Injury Updates on Wrexham Players
Wrexham have secured 12 victories in their 31 Championship matches this season. Manager Phil Parkinson confirmed that Matty James has suffered a fractured toe, while the club continues to assess the fitness of Nathan Broadhead and Liberato Cacace.
James, a midfielder, was substituted in the first half of Wrexham's 2-0 defeat to Millwall on Saturday due to the foot injury and is expected to be sidelined for a period.
"Matty has got a small fracture in his toe so we've now got to get the swelling down on that and then just see how he can manage with the pain," said Parkinson.
He added that the 34-year-old's injury "wasn't as bad as it could have been".
During the same match, Cacace was also substituted. Parkinson indicated that the hamstring injury sustained by the New Zealand international is not serious.
"Libby has had a scan and there's a very low-grade hamstring problem, nothing too serious, but obviously we've got to make sure we get it right," added Parkinson.
The prognosis was more optimistic for Nathan Broadhead, who did not participate in the Millwall game.
"Broady on the Tuesday after the transfer window had a slight problem with his groin, but he's making good progress. We never anticipated that to be too long," said Parkinson.
"Nathan has done some part of the training today, so depending on his reaction tomorrow we'll see how he is, but the good news is that he's come through what he did this morning."
Deadline day signing Zak Vyner remains out due to a toe injury.
Parkinson's Status and Club Progress
Ahead of Wrexham's FA Cup fourth round match against Ipswich Town on Friday night (19:45 GMT), Parkinson responded to a statement from club co-owner Rob McElhenney, who declared that Parkinson has "the job for life" at the club.
In an interview with The Athletic, McElhenney expressed that he could not envision a scenario in which Parkinson would lose his position at Wrexham.
"It's obviously great for Rob and Ryan to be saying things like that," Parkinson said in response to McElhenney's remarks.
"They've (owners) been here five years, which is great.
"It's a fantastic story for us all, particularly when you buy a football club and you go into the unknown to a certain degree, and five years later you find yourself in the top six in the Championship."
The Red Dragons aim to build on their strong season by advancing further in the FA Cup. Having already eliminated Premier League side Nottingham Forest, Parkinson noted that the team is accustomed to the heightened attention under their Hollywood owners as they seek additional cup success.
"Since my very first season here, the expectations have been really high and the spotlight has been kind of unprecedented for each division we've been in," added Parkinson.
"When you come into the Championship there's a lot of big clubs who've got a lot more expectations and we've been a bit of the underdog card as well in terms of this year because we're up against so many established clubs in the Championship who've been Premier League clubs.
"But we played catch-up and we're trying to do that quickly."
