Despite his impressive display at Birmingham a few weeks ago before the World Cup break Niall Huggins was missing from the matchday squad. Mowbray says it’s no injury worry though.
NO HUGGINS
"Huggins didn't even make the bench [against Millwall], but he has been out for a long, long, time and he was amazing against Birmingham. But that's football - I can only put seven on the bench, and I can only pick 11 on the pitch.”
TOUGH CALLS
"They're tough calls, but it's good to have a squad where you are leaving players out who genuinely believe they should be in, and yet they are not because of the quality they have in front of them."
BIRMINGHAM RETURN
"I had a chat with him and he was happy to give it a go. We thought we might get an hour out of him, but as that game rolled on he seemed fine and I kept asking him if he was OK and he was happy to keep going. He was fantastic against Birmingham, even though we asked him to play out of position. Saying that, I know he played a lot of football at left-back at Leeds United.”
ADMIRED
"As I've said previously, he was a player we tried to sign at Blackburn Rovers. I like Niall, I've liked him for a few years to be honest, so to see him and his enthusiasm on the training pitch and the quality he brings, he is an important addition to the group.”
COMPETITION
"He has some competition at the moment, if you think of both full-back positions. At left-back you've got Cirkin and Aji, who can both play centre-back as well, and then on the right you've got Trai Hume who has done so well and Gooch and O'Nien can play there, too. I'm just pleased that Niall is fit. He has to stay fit and train every day and build up his robustness. I'm sure he will feature plenty in the team as we move forward."
