALLARD
“We’re hoping Dan Ballard isn’t too far behind him – he and Ross are two of our very best players that we’ve been without, and let’s hope when they return that’s the case.”
MICHUT
“It’s a frustrating one with Edou – it’s an issue in his leg which has dragged on longer than we anticipated. He gives us a different option, and we’re hoping Edou is right when he says he thinks he can be back in contention next week.”
HUGGINS
“Niall is just continuing to work on building that robustness after such a long time out – we only planned for him to get 60 minutes at Birmingham and he not only got through 90, but performed very well. We expect him to feature plenty moving forward.”
