Matthias Jaissle confirmed that Anthony Elanga could be back soon after being out since September.
Elanga has been suffering with a hamstring injury since September and Bazoumana Toure was withdrawn from the 4-1 loss away at Coventry.
On Anthony Elanga: “Unfortunately he’s [been] out for many, many weeks and now it is the process to bring him back slowly, but surely, in a smart way, that we are not too much in a hurry,” he said.
“Hopefully, next week he is able to train again with the group or at least, partially, and then we need to reintegrate him again step by step. But we miss him a lot, I can’t wait to have him back in the squad.”
On Bazoumana Toure: “Bazu seems to be much better. We’re happy for that, it didn’t look that well during the match. He was progressing well in the last few days so hopefully he is able to join the group on Saturday.
The manager also spoke about the club learning some tough lessons from the 4-1 thumping away to Coventry on Monday night.
“It’s never easy now after conceding four goals to talk about structure and what causes us the problems,” he said. “In that match against Coventry we made too many individual mistakes so you cannot talk about the formation or tactical approach.
“These things we need to avoid, definitely, otherwise you get punished in the league.”We are aware of that and even though we are a young squad we need to learn fast.
“This is the message now, towards the players, that we need to learn fast as individuals and as a group to avoid these things.”