Injury Update Ahead Of St Johnstone
David Gray provided an update on his squad’s fitness ahead of this weekend’s William Hill Premiership game against St Johnstone.
The Hibees had a total of 11 players out on international duty during the break, albeit some of those are on loan or Academy players. The First Team boys have returned over the course of this week, with the latest ones coming back on Thursday evening.
Our Head Coach provided an update on their fitness:
“All the international boys are back safely and trained this morning, so we will see how they come through.”
There’s also positive news regarding Nicky Cadden who came off in our Scottish Cup tie against Celtic at the start of the month.
“Nicky Cadden isn’t quite ready yet, but it’s really positive news in terms of his rehab work. He’s desperate to get back and push himself, but we won’t take that risk on him right now.
“Initially when you see someone pull up with a hamstring injury, you think it’ll be a number of weeks, but he should be back in full training next week, which is earlier than we anticipated.”
Unfortunately, though, Joe Newell faces a longer time on the sidelines.
“The one that’s frustrating is Joe Newell. We pushed him to try and get him back involved, but he’s had a reaction, so we’ve had to pull him back a little.
“He won’t be available this weekend and we will manage him as we go.”