| Craig heads north knowing that with Caley already kicking-off their season — they beat Montrose on penalties in the Challenge Cup at the weekend — the Tangerines are assured of 90 minutes against a strong opposition.
“I’m still not doing too much work on things like shape and it will be later in the week before we turn our attention to that,” said Craig.
“What I want is another good run out for the players and the fact Inverness will be further down the road on that score than we are is good.
“They were in the Premier League until the end of last season as well, so we know we will get a decent game up there.”
Missing out tonight and almost certainly for the next few weeks is newly-signed Argentinian striker Damian Casalinuovo, after it emerged he has dislocated a shoulder and damaged ligaments round the joint.
He suffered the knock during last Thursday’s win over Kildare County in Ireland and while, initially, there was no indication of any serious problem, an examination has revealed the shoulder popped out and back in again.
Exactly how long he will be sidelined remains to be seen, but with Francisco Sandaza still recovering from groin surgery, Kevin Smith a broken ankle and Jon Daly serious knee trouble, an injury to another front man was the last thing that was needed.
“These days they don’t do surgery for these dislocations unless they really have to and the medical people are confident it will sort itself, but when it comes to how long he will be out for it’s a case of, ‘How long is a piece of string?’”
As well as sending a strong squad to the Caledonian Stadium this evening, there will be a sprinkling of first-team squad members on duty again tomorrow night in a friendly at Linlithgow Rose, who are managed by former East Fife boss Dave Baikie. |
