Loan winger Ryan Fraser has been ruled out for at least the next two months due to a medial ligament injury suffered while on international duty with Scotland’s U21s, Town have revealed.

“Ryan was training on the Friday when he suffered a non-contact injury,” physio Matt Byard told the club site.

“He had a scan in Aberdeen and that showed a medial ligament problem. We took him to see a specialist in London yesterday and he has confirmed the injury.

“You can never be sure about timings with an injury like Ryan’s but I would expect him to be out for at least two months.”

The injury is a big blow for the Blues with the 21-year-old, who is on loan from AFC Bournemouth for the season, having been one of the most impressive performers in the opening months of the season.

2 months isn't great but could of been a lot worse.! Will be back in no time .. Thanks for the messages

— Ryan Fraser (@RyanFraser94) October 13, 2015

Fraser has scored four goals in eight starts and three sub appearances and was named the Football League's Young Player of the Month for August when he was also amongst the nominees for the Championship Player of the Month gong.

The Scot's absence seems likely to give recently signed Australian international Tommy Oar a chance to establish himself in the Blues first team.

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ArnieM added 15:24 - Oct 13 Step forward our own winger, Mr Orr. No problem.
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Tufty added 15:24 - Oct 13 Wonderful absolutely wonderful (Said in a fed up tone of voice)
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Lathers added 15:33 - Oct 13 Maybe this is the time to go back to 4 centre backs, 5 centre midfielders, and Big Murph. Keep it tight and grind out the results like last season. Awful to watch, but better than losing regularly and trying to play the right way.
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legoman added 15:36 - Oct 13 Mings and Fraser. It was cursed.
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sidtheswan added 15:40 - Oct 13 Gutted !
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Benters added 15:41 - Oct 13 balls :(
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brassy added 15:45 - Oct 13 agree with arnie bad luck on frazer but we can now use our own player COYB.
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topguy added 15:49 - Oct 13 lets give tommy a chance, whos to say he wont be our player in the making, and he would be here next season where fraser wont be, to be honest I would rather play our players than build up other clubs players, look at what happened to derby and boro when Ibe and bamford went I think we rely on loan players in our league too much and to move forward we need to play our players.

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LimitlessBlue added 15:50 - Oct 13 Don't be quick to forget what Frazer has brought to the side, he has been one of if not the best player this season, it is a big loss for us.
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Lightningboy added 15:51 - Oct 13 Had that injury myself twice (both non contact) and it took me a good 6 months to shake it off..thankfully he's a lot younger than me and has a medical team to help him recover. Big loss.
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Smithy added 15:57 - Oct 13 no worries we've got Jay Tabb, he's fantastic
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therein61 added 16:00 - Oct 13 Best wishes for a speedy recovery Ryan you will be missed, but this situation offers a great opportunity on the left wing for Tommy Oar to stake a claim for the shirt and show us what he is made of let's get back to winning ways saturday with a performance and team selection worth watching!!
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brian_a_mul added 16:08 - Oct 13 A big loss but we have good cover in our squad, Orr will get a chance now to show what he can do. Plus MM may change his tactics and may now be more incline to play 4-3-3 with 3 midfileders and three attackers (AMN/Pitmann/Didz/Murphs/Sears/Orr).
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strikalite added 16:22 - Oct 13 Huge loss, a cut above so far...
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Wickets added 16:25 - Oct 13 Best match winner in our squad out for 2 months+ . what rotten luck.
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TR11BLU added 16:27 - Oct 13 Not good news, our best player this season, apart from Sears maybe. What is it with Bournemouth players and knee injuries this year.
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jpring89 added 16:29 - Oct 13 When are we going to have some good news. More annoying the fact it was pointless scotland under 21s. Do hope Oar can fill his boots
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hoppy added 16:43 - Oct 13 Well it's not like this injury has left us up sh1t street without a paddle, as we've got an Oar to use now...
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bournemouthblue added 17:06 - Oct 13 FFS, he's been a rare highlight in a very average start to the season
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jas0999 added 17:07 - Oct 13 This is extremely bad news. With AMN just a youngster and inconsistent, we really could do with another option. Oar may be good enough, time will tell, but Tabby not in the same league as Fraser and shouldn't be considered if we are serious about promotion.
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warktheline added 17:23 - Oct 13 Massive blow I'm afraid, as already mentioned, Sears aside, unquestionably Fraser has been our most creative player. Opens the door to potentially playing 433, starting with McGoldrick. Every action provokes a reaction!!!!!
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PJH added 17:27 - Oct 13 Best wishes for a quick recovery Ryan,you have probably been our most consistent player so far this season. I think that Tommy Oar could now step up,based on the game and a bit that I have seen from him.
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runaround added 17:27 - Oct 13 That's a massive blow!! Has, along with Sears, been our main attacking option. Big chance for Oar now or possibly a change to 433? Shame though as I liked the new system just think we had central midfield pairing wrong
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Keaneish added 17:28 - Oct 13 Might force McCarthy's hand a little now. Big loss but you'd have to questions whether a change of system might be a blessing in disguise.
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Kirbmeister added 17:47 - Oct 13 The 'at least' bit is spot on, will be a lot longer than that unfortunately. Even with a fit Fraser we're a mid table side. We are far too open with two wingers so agree that MM will probably revert to plan A again.
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