' Cardiff City / Swansea City '
Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:24 am
CARDIFF CITY: 
It's been a stunning turnaround from the boys in blue over the past fortnight, with sterling wins over Luton Town, Huddersfield Town, Watford and Stoke City which have launched them up the league standings.
The only frustration Harris will be feeling is the doubt he has over Harry Wilson's availability.
The on-loan Liverpool winger suffered an arm injury against the Potters, with Harris labelling the knock as "bizarre".
"It’s not a good injury," Harris said on Thursday. "I don’t know the ins and outs at the moment, because it’s very strange, but he has got a real issue with that arm.
"As I found out in the last few hours, until you injure your arm you don’t realise how much you use your arms when you're running and trying to protect the ball.
"We will have to see how he goes in the next couple of days. If he’s got a chance, we will give him until the last knockings to be available."
Harris will also be without Lee Tomlin, who went under the knife to solve a troublesome groin injury, and Arsenal loanee Jordi Osei-Tutu is out until after Christmas with a hamstring complaint.
SWANSEA CITY:
Cooper will be immensely pleased with his side's defensive solidity so far this season, but his charges will face the ultimate test in Kieffer Moore this afternoon.
The Welshman is one of the form strikers in teh Championship at present, who has bullied centre-backs for fun in recent weeks.
With question marks over Marc Guehi (head) and Ryan Bennett (hamstring), Cooper admitted he'll be making a late decision on both.
"Ryan has not played [the last two], he’s picked up a bit of a hamstring strain," said the head coach.
"We’re giving him every chance to try and be available for the weekend, we’ll know more tomorrow whether we’ll involve him or not.
"Marc is a bit different, he picked up a bang on the head against Luton and we’re following the procedures of return to play and train.
"We just want to make sure before we think whether to include him or not."
Long term, Cooper will be without Morgan Gibbs-White, who is making good progress after fracturing his foot, and George Byers, who is now back in training.
It's been a stunning turnaround from the boys in blue over the past fortnight, with sterling wins over Luton Town, Huddersfield Town, Watford and Stoke City which have launched them up the league standings.
The only frustration Harris will be feeling is the doubt he has over Harry Wilson's availability.
The on-loan Liverpool winger suffered an arm injury against the Potters, with Harris labelling the knock as "bizarre".
"It’s not a good injury," Harris said on Thursday. "I don’t know the ins and outs at the moment, because it’s very strange, but he has got a real issue with that arm.
"As I found out in the last few hours, until you injure your arm you don’t realise how much you use your arms when you're running and trying to protect the ball.
"We will have to see how he goes in the next couple of days. If he’s got a chance, we will give him until the last knockings to be available."
Harris will also be without Lee Tomlin, who went under the knife to solve a troublesome groin injury, and Arsenal loanee Jordi Osei-Tutu is out until after Christmas with a hamstring complaint.
SWANSEA CITY:
Cooper will be immensely pleased with his side's defensive solidity so far this season, but his charges will face the ultimate test in Kieffer Moore this afternoon.
The Welshman is one of the form strikers in teh Championship at present, who has bullied centre-backs for fun in recent weeks.
With question marks over Marc Guehi (head) and Ryan Bennett (hamstring), Cooper admitted he'll be making a late decision on both.
"Ryan has not played [the last two], he’s picked up a bit of a hamstring strain," said the head coach.
"We’re giving him every chance to try and be available for the weekend, we’ll know more tomorrow whether we’ll involve him or not.
"Marc is a bit different, he picked up a bang on the head against Luton and we’re following the procedures of return to play and train.
"We just want to make sure before we think whether to include him or not."
Long term, Cooper will be without Morgan Gibbs-White, who is making good progress after fracturing his foot, and George Byers, who is now back in training.