Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:59 am
Tue Jul 07, 2020 11:13 am
Forever Blue wrote:Robert Glatzel will be in contention to start tonight's Championship clash with Blackburn Rovers.
The Cardiff City striker, who scored in each of the Bluebirds' first two games back in the wins over Leeds United and Preston, was forced off before the break against Charlton Athletic last week after a nasty head collision.
He was subsequently ruled out of the win over Bristol City last weekend, which afforded Danny Ward the opportunity to replace Callum Paterson before he hammered home the winner against the Robins.
It means Neil Harris has another big selection dilemma on his hands heading into tonight's match, with one of Paterson, Ward or Glatzel to get the nod.
But with Glatzel and Ward in the goals and Paterson having done so well in tiring opposition defences, it's a good headache for Harris to have.
"Glatz is fine," Harris said. "He comes back into the group. Barring that we are fit.
"As we’ve alluded to before, I’ve pushed them really hard and done late-night training sessions. The lads are being pushed.
"But they’ve been really good and fingers crossed, touch wood, we rock up tomorrow night and are in a healthy scenario."
As for Lee Tomlin, who has made a substitute appearance in every game so far, his recovery appears to be a little more complex than what we had first thought.
Harris revealed the player is being monitored closely and has to be managed carefully at the moment, such is the nature of his slow return to full fitness.
"He is available now because we are managing him as we go," Harris added. "He is still not 100 percent fit and it’s a lot more complex than just thinking it's a time issue. It's a lot more complex.