Wolves waiting on injured duo
Friday 27th August 2010, 10:31AM BST.
Wolves are hoping Steven Fletcher and Jelle van Damme can provide them with a major boost and be fit for the game against against Newcastle.
Both players have missed the last two games after being injured in the 2-1 opening day win against Stoke, Fletcher with a bruised foot, while van Damme suffered a thigh injury.
Boss Mick McCarthy expressed concern earlier in the week after Fletcher pulled up in discomfort in a running session last Sunday.
But the new club-record signing trained along with van Damme yesterday and both seem set to declare their availability for the Magpies’ clash at Molineux tomorrow.
Van Damme could fill the left midfield role he occupied against Stoke with Stephen Ward at left-back, after George Elokobi was given a tough time at Everton last week.
Fletcher might have to settle for a place on the bench as Kevin Doyle looks for more match time to get up to full sharpness, while Sylvan Ebanks-Blake having got off the mark at Goodison and started the campaign in commanding form.
Doyle believes Wolves’ attack now mean business in the Premier League.
He said: “It’s great that we have this level of players. It just shows how much the club has come on again from last year.
“The really big teams have three or four strikers who could play any week without necessarily weakening their line-up.”
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