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da cassino： Out of sight, out of mind.
That’s pretty much been the case for Tendayi Darikwa this season.
Having been a regular in the team last campaign, racking up 31 appearances across all competitions, he has been out of action so far having sustained an injury in pre-season.
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Speaking to Nottinghamshire Live, the right-back couldn’t give a timescale on his recovery, but said that things were going well:
“It’s a long-term injury, so it’s slow progress. But I’m happy that I am making progress. The main thing is just to stay focused on the rehab – do everything that the doctors and the physios are telling me to do.
“Hopefully I can then get back at the back end of the season. We haven’t put a timescale on an exact return date just yet, because it’s still so early. But I’m hopeful, with a bit of good luck and a lot of hard work, I might get lucky and play a few games.”
By the sounds of it, he doesn’t sound too confident in being able to make it back this season if he is talking about being lucky to play games.
Given that reports suggest that Carl Jenkinson’s current injury could keep him out for longer than expected, that leaves Forest without a recognised full-back in their ranks.
The question if you are Forest, is do you keep things the way they are and hope that Darikwa will eventually find his way back to full strength sooner rather than later? Or do you put this season down as a write-off and go after someone in January?
It’s something that could certainly be a big dilemma for the club heading into the next couple of months.
Matty Cash has got off to a great start so far this season filling in that role, with one goal, two assists and four clean sheets but you can only play with fire for so long.
They don’t even need to go into the transfer market to search for bodies, with Sabri Lamouchi reportedly happy to give players in the academy a chance this season, that might be the route he is forced to take.
What option he does select will be fascinating to monitor.