Bolton Wanderers are sweating on the fitness of striker Eoin Doyle ahead of this week's FA Cup first round replay against Stockport County.
The Irishman missed Friday's win over Crewe Alex with a slight calf problem and was not risked in that encounter by Wanderers boss Ian Evatt.
The 33-year-old has six goals in all competitions for Wanderers this season, but is very much 'touch and go' for this Wednesday's encounter against the Hatters.
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And Wanderers are poised to make a decision at the last minute as to whether to play Doyle against Stockport or not, with a busy fixture schedule coming up and a trip to Adams Park to play Wycombe Wanderers over the weekend in League One to come.
He said: “He’s about as touch and go as you can get. It’s not a serious thing.
"We decided not to take the risk because of the amount of fixtures we’ve got coming up. Has it got significantly better from Friday? The answer’s probably no, but it’s not a big issue anyway, but we’re yet to make a call, we’re going to take it to the last minute really and see where we’re at.
"We decided not to risk Eoin on Friday. He’s got a slight calf issue and we still haven’t decided what to do with that yet, whether to risk it or to leave it a few more days, but it’s nothing serious at all.
"Everyone else has come through fine. It was obviously great yesterday for Xav to get some minutes in the legs and Baka and everybody else came through fine on Friday, so things are looking very positive.
“We’re looking forward to it. We’re obviously disappointed not to get the job done in the home game, but we’ve got another chance, another crack at it and we go there having rebuilt some confidence and momentum and we’re looking forward to it.”
