Town boss Paul Lambert says right-back Kane Vincent-Young could be back in a month or so having been out since pre-season with an achilles problem, while Tristan Nydam is making progress following his long injury absence but is still some way off first-team inclusion.

Asked how close Vincent-Young, who made a huge impression following his £500,000 move from Colchester 14 months ago, is to making his return, Lambert said: “He’s doing OK, but I still don’t expect him [back] for about a month or so. He’s doing better, but he’s still a bit off it.”

Nydam has been out of action since breaking his ankle and suffering ligament damage in the pre-season friendly at Notts County in July 2019.

“He’s doing alright, he’s doing really well after that horrific injury,” Lambert said of the 20-year-old. “He’s out running and all that with the physios, so that’s progress for him.

“There’s no pressure from me at all for when he comes back, he’s had a helluva hard time, but he’s in good spirits, Tristan, he’s alright, he’s OK.”

But Lambert says no one should expect the former England U19 international to be back in contention for place in the senior side for some while yet.

“That lad’s been out for a long, long time, he ain’t just going to walk into the first team at all,” he said.

“That lad is going to need, I would still say, nearly another season before he’s anywhere near the first team. He’s nowhere near it.”

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Portman_Pie added 10:44 - Oct 9 Likely back for 2 games then out for 6 months again knowing our medical team...
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rugbytomc added 12:18 - Oct 9 "a month or so" isn't very encouraging. Not blaming anyone, but would be nice if we could get some players back from injury soon and also, in light of all the injuries, maybe we could hear from the club what they're doing differently - different medical team? Paying a bit more for players to go to top clinics for scans?
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Linkboy13 added 18:35 - Oct 9 A month or so is not very specific is it could be six months. Don't like the sound of this Achilles injury it's been dragging on too long.
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Karlosfandangal added 19:17 - Oct 9 The team is doing ok with out these players.....hopefully when the team we have are starting to fad due to the amount of games the likes of KVY, Downes Norwood, Jackson, Skuse will be chomping at the bit, and we have a new team fresh to take on the league with teams who don't have our depth of squad
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SheptonMalletBlue added 20:08 - Oct 9 I wonder what will happen to Fist Pumper once KVY returns?
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Skip73 added 23:28 - Oct 9 Another month? He wasn't a sicknote before he signed, funny that.
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arc added 13:02 - Oct 10 Two players who have been out for more than a year. Kane is a shocker because it never seemed that serious at first. I confess I had forgotten about Nydam–that's not a good sign. Get well soon, lads–we need everyone!
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Linkboy13 added 13:46 - Oct 10 Yes i must admit I'd forgotten about Nydam. I fear for the lads future he's such a slightly built boy and i hope he's strong enough when he returns.
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