Cobblers captain Chris Doig will be out for at least three to four months after scans revealed that the defenders’ suspected hamstring injury was worse than first thought and is in fact a torn ligament in his knee. Doig pulled up while attempting to block the Darlington opener at the weekend and we will now be without our skipper for most of the remainder of the season.
“Chris Doig is going to need surgery.” Said Cobblers boss Stuart Gray, “and that will rule him out long-term.”
“We thought initially that it was just a hamstring injury and he’d only be out for a month or so but he has had a scan and he has actually torn the ligament at the bottom of his hamstring. That will need surgery and he will be out for a minimum of three to four months.”
The news will come as a massive blow to Gray, who is already without Mark Hughes for the weekend trip to Crewe through suspension but efforts to bring in a couple of new faces has hit a stumbling block as a deal to bring in Polish defender Marcus Adamski fell through this week.
Gray explained, “I thought we’d agreed a deal with Marcus Adamski who’s been on trial with us but unfortunately the agent kept moving the goalposts at the last minute and that deal has fallen through.”
“We are working very hard to bring someone in on loan and hopefully that will happen before Saturday. Nothing is cut and dried until the ink is on the contract but I’m quite confident that the deal will happen.”
Brett Johnson, who performed well in the reserve game in midweek could come into contention at the weekend alongside Liam Dolman but let’s hope we can get some more cover in to work through this latest blow to the side.
“Chris Doig is going to need surgery.” Said Cobblers boss Stuart Gray, “and that will rule him out long-term.”
“We thought initially that it was just a hamstring injury and he’d only be out for a month or so but he has had a scan and he has actually torn the ligament at the bottom of his hamstring. That will need surgery and he will be out for a minimum of three to four months.”
The news will come as a massive blow to Gray, who is already without Mark Hughes for the weekend trip to Crewe through suspension but efforts to bring in a couple of new faces has hit a stumbling block as a deal to bring in Polish defender Marcus Adamski fell through this week.
Gray explained, “I thought we’d agreed a deal with Marcus Adamski who’s been on trial with us but unfortunately the agent kept moving the goalposts at the last minute and that deal has fallen through.”
“We are working very hard to bring someone in on loan and hopefully that will happen before Saturday. Nothing is cut and dried until the ink is on the contract but I’m quite confident that the deal will happen.”
Brett Johnson, who performed well in the reserve game in midweek could come into contention at the weekend alongside Liam Dolman but let’s hope we can get some more cover in to work through this latest blow to the side.
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