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Town's in-form striker Charlie Austin stands a good chance of being fit for tomorrow evening's trip to Stockport County, despite sustaining a neck injury on Saturday.
Austin fell awkwardly mid-way through the second half of the 3-1 win over Gillingham, and looked unlikely to recover in time for tomorrow's clash at Edgeley Park, but physio Dick Mackey is hopeful the youngster will be available for selection.
He said: "I would say he will almost certainly be ready for tomorrow.
"As you saw he landed pretty awkwardly, and those sorts of things have pretty nasty potential.
"We were a little bit concerned when we saw him rubbing his neck we were a little bit concerned, but he feels good enough to train today so we'll keep our fingers crossed."
However, on loan Leeds United full-back Alan Sheehan will definitely not be involved at Edgeley Park, as he has returned to his parent club for a scan on his hamstring, and Mackey is expecting the Irishman to face up to a month on the sidelines.
He said: "Obviously Alan Sheehan is on loan and the typical thing to do is for injured loan players to return to their parent clubs, so he will be having a scan on his hamstring at Leeds.
"I'm hoping to talk to their physio today, and he'll have the scan to reveal the extent of the injury.
"It's a Grade 2 hamstring tear, which means probably about three weeks out, and possibly a wee bit more which is the last thing we needed really."
Mackey went on to outline the usual course a hamstring injury victim's recovery will take, saying: "It's good to mobilise them fairly quickly after the acute side of things has settled down.
"This normally means walking, or possibly a little bit of jogging.
"Then you start to build up the strength and mobility, starting at a low level and then as the days and weeks tick by that'll get sharper and quicker.
"That's what hamstrings do, they get you going dynamically, and what you want to aim for is a point at which the hamstring doesn't have time to think about it, which will be the last thing you will test before they're ready to play again."
