Kyle back in training

Mick McCarthy has revealed that striker Kevin Kyle has resumed some light training in the hope that it'll help him avoid another operation on his troublesome hip injury - which would almost certainly rule him out for the remainder of this season.

Kyler hasn't played since our 1-0 midweek away defeat to Reading back in August and had an operation in the autumn. But it didn't do the job to sort out the injury 100% and the threat of another operation was looming, so the Scot resorted to total rest in an effort to help things settle down.

Kyle resumed light training again in the last week with few problems, and McCarthy says he hopes this is the beginning of Kyle's recovery.

"It got to the stage where it wasn't going to do him any harm doing some training and we just have to monitor his progress carefully," Mick told the Evening Chronicle.

"Having done nothing for as long as he has, we're just hoping the injury isn't going to come back with a vengeance. We're hoping the improvement will be gradual from now on.

"There was talk of him having an injection but the way he's going at the moment we'll try to avoid that. We'll see how he is, discuss his situation with the physios and the specialists and see how he is.

"At least he's training. It's a good sight for all of us."