He may get his first-team chance tomorrow with Nathan Tyson cup-tied and Jack Lester suspended and said: "Every time I have a problem then come back, I have a set-back. It has happened again and again and again. It is just a nightmare.
"I just really hope that it is over for me now, that I can start doing my job for the club. I am back in training and was pleased to play and to get a goal.
"I am hoping to be in the squad, but it is the manager's job to decide."