Post by bluestone on Jul 14, 2019 14:15:45 GMT
From the BP:
Graham Coughlan is hoping star striker Jonson Clarke-Harris will be back in training this week.
The Bristol Rovers striker has had a minor operation on an undisclosed injury during the offseason and as a result has not participated in the club’s pre-season yet.
On Tuesday the Gas manager confirmed Clarke-Harris, defender Tareiq Holmes-Dennis and winger Sam Matthews have all been sidelined by injuries.
Asked by Bristol Live for exact details about what “procedures” had taken place and when his key players would return to play, Coughlan said: “I am not a medical person. I stick my nose in the physio room every now and again, as a player I never liked going in there.
“Jono [Jonson Clarke-Harris] is all done and dusted, we are hoping to have Jono back one of the days next week.
“We injected him and it didn’t quite work, we rested him and it didn’t quite work, so the last option was to have an op. I believe they call it keyhole surgery.
“The terminology means very little to me, all I care about is when I can have him back on the grass and I hope to have him back on the grass some day this week.
The Pirates have scored 18 goals in three pre-season games so far this summer, beating Yate Town 10-1, St Mocha’s 7-0 and drawing 1-1 with Kidderminster Harriers yesterday.
However Clarke-Harris is an irreplaceable figure in this Rovers squad and Coughlan understandably wants last season’s top scorer back for the start of the league season which begins with a trip to Blackpool on August 3.
Coughlan said: “We missed him when he wasn’t there, we have missed him around the place because he is a character.
“Tareiq [Holmes-Dennis] and Sammy [Matthews] have also had their procedures which were needed, we are hoping it will not be too long for them either.
“The extent and the longevity of their return I don’t currently know for certain but we are hoping they will be short term absentees and we should have them amongst us pretty soon.
“I am not going to flog any of the three, Tarque, Sammy or Jono, I am going to take my time with them. I am going to put them through their paces and they are going to cover the same work that all the rest of the first team lads have done and when I see they are up to it and up to that level, and they have covered the work, then maybe we will start putting them out on the pitch.
“I need to be careful with them as well, I never to handle their return to play gently because the last thing we want is me pushing them and breaking them and them missing longer than they need to.
“They will go through a stringent pre-season a bit later than the others, but fingers crossed we can get them involved in one or two of the latter pre-season games.”
Rovers play Bath City on Tuesday night before stepping up their preparations with back-to-back games against Championship opposition in Birmingham City and Swansea City before concluding with a trip to Home Park to take on League Two side Plymouth Argyle.
Graham Coughlan is hoping star striker Jonson Clarke-Harris will be back in training this week.
The Bristol Rovers striker has had a minor operation on an undisclosed injury during the offseason and as a result has not participated in the club’s pre-season yet.
On Tuesday the Gas manager confirmed Clarke-Harris, defender Tareiq Holmes-Dennis and winger Sam Matthews have all been sidelined by injuries.
Asked by Bristol Live for exact details about what “procedures” had taken place and when his key players would return to play, Coughlan said: “I am not a medical person. I stick my nose in the physio room every now and again, as a player I never liked going in there.
“Jono [Jonson Clarke-Harris] is all done and dusted, we are hoping to have Jono back one of the days next week.
“We injected him and it didn’t quite work, we rested him and it didn’t quite work, so the last option was to have an op. I believe they call it keyhole surgery.
“The terminology means very little to me, all I care about is when I can have him back on the grass and I hope to have him back on the grass some day this week.
The Pirates have scored 18 goals in three pre-season games so far this summer, beating Yate Town 10-1, St Mocha’s 7-0 and drawing 1-1 with Kidderminster Harriers yesterday.
However Clarke-Harris is an irreplaceable figure in this Rovers squad and Coughlan understandably wants last season’s top scorer back for the start of the league season which begins with a trip to Blackpool on August 3.
Coughlan said: “We missed him when he wasn’t there, we have missed him around the place because he is a character.
“Tareiq [Holmes-Dennis] and Sammy [Matthews] have also had their procedures which were needed, we are hoping it will not be too long for them either.
“The extent and the longevity of their return I don’t currently know for certain but we are hoping they will be short term absentees and we should have them amongst us pretty soon.
“I am not going to flog any of the three, Tarque, Sammy or Jono, I am going to take my time with them. I am going to put them through their paces and they are going to cover the same work that all the rest of the first team lads have done and when I see they are up to it and up to that level, and they have covered the work, then maybe we will start putting them out on the pitch.
“I need to be careful with them as well, I never to handle their return to play gently because the last thing we want is me pushing them and breaking them and them missing longer than they need to.
“They will go through a stringent pre-season a bit later than the others, but fingers crossed we can get them involved in one or two of the latter pre-season games.”
Rovers play Bath City on Tuesday night before stepping up their preparations with back-to-back games against Championship opposition in Birmingham City and Swansea City before concluding with a trip to Home Park to take on League Two side Plymouth Argyle.
