Injury blow for Cobblers as Nolan gives update on Guthrie, Evans, Edwards and Fornah
Kyle Edwards is set to miss an extended period of time due to the injury he picked up against Wycombe last month, while Kevin Nolan has also revealed Leicester loanee Jake Evans was absent for Saturday’s win over Stevenage with a minor issue.
Edwards suffered what Nolan said was an ‘abductor’ problem in the first half against Wycombe. Whilst he initially carried on, the 27-year-old was withdrawn at half-time and scans have since revealed a significant injury, with Nolan confirming on Saturday: "Kyle’s injury has been worse than what we thought and we’re not expecting to see him any time soon.”
Meanwhile, Nolan has also provided an update on Jon Guthrie, Tyrese Fornah and Evans. Fornah returned from injury to play 30 minutes at Barnsley on Tuesday but did not feature in the squad against Stevenage, while Evans was scheduled to be involved before picking up an injury in training.
"Jake got a bit of a dead leg on Friday so that was the reason he wasn’t involved,” said Nolan.
"Tyrese was just feeling it a little bit after Tuesday’s game. Ty’s a complex character, he’s a bit of a loveable rogue, and he was feeling something so I said to him to just sit it out this weekend. There was no animosity from him and he gave me a nice big smile, but that was a decision that I made because I felt we needed to give him a couple more days. I’m sure he’ll be involved next week.
"Unfortunately Jon Guthrie didn’t make it today and again we’re just taking it easy with him because he’s been out for a long time and we don’t want to rush it or do anything stupid. If we have to leave him out for another couple of games, so be it. We’ll see how he goes day by day.”