DICKOV:'FORRESTER IS A MUPPET'

Paul Dickov has described Harry Forrester as a friend of Kermit,Miss Piggy and Bender-or,in simplistic terms,a muppet due to his injuries.The injuries have been a result of his eager approach to starting in the team.

Dickov also believes if the 22-year-old summer signing from Brentford wasn't totally honest about his fitness and if he'd only been honest about an ankle problem over the summer,he'd be starting games.To make matters even worse,Forrester injured his ankle whilst playing for the development squad in September and is still recovering.

“Harry was a bit of a muppet to tell you the truth,” Dickov told the Green Un.

“He played in a reserve team game and felt his thigh tightening up but because he was that eager to play he didn’t really tell us.And then he was carrying a virus and he didn’t tell us about that either through his enthusiasm."

“Obviously when you put those two things together and he goes and plays in another reserve team game, he ruptures his thigh.We’ve got to look after him but he’s got to not be as eager to get back this time and he really has got to taper that enthusiasm down a little bit.

“He’s looked bright and sharp in training which for him mentally is a big boost after being out for that length of time.”

Dickov also stated that Theo Robinson and Chris Brown have embraced their rolls despite his absence.He also spoke about Korean Yun Suk Young.

Dickov said,"Yun has not done a lot of work other than with the fitness coach for most of the work.With him and Chris Brown we’ve got to be careful because they’ve been out for four or five weeks and we really don’t want to rush them back and risk losing them over the Christmas period."

“We put Chris on the bench at Bolton with the thought we’d only use him if we really had to.I didn’t expect that to be at half time.Despite this,Chris will benefit in the long run for getting that 45 minutes under his belt and I thought he made a difference.

“Kiko Macheda and Theo Robinson have done well in his absence and the team has done well amassing the points we have while he’s been out.But it’s no secret we’ve missed Chris Brown's presence because the way he brings other people into games and his work rate up are top.”