Cobblers injury update - Perkins, Donacien, Shaw and McCarthy
Chris Hogg is confident both Janoi Donacien and Jack Perkins will feature against Southend United in the week after the pair missed Saturday’s friendly with Coventry.
Neither were in the squad as Cobblers held the Premier League new boys to a goalless draw at Sixfields.
"They’re both fine,” confirmed Hogg. “They have just minor things and we’re hopeful they’ll be back with us for Wednesday’s game.
"Janoi took a kick on the top of his foot, which is fine, and we kept Jack out just as a precaution because he took a little knock. It’s been competitive in training and sometimes you pick up these type of things but you want it to be competitive.”
Midfielder Liam Shaw missed last week’s opening friendly at Leicester and he was again absent on Saturday as he continues to work his way back to 100 per cent.
"Liam Shaw has done bits and pieces on the grass,” said Hogg. “He’s on his own timeline with his history and we’ll continue to monitor him and do everything we can to get him back on the pitch as soon as we can.”
On Conor McCarthy, who limped off just eight minutes after coming on against Coventry, Hogg added: “I don’t know anything about that at the moment – we will have to assess him and see how he is.”