September 13 2006

Tom Soares

TOM SOARES has been ruled out for up to three months with a broken ankle.

The midfielder fell awkwardly during Tuesday night's 2-0 defeat at home to Southampton.

He joins Carl Fletcher (ankle) Ben Watson (groin) on the sidelines.

Peter Taylor said: "SOARES could be two or three months out after getting a little crack in his ankle.

"I don’t want to make excuses but to lose Ben Watson, Carl Fletcher and now TOM has hurt us a little bit in the midfield department."