Andy Carroll gets slightly nearer everyday but he's not available as of yet.
I think the best news for us is Joey O'Brien is fit from a defensive point of view, and that's a more critical area with our defensive problems. We'd love Andy back as quickly as possible, but we've got Carlton Cole and Marouane Chamakh to look at the striking role, so we're not too bad.
Mark Noble has passed a fitness test as well and Joe Cole comes back into the squad, so we've got some of those important players back in the squad for Saturday's big encounter
• Big Sam is expected to make a number of changes from the side that lined up in an adventurous 3-5-2 formation at Old Trafford.
Matt Jarvis, Guy Demel, Joe Cole, Kevin Nolan, and Jack Collison are each vying for places, having been left out of the starting XI for Wednesday's FA Cup defeat.•
Joey O'Brien returns to the squad having recovered from a hamstring injury, while Mark Noble is also available for selection following a successful fitness test.• January recruit
s Marouane Chamakh and Wellington Paulista are both eligible to make their home debuts, with the Moroccan having featured as a second-half substitute at Sunderland a week ago. Paulista, however, is unlikely to be invovled, despite receiving international clearance.
• Goalkeeper Stephen Henderson has returned from a loan spell Ipswich Town, but picked up an ankle injury in training with the Tractor Boys and will not be available on Saturday.
• Modibo Maiga will definitely be missing after he travelled away to Mali for the Africa Cup of Nations finals in South Africa.
• Andy Carroll is edging ever closer to a return, while defensive duo George McCartney and James Collins are now the club's only long-term absentees.
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