| McCracken has been out since fracturing an elbow at Motherwell last month — his second significant injury since Christmas — but, while it is likely to be 10 days to a couple of weeks before he is working with the squad again, he has not been idle during his time away from the team.
“David’s been able to work very hard in the gym with the physio and he is naturally fit anyway, so his general fitness has remained very good even though he’s been injured,” said interim boss Gordon Chisholm.
“He can’t straighten his arm yet, even when he does we will need to work on his match fitness. But, once he gets the go ahead, he should not be too far away.”
This afternoon, suspended pair Derek McInnes and Grant Brebner were getting a runout with the reserves in a league meeting with Inverness Caley Thistle at Forfar’s Station Park.
Also seeing action were first-team fringe men Collin Samuel, Jason Scotland and goalkeeper Nick Colgan. Striker James Grady has not trained this week due to a bout of sickness.
Negotiations with Stuart Duff, who is out of contract in the summer, have been progressing well and the Tangerines believe they will have him on a new deal by the end of the week. |
