Dave Challinor faces continued injury problems in his squad as he prepares for his first home league game in charge of Wednesday when Plymouth Argyle arrive at S6 tomorrow.
Max Lowe is the latest casualty after impressing as a sub in the Oldham cup defeat on Sunday, suffering the recurrence of a hamstring injury that could keep him out for up to six weeks. Added to that, fellow defender Reece James continues to be ruled out through injury.
Keeper Ashley Maynard-Brewer had to be subbed after getting injured at Oldham and is a doubt, although first choice Joe Lumley may be fit to return after his rib problem.
Strikers Mason Burstow and Ali Al-Hamadi continue to be on the sick list while Kieran Morrison (Northern Ireland), Will Grainger (Wales under-19s), Sean Fusire (Zimbabwe) and Jordi Liongola (Burundi) are all away on international duty.
On the plus-side Challinor has not ruled out the possibility of Liam Cooper, Billy Mitchell and Louie Barry being in the squad for tomorrow’s game.
We go into the Plymouth clash in ninth place and with just one win in our last eight League One matches while the visitors are in fifth place, three points ahead of us but having played one game more.
*On the international front, Wednesday’s Will Grainger came on as a 66th minute substitute for Wales under-19s in their European Championship qualifier against Iceland at Newport yesterday.
The Welsh youngsters were facing defeat when Iceland scored an 88th minute penalty to take a 2-1 lead but hit back to earn a draw with a last-minute equaliser.
Jordi Liongola was an unused sub for Burundi today in their African Cup of Nations qualifier against Zambia which finished 1-1.
Meanwhile, Kieran Morrison is in the Northern Ireland squad ahead of their home match with Ukraine tomorrow (Saturday) evening in their latest Nations League Group 2 fixture.
