Fraser: Injury was a lucky break for Utd

IT seemed like a nightmare at the time but, looking back, Scott Fraser believes cracking his metatarsal for a second time in nine months at the end of last year was a lucky break.

And the 22-year-old aims to show that by helping Dundee United back to the Premiership.

Despite initially being ruled out for the rest of the campaign when he hobbled off in the late December defeat at St Mirren, Fraser returned to action as a sub against Inverness last Saturday.

He got more minutes when he came on in the disappointing loss against Queen of the South on Tuesday and now he’s setting his sights on quickly working his way back into Csaba Laszlo’s starting line-up.

“When I got my first scan after the injury, they told me that was the season gone because it was quite bad,” Fraser said.

“Then I got another scan and it didn’t look so bad, so I’m delighted I’m fit this soon.

“I hadn’t actually broken the bone again, the screw that was put in after the first time I injured the foot had cracked a bit of the bone that wasn’t properly healed.

“They took the screw out and I got a bone graft which was the best thing for me. When I got my cast off after four-and-a-half weeks, I felt right then I could be back playing.

“There was no pain and I was able to bear weight right away.

“It might have been a lucky break this time because I was going to have to get the screw out at some point, so now I have and, touch wood, that’s it.

“After I first broke it last March, even if I was getting a rub on my foot I could feel the pain because of the screw but this time there has been nothing at all.”

With 10 games of the regular season to go and play-offs to follow, he’s now l ooking to show t he pre-Christmas form that helped United challenge at the top of the Championship.

Most fans would agree he’s been a massive loss to the Tangerines and