Reece Burke rib crack concern ahead of Blackburn clash

Reece Burke
Reece Burke. Photo by Liam Smith

Despite concern over a cracked rib, Luton’s Reece Burke could still return for tomorrow’s visit of Blackburn Rovers, after boss Nathan Jones admitted his side must improve defensively. 

The centre-half missed out on Wednesday’s 2-2 draw at home Coventry City after a training ground knock left him unable to breathe properly, having already missed the defeat to Wigan after a head injury saw his half-time withdrawal in the win at Cardiff

With Burke left out of the squad in midweek and Tom Lockyer replaced by the returning skipper Sonny Bradley, Jones criticised his “nervous” back three, which also included Dan Potts and Gabriel Osho, after the second game at Kenilworth Road where Town have conceded twice.  

Dan Potts and Sonny Bradley
(L-R) Dan Potts and Sonny Bradley. Photo by Liam Smith

Asked if Burke’s injury was serious enough to keep him out of Saturday’s Championship clash, Jones said: “No, not necessarily. He was having trouble breathing so we couldn’t risk him (against Coventry).”

The manager added: “He’s just had a crack on his rib in training. His head’s fine, no problem at all, then he had a crack on his rib.” 

The Hatters are still yet to win on home soil and they will be facing a Rovers side that have won five of their nine matches so far.

Nathan Jones watches on as his side twice let a lead slip against Coventry
Nathan Jones watches on as his side twice let a lead slip against Coventry. Photo by Liam Smith

Jones said: “We’ve got to be better than we were (against Coventry), especially defensively, because we can’t keep conceding two goals at home and expect to win games. That’s not the type of team we are. 

“We do like to score goals, we like to keep clean sheets. We pride ourselves on being aggressive and fit and strong. 

“We had 19 clean sheets last year. I think it’s two in nine we’ve kept so far. That’s not good enough at this level to improve. 

“That’s the big thing that we’re not doing at the minute. We’re conceding when we shouldn’t and it’s coming at bad times because they (Coventry) didn’t have to do a hell of a lot to score a goal and that’s frustrating.” 

Harry Cornick takes on two Coventry defenders
Harry Cornick takes on two Coventry defenders. Photo by Liam Smith

Town will also asses Harry Cornick’s hamstring after he was withdrawn at half-time on Wednesday night, after a first half in which he had a hand in both Carlton Morris goals, providing a deft assist for the second.

“He’s just had a tight hamstring and he’s just come back from a hamstring (injury), so rather than risk him, we have to make a change. We’ve got the squad to be able to do that, so that’s all it was, just precaution,” said Jones of Cornick, who he described as having a good partnership with Morris.

Next opponents, Blackburn, beat Town’s arch-rivals Watford in midweek to move top of the play-off places on 15 points.

“They’re a really strong side, but we enjoy playing against strong sides, we enjoy playing against good sides,” said Jones. 

“I think we’ve actually been better against Sheffield United than we were against Wigan, for example, and Coventry, with the greatest of respect. 

“It’ll be a tough game. They’ve got real good players and they’re in good form.” 

2 Comments

  1. This doesn’t apply to those that entry the pornography, however, as they may nonetheless be prosecuted underneath local legal guidelines of their nation. Due to enforcement issues in anti-pornography legal guidelines over the internet, nations that prohibit or heavily limit access to pornography have taken other approaches to restrict entry by their residents, corresponding to employing content filters. NudeLive is now a hugely well-liked free stay sex cam web site due to the intensive vary of video and chat options we offer users to take pleasure in while utilizing our stay nude cams. One man in Cowlitz County just lately was arrested for suspicion of proudly owning child pornography during the pandemic, and another was sentenced. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, on-line reviews of exchanging sexual images of kids or trying to fulfill kids to have sex or take images of them increased by 97.5% from 2019 to 2020. In 2007, the British-based Internet Watch Foundation reported that baby pornography on the internet was turning into extra brutal and graphic, and the number of images depicting violent abuse had risen fourfold since 2003.

    [url=https://freedudeporn.xyz]freedudeporn.xyz[/url]
    [url=https://porngig.xyz]porngig.xyz[/url]
    [url=https://pornlinkbest.xyz]pornlinkbest.xyz[/url]
    [url=https://downporn1.xyz]downporn1.xyz[/url]
    [url=https://chankiporn.xyz]chankiporn.xyz[/url]

Comments are closed.