Allan will not be rushed

JACK Ross admits Hibs are not putting a timescale on Scott Allan’s return to action despite the playmaker re-joining his teammates for training.

Allan has not played since August, with a mystery illness being blamed for his absence.

However, there has been positive signs for the 29-year-old after he was given the green light from doctors to pull his boots back on this week and join in with his colleagues at their East Mains base.

But boss Ross is adamant the former Dundee United and Celtic player, who had a loan spell with Dundee in 2017, will not be rushed back.

He said: “Scott is back in, which is another step forward for him. It’s small steps forward for him but it is another box ticked.

“He’s got a fair bit to go in terms of building up his training given the length of time he’s been out. But it’s all good progress for us and all positive for Scott, most importantly.

“I don’t think we’ve put any kind of timeline on anything. We don’t want to put any kind of pressure on him to be available by a certain time.

“We will just continue to see how he progresses.

“In the recent time he’s made good progress and if that continues then hopefully he will be in a good place physically and may be in contention.

“But neither us as a club or Scott as an individual are really looking that far ahead at the moment.”

Ross’ team has not done too badly without Allan.

They sit third in the Premiership table and can book a Betfred Cup semifinal slot if they overcome Alloa tonight.

Ross, who will return to Alloa for the first time since he quit as Wasps boss to move to St Mirren in 2016, added: “It’s a difficult tie but the good thing is we’re going in to it in a really positive frame of mind given what’s happened in recent games.”