WANDERERS have high hopes that the hamstring injury that forced Harry Brockbank out of Tuesday night’s game against Mansfield will not be a serious one.

Ian Evatt gave an update on the defender’s condition this afternoon and admits it is unlikely he will face Crewe in the FA Cup.

But the Whites boss has fingers crossed that the problem will not be a severe one, and could keep Brockbank in contention for the televised game against Salford City next Friday.

“He’s gone for a scan today,” Evatt said of Brockbank. “The pleasing thing is he still has a lot of strength in his hamstring. He could be a similar issue to Nathan (Delfouneso) and what Nathan had.

“I keep repeating these messages but prior to the lockdown and post-lockdown, we’re going to have some tissue problems and we have to adapt and overcome.”

Evatt has pledged to name a full-strength side against the Railwaymen and is pleased to see more players have joined in full training this week in the build-up to the game.

“We’ve now got Eoin Doyle looking like he’s going to be back training on Monday, sooner than we thought,” he said.

“Shaun Miller’s back, Lloyd Isgrove’s back, Gethin Jones is back on the grass Monday with us again.

“All of a sudden the squad looks a lot more full, a lot more competition for places and that should spur people on to either perform better and keep their place, or for the others to get in the team and take their opportunity.” Crewe should hold no surprises for Wanderers, who have already played them in pre-season and in the Papa John’s Trophy in the last few months.

Evatt sees progression in the cup as a step towards the consistency he desperately craves in the league.

“There’s no welcome distractions as this point in time, we want opportunities to win football matches because we haven’t won enough yet,” he said.

“It’s going to be a tough game but we know a lot about each other, we’ve played Crewe twice already this season and we’ve lost both games. However the last game, I thought especially in the second half we deserved to win. We did our usual tactic of shooting ourselves in the foot but it’s another opportunity to play a game of football.

“We have to get used to winning, we have to start winning and Saturday is a great chance.

“We’ve got two great games now, Salford on the telly and Crewe in the FA Cup where it’s opportunity for use to kick start our season. We haven’t started yet.

“I’ve said many times consistently inconsistent is the right phrase. We need to get going and hopefully Saturday’s the day for that.”