Absence of Blackpool midfielder explained in fresh blow ahead of upcoming Northampton Town and Stockport County games
Albie Morgan missed Blackpool’s () Barnsley.
Blackpool midfielder Albie Morgan has been ruled out for a minimum of four weeks due to an ankle injury.
The ex-Charlton Athletic man became the Seasiders’ latest absentee for Saturday afternoon’s 2-1 defeat to Barnsley.
Ian Evatt’s side headed to Oakwell with Fraser Horsfall, James Husband, Hayden Coulson and Dale Taylor already missing, as well as the added blow of Danny Imray being recalled by Crystal Palace.
Alongside the departed wing-back, Morgan dropped out of Blackpool’s matchday squad following their FA Cup meeting with Ipswich Town last weekend.
Explaining the reason behind the 25-year-old’s absence, with home games against Northampton Town and Stockport County coming up, Evatt said: “We lost him at Ipswich, it was in the last minute. He’s got a grade two deltoid injury, which is his inner ankle. At the moment it’s pretty swollen. It looks like a four to six week injury.
“This is a difficult transfer window to recruit in, and every time we put a finger over a hole, the bucket seems to find another one and leaks again. We have to find the solutions the best we can.”
Injury concern for Lyons
An additional headache came in the second half against Barnsley, with Andy Lyons forced off - having already been nursing a prior problem.
“He’s got a pretty hefty dead leg, and he’s also been struggling with an achilles issue,” Evatt added.
“Where we’re at right now, we had no choice other than to put him in. We could've gone with Banksy from the start, but we needed more of a defender on that side of the pitch.
“Andy wasn’t good, so we switched it over, and CJ (Hamilton) dealt with it really well - he was good last week and was good again today.”
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