Hatters wait on Burke injury length but Bradley back for Huddersfield

Luton are still waiting to hear the damage to Reece Burke’s hamstring but have captain Sonny Bradley available for the visit of Huddersfield tomorrow night.  

The younger centre-half is unlikely to be fit for the Championship clash against last year’s play-off runners up, after he pulled up in Saturday’s 2-0 win at Hull City, getting removed just before the break.  

Burke had helped restrict Hull to little in a first half that Town scored both goals, while he was equally influential in the previous game, scoring a stunner to seal three points at home to Blackburn Rovers. 

Asked if there was an update on Burke injury, assistant manager Chris Cohen said: “No we’re waiting. You have to wait a period of time for it to get scanned to see the extent of it but obviously, it was clear to see the way he went down that it looked like it was going to be a hamstring injury. 

“We’re gutted for Reece because he’s been brilliant for us this year and last year. We believe as staff he is one of the top centre-backs in the division but unfortunately, he keeps getting these little injuries that seem to be stopping him from getting a run of 15, 20 games. 

“He played a lot of games last year but he had a lot of little injuries at the start of last year, especially, which kept him from playing as many games as he and us would like.”  

Skipper Bradley will be available, however, having missed the last two games following a rusty-looking return for the 2-2 draw at home to Coventry. 

“Sonny is back around it,” Cohen said, adding: “The team has been doing well but Sonny is the captain of our football club and a really key player on and off the pitch, so he’s back in and around it and raring to go.  

“He’s had a few things, a little bit like Reece over the last year and a half. But what we have found is that any time anyone has been asked to step up – I remember the Preston game last year where we were playing with five full-backs as a back five – anyone that is asked to do a job, because of the way the manager implements his style on to the team, everyone knows their roles and everyone knows everyone else’s role. 

“Anytime we ask anyone to go and do a job maybe that they haven’t done a lot before in their career they go in and do it so well we’re fortunate we don’t miss players of Sonny and Reece’s calibre, we have replacements ready and that is testament to the work the club has done in terms of recruitment and all the boys’ attitude whether they’re playing or not playing.”  

Cauley Woodrow was another player that missed the win at Hull, having made his full home debut in the previous 2-0 win over Blackburn.

Cohen said: “(It’s) similar to the Reece one, we’re waiting for results. all the boys want to be fit and want to be playing, unfortunately, throughout the course of the season you pick up these things and we roll with them.

“Luckily enough we have a wonderful squad and wonderful players to come in and replace, we were gutted for Cauley last week, he played in the game, we won the game and he was really looking forward to it, so for him to miss out is gutting, but hopefully it won’t be too long an injury.”