There was blended information for defender Sam Long at the moment because the U’s put together to welcome Maidenhead within the Emirates FA Cup.
The long-serving defender was pressured off early in Tuesday’s win at Lincoln with an ankle damage and will probably be lacking for a number of weeks, though as Liam Manning informed iFollow at the moment, the damage is hopefully not as unhealthy as first feared.
“The big positive is that there is no fracture,” Liam mentioned. “He had a scan and it confirmed no break, in order that’s good but it surely’s not only a case of letting all of it cool down and assessing the total extent of the injury. We do realize it’s going to take some time however a fracture would have taken loads longer, so we’ll take that as a constructive.
“Stephan Negru and James Henry could be available again though,” he mentioned. “And Kyle Edwards and Marcus Browne are making good progress now. Hopefully we’ll see them back around the squad before the end of the month”.
United are in glorious kind in Sky Bet League 1 and now look to switch that to the FA Cup this weekend.
“We want to do well in every competition,” Liam mentioned. “I feel when you get your preparation incorrect or deal with the opposition with something apart from whole respect then that’s when upsets are inclined to occur. Maidenhead will probably be very powerful opponents and we’re going to need to play very nicely if we wish to get by way of to the subsequent spherical.”
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