Daryl Dike treatment was with 'bigger picture' eye - West Brom coach
James Morrison admitted he had sympathy with Daryl Dike on the striker's delayed return - but said Albion had to focus on the bigger picture.
Dike, 24, ended the season by putting his latest painfully lengthy spell on the sidelines firmly behind him with a first Championship start in more than two years.
The popular striker crashed in a header in the 5-3 mauling of Luton at the beginning of this month to send him away for summer in an upbeat mood.
Fifteen months earlier, Dike suffered a ruptured Achilles injury for a second time. Baggies coach Morrison, who ended the season in caretaker charge, explained that Dike's staggered comeback - he made a substitute return this February under Tony Mowbray but waited until May for a start - was the club being cautious.
"I sympathise with both sides, with a player who is eager to perform but with the bigger picture - he's had a lot of injuries," Morrison said.
