Daly eyes Terrors return
18 Oct 2007 - 08:39:20
Dundee United striker Jon Daly is hoping to feature against Hearts this weekend, having been sidelined since April by a serious knee injury.
The 24-year-old Irishman was an unused sub for the 1-0 win over Motherwell two weeks ago and hopes to be called on by head coach Craig Levein this time around.
He told The Courier: "Things are going well for me. I've had no reaction in the knee at all. It's just a case of trying to get the sharpness and match fitness back.
"I think I'm ready to come on and do a job for 20-30 minutes, then see where we go from there after getting a few more reserve games under my belt.
"As well as rupturing the posterior cruciate ligament, I tore a cartilage.
"I've not had the cartilage seen too because I've not had a reaction from it and hopefully I'll get away with that completely.
"But if it does need doing it'll only mean a couple of weeks out and, with a bit of luck, I could leave that until next summer."