Garner on his way back
13/09/08 11:11 Filed in: News
Forest striker Joe Garner is back in
first-team training after a scan revealed he is well
ahead of schedule in his recovery from a cruciate
knee ligament injury.
But while the £1.14m capture from Carlisle could be back in action within a month, the club are still in the dark over when loan signing Paul Anderson will return.
The Liverpool man is struggling with a long-term thigh problem and Colin Calderwood revealed the club's medical staff are still searching for a solution.
The Reds boss said: "We have had really good news about Joe, the results of the scan were terrific.
"He is way, way ahead of schedule and he will now go into what is effectively a pre-season for him. But we will be able to integrate him into the group properly, to get him involved in training.
"Over the next two weeks he will not be able to have any contact, but he will be able to complete crossing and finishing sessions and play a floating role in other exercises.
"We are really pleased with his progress, although we are still looking at four to six weeks before he is available for selection. But it is good news, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and we had thought he would be longer coming back than it looks like he will be."
But Calderwood admits there remains a great deal of frustration over Anderson's progress.
"Paul stalled a little when we started trying to put him through some serious work in training," he said. "The doctors are currently looking at trying to do something with him, to progress him beyond the stage he is at.
"There is not a return on the horizon for him just yet, certainly not in the next fortnight. As soon as we get into doing sprint work and power work with him, he feels it in his leg. We have to get through that, we have to find a way to build him up.
"It's not a case of him needing surgery but there may be an injection or some kind of treatment we can look at to help him through. Arron Davies has made good progress though and he could be involved at some stage next week."
Source: Nottingham Evening Post
But while the £1.14m capture from Carlisle could be back in action within a month, the club are still in the dark over when loan signing Paul Anderson will return.
The Liverpool man is struggling with a long-term thigh problem and Colin Calderwood revealed the club's medical staff are still searching for a solution.
The Reds boss said: "We have had really good news about Joe, the results of the scan were terrific.
"He is way, way ahead of schedule and he will now go into what is effectively a pre-season for him. But we will be able to integrate him into the group properly, to get him involved in training.
"Over the next two weeks he will not be able to have any contact, but he will be able to complete crossing and finishing sessions and play a floating role in other exercises.
"We are really pleased with his progress, although we are still looking at four to six weeks before he is available for selection. But it is good news, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and we had thought he would be longer coming back than it looks like he will be."
But Calderwood admits there remains a great deal of frustration over Anderson's progress.
"Paul stalled a little when we started trying to put him through some serious work in training," he said. "The doctors are currently looking at trying to do something with him, to progress him beyond the stage he is at.
"There is not a return on the horizon for him just yet, certainly not in the next fortnight. As soon as we get into doing sprint work and power work with him, he feels it in his leg. We have to get through that, we have to find a way to build him up.
"It's not a case of him needing surgery but there may be an injection or some kind of treatment we can look at to help him through. Arron Davies has made good progress though and he could be involved at some stage next week."
Source: Nottingham Evening Post