Ricky back at the weekend?

After being out with injury for a long, long while, Ricardo Gardner looks like he’ll be featuring for the first team again this weekend.

Big Sam sounds confident.

‘Ricky came through another full game for the Reserves without any problems.’

‘We’ll monitor the siutation over the next 48 hours or so and we’ll see where we go from there.’

Considering Ben Haim is suspended and that Fortune is injured, Gardner’s return seems to be perfectly timed.