Neil Warnock has been assessing his walking wounded this week after a series of injuries in the lead up to Saturday's game at Stoke City left him able to name only five subs for the Britannia Stadium clash. Brian Murphy suffered a calf injury in the warm-up, while Jason Puncheon was sent home on the morning of the fixture with a bout of Tonsilitis. In the second half of our 3-2 win over The Potters, Luke Young was forced off with a knee injury, while Heidar Helguson played on despite suffering a bad facial injury in the opening minute of the contest. Speaking at the Harlington training ground this morning, Warnock told www.qpr.co.uk: "Sadly Brian Murphy is going to be out for a few weeks with the calf injury he picked up, but Jason Puncheon is back in training. "Unfortunately, Heidar has not joined in yet this week and there's a doubt over him for Saturday's game at Norwich. "Luke came off with a knee injury as a precaution, but we are optimistic he is going to join in training on Thursday." Warnock revealed after the Stoke clash that Armand Traore had requested to come off in the latter stages but managed to last the game, and he added today: "He has got a persistent thigh problem that we're managing." Meanwhile, Jay Bothroyd - who missed the trip to Stoke with a hamstring injury - and Danny Gabbidon - who is feeling the effects of an intense introduction from injury - are both expected to resume light training on Thursday. Long-term absentees Matt Connolly (ankle) and Kieron Dyer (foot) stepped up their running this week, while DJ Campbell (foot) continues to do strengthening work on his calf and thigh. iReader
QPR to assess Bothroyd on Thursday QPR’s Jay Bothroyd will be assessed on Thursday to see if he can return for this weekend’s match against Norwich. Jones and Warnock will assess Bothroyd on Thursday. Bothroyd missed Saturday’s 3-2 victory at Stoke after picking up a hamstring strain last week. It was an untimely blow for the striker as he had scored two goals in as many games prior to the recent international break. He returned to training on Tuesday and is hoping to be included in the R’s squad for the trip to East Anglia, which Heidar Helguson is a doubt for after picking up a knock at Stoke. “The injury was a real shame for Jay as he’s been playing well and started getting goals,” Rangers assistant manager Mick Jones told West London Sport. “We’re hoping he’ll now be able to train okay on Thursday. We’ll have a good look at him then.” Follow West London Sport on Twitter. iReader
****ing hell it's looking a bit grim.If Heidar and Jay are both ruled out does this mean the return of Dave?I fear that if all these players are ruled out we might be on the end of a tonking at Norwich!
we've heard it all before that he won't play etc, come saturday team kenny young gabi ferd hill derry fraulin traore mackie both heider
No return for dave he was included in the 25 man Squad...I can see smith starting upfront which will be terrible
I'd rather Smith than Dave,but surely Heidar should be alright,as far as i know he didn't suffer any bone damage he just has a large swelling under his eye.I'd rather have a one eyed Heidar instead of the other options!
normal Neil Warnock psychology to confuse the carrot crunchers given the dive by the fat turkey to get Connolly sent off last year and Lamberk being made manager of the year and Delia refusing to get her bristols out in TF's Lotus i think Colin will have several chips on both shoulders and will have a new recipe to stuff the poultry and send the Stonehenge teeth old bird back on the sherry
Could be his last chance,if he does play i would love him to prove the doubters wrong.I don't think there's anyone on here who wouldn't mind eating some humble pie if he did the buisness against the six fingered maggots!
