James Garner Injuries

'Jimmy is similar. He's got a back situation that we're just monitoring at the moment - it's settling down, but we're not going to have anything too concrete until probably about a week or so when we'll know more when he responds to the treatment.' 'Jimmy, we're waiting on more news, just a specialist view on a back injury, so we're waiting on that.' 'Jimmy has got a longer-term injury. We're going to have to wait and see, but it's going to be weeks. It's a bad injury that we've got to be careful with. It's going to be beyond a month; I'm pretty sure of that.' 'Jimmy has had good news from the specialist, although he's been out a while now, so he's going to have to start the training period again. You have to be careful with back injuries in the initial spell.' 'Jimmy is not there yet [on the grass].' 'Tim is a bit of a way behind, and so is Jimmy Garner, but they're in the process of getting back fit.' 'Jimmy is the same [as Tim] - but they're both making progress.' 'Jimmy (Garner) and Tim (Iroegbunam) are still a little bit behind the curve. They're making progress, though, so that's good. But that's not going to be quick progress at this stage.' 'Tim and Jimmy are still a bit away, but they are back out on the grass, so hopefully, getting closer.' 'On the grass, with the Sports Science side, not ready for us yet. There's still a bit of time to go with them, but they are making progress.' 'Jimmy might get a chance to join in with us properly, as in the main group, next week.' 'Jimmy is back on the pitch training.' 'James is a wee bit further on than Tim at the moment - he's been back in training as well. In an ideal scenario, you’d be trying to give them a couple of U21s games, but if we need to use them, then I would do. They’ll not be too far away...'

'Certainly, we hope to get the three illnesses back. From what we know, it's a passing bug.' 'Garner is still not in... with illness.'

'Hopefully, [it's] going to settle down quite quickly. It's a calf, so we're not exactly sure how the body will respond yet, but I don't think it will be too long.' 'Jimmy was unfortunate, not too serious; he should be joining pretty soon.' 'James is a bit closer; he's just coming back in training with the group.' 'Whether they have got enough under their belts training-wise to risk on Tuesday, we will have to wait and see.'

'Jimmy got a knock today: we're happy it's just a knock.'

'Jimmy has gone down with a sickness bug. It hit today, and therefore we couldn’t really do anything about it.'

'James is coming back as well.' 'Jimmy is going well - he's getting fitter and stronger. There's another game this week [for the U21s], so we'll probably get him in that one. And then he should be classed as being fit.' 'Jimmy is a little bit closer. We'll see [if he's available for Sunday].'

'Unfortunately, James is going to be more than that. He's probably going to be back at the back end of January or early February. It's a disappointing injury.' 'Garner is going to be a little bit yet.' 'James and Nathan (Patterson) will play for the U21s tomorrow. They're not there yet, but they've been on the grass with us, and it's time to put it into game practice and take it on next week.'