Cameron McGeehan and Jon Guthrie update after both miss out against Cardiff

McGeehan had started back-to-back league games before the international break after overcoming a rib injury last month but he did not feature in the squad when the new League One leaders visited Sixfields.

"Cam felt something in his calf,” said Nolan. “As I say all the time – it’s no risk. If you take that risk then sometimes you can make it worse but we’ve got options and it’s up to those players that come in to claim the shirt.

"Cam will now have a tough time trying to get back in because that’s what I demand of the players who have the shirt at the time. We’ll take Cam day by day and week by week if it comes to that but I imagine he will be in and around us next week.”

On Jon Guthrie, who was also not in Saturday’s squad after making his comeback from an ACL injury last week, Nolan explained: “Jon’s obviously been out for a long time and we have to be careful with how we manage him in terms of trying to get games for him and trying to get him going again but he’ll be involved in the next few weeks and leading up to Christmas. We’ll just be careful because of the injury he had.”