Notts boss Gary Mills, ahead of tomorrow's visit to Bradford City in the Carling Cup, has been given much-needed good news after it was revealed that Chrissy Palmer and Stef Oakes - both of whom are yet to turn-out for the Magpies this season - could be on the comeback trail much sooner than expected after it is said that the pair have both made 'fantastic' progress.
Palmer - who was crocked in the final friendly of a, let it be said, needlessly hectic pre-season calendar - injured three ligaments in his ankle against Nottingham Forest in behind-closed-doors action days before the new campaign was due to kick-off and hence has yet to make his full debut for the Magpies after his summer switch from Derby. But, after visiting a specialist in Oxford, further analysis of the injury has unveiled that the 20-year old winger should return withing the new two-to-three weeks.
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Mills told the Nottingham Evening Post: "We had feared that they would both be out for a long time.
"From what we have seen in the past few days, we could have both of them back in three weeks.
"That is a little way off yet, but it is better than we had hoped for."
Unfortunately, however, the same cannot be said for Gavin Gordon, who faces a probable losing battle to win his fitness for tomorrow's clash with the Bantams. The 25-year old ex-Cardiff man, who netted his first goal for the Magpies on Saturday, picked up a nasty looking ankle injury in the Yeovil clash and may well miss the Carling Cup game after he limped out of the action in the second-half at the weekend.
Club Captain Mike Whitlow, however, is expected to return, although a question mark does still hang over him after he missed the last three games due to a knee injury.