Too early to tell for sure but my guess is Ekuban's injury will be ligament damage meaning at least a couple of months out.
Watching from the sofa I thought he started out like a 2 year old colt on his first appearance at a racecourse. Ran very green with lots of effort but using energy ineffectually. By the second half the penny seemed to have dropped and he started to look more of a prospect and he certainly has a turn of foot which means he could turn out to be quite useful.
It was a massive ask for him physically to come in for such an intense match and play the loan striker role. I'm sure TC had planned to blood him in short 15/20 minute spurts over the coming months but unfortunately that plan went out of the window and he was thrown in the deep end.
Hernandez took a knock to the hip in a collision with O'Kane and you could see immediately that he was struggling. It's possible he might be fit for next week but probably more likely he'll miss out and then have the international break to recover. He'll be a big miss as he's definitely improved this season, his workrate and ball retention have been much better. He and Saiz have a really good understanding between them and seem to inspire each other to play well.
Interesting week ahead with Green, Shaunessy, Borthwick Jackson, Bridcutt, Vieria, Gomes, Klich, Sacko and Doukara all almost certain to start on Tuesday.
Somehow we're going to have to cobble a defence/team out of the those. Just hope Doukara doesn't get injured otherwise we'll be down to zero fit strikers at the club.
