Carbonari and Oakes miss Saturday's game with Bradford

Last updated : 11 October 2002 By
Horacio Carbonari will miss tomorrows trip to Bradford with a thigh strain. Although the injury is not thought to be serious John Gregory is taking no risk with his new found central defender. Gregory said, “Horacio is not quite ready and needs at least another week”.


Deon Burton should return to training next week after recovering from his fractured metatarsal.




Simo Vlakari continues his road back to recovery after completing a full 90 minutes for the reserve team in midweek against Wimbledon. It will be a while until Simo can regain his full fitness and he is not likely to feature in the first team for some time.


Lee Grant is again promoted to reserve first team keeper after a hip injury keeps Andy Oakes out of Saturday’s game with Bradford.