Hamer not ready yet after injury

KEEPER BEN Hamer will miss Huddersfield Town’s Championship clash with Watford this afternoon.

The goalkeeper remains limited in what he has been able to do in training after picking up a groin injury against Bournemouth at the weekend.

He was replaced by Ryan Schofield at half time in that game and the hometown academy product kept both his place and a clean sheet in the trip to face Coventry on Wednesday evening.

Head coach Carlos Corberan said: “I don’t think Ben Hamer will be ready.

“It’s not an important injury but we think that if today he continues doing the other parts of the job without kicking the ball and on Saturday he rests then we think next week he will be back training with the group.

“I think he will be with the squad next week.”

Asked if there are any new injury concerns, Corberan replied: “I think we have exactly the same number of players.

“Every player is in the same position and everyone can continue in the same way.

“That’s something that is positive knowing that with this number of games you can lose some players along the way.”

The Terriers will therefore be without forward Danny Ward, who is expected to miss another week or so of action with a hamstring issue.

RYAN Schofield is likely to continue in goal as Huddersfield Town take on Watford on Saturday afternoon, which means we’re only predicting one change to the Terriers lineup.

Carlos Corberan explained that he played Juninho Bacuna at the point of a diamond in midweek to help go up against Coventry’s midfield five. Watford have also had five in the middle of their last two games, so if they stick with that gambit we could see the Terriers boss replicate that approach.

However, creativity in the final third has been a problem in most games not featuring a front three of Isaac Mbenza, Fraizer Campbell and Josh Koroma - which is something of an issue given that we don’t expect to see Koroma back fit until March at the earliest. With doubts around Adama Diakhaby’s ability to