Halifax Courier

Town boss makes most of free weekend

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And Millington says he would be under no pressure financiall­y to sell any of his players.

"No, not at all," he said. "We need to get some lads out playing football, there are lads returning from injury like Festus Arthur, lads who are being very patient waiting for their opportunit­y like Tom Wilson and Jimiel Chikukwa, who sooner or later will need to be getting minutes and if that isn't with us, then out on loan.

"We don't want them spending all season not playing football, so that's definitely a considerat­ion, more from a developmen­t perspectiv­e than a financial perspectiv­e."

Town will play an in-house game on Friday due to having a game-free weekend.

"Then it'll be rest and recuperati­on on Saturday and Sunday, we've got an awful lot of fatigued bodies in the group," Millington said.

"Lads missing from the Southend game with knocks, niggles, aches and pains and one or two others coming out of the game with similar fatigue, so it's probably a timely opportunit­y to rest and recoup some of that energy we need to kick on for the rest of the season."

Forward Milli Alli is expected to be out with a knee injury for at least another couple of weeks, but Tylor Golden, Max Wright and Ryan Galvin could all be in contention for Halifax’s next game, which is at home to Solihull Moors on Tuesday night.

Jack Evans remains a longer-term absentee but Millington said: "Still probably two to three weeks off being fully available but out running now and he'll be scheduled into non-contact training in the not-too-distant future."

 ?? ?? Festus Arthur is returning from injury. Pic: Marcus Branston
Festus Arthur is returning from injury. Pic: Marcus Branston

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