If you didn’t laugh you’d cry. That’s where Birmingham City have been at this season in terms of injuries.
It has been a never ending plague of everything from niggling injuries, to long-term injuries to getting injured in a blooming medical.
Every time someone gets fit and things appear to be looking up, someone else goes down. Rinse and repeat.
The current list in the treatment room is long, arguably the longest its been this season but the good news is, the length doesn’t reflect the severity.
Most, if not all, are extremely close to a return now.
Luckily for Blues, they look to have already done more than enough to steer away from relegation this season which is a huge relief considering near the entire team is currently made of up square pegs in round holes.
High-flying Huddersfield Town are the task at hand for Lee Bowyer’s threadbare squad on Saturday. A Huddersfield Town that are 16 unbeaten no less.
Confident?
Anyway, here’s the full injury report ahead of Saturday’s game.
1. Troy Deeney
Injury: Calf strain. Deeney picked up a calf strain whilst recovering from his previous thigh problem. Mid-march the most likely return date. Photo: Tony Marshall
2. Taylor Richards
Injury: Ankle. Yet to play any minutes for Blues after picking up an injury in his medical. He’s finally in training now but will need minutes in the u23s before getting near the first team.
3. Tahith Chong
Injury: Thigh. Chong has been out since October after undergoing an operation on his thigh. He’s back in full training and got some minutes with the u23s this week. Could see a place on the bench on Saturday. Photo: Morgan Harlow
4. George Friend
Injury: Calf strain. Been out since early February with a calf strain. Should be back in the fold in the second week of March. Photo: Nigel Roddis