Howard Reserve Debut In Doubt

Summer Signing Brain Howard may have to delay his Reds debut for a little longer. The left sided midfielder signed from Swindon Town in the summer was expected to play for The Reds second string against Walsall on Monday as he recovers from a fractured foot that he picked up in the very first day of pre-season training. Unfortunately for Brian he tweaked his groin in a training session today.

Manager Andy Ritchie told the Official Barnsley F.C website:

" We had some bad news this morning with Brian Howard limping out of training with a sore groin. He has some aches and pains really from coming back after a long lay-off and he has tweaked his groin a bit.

It is unfortunate because he was going to be involved with the reserves on Monday night but we will see how things settle down. We will see how things go with him"

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