Source: Eurosport
Potters pair battling to face Irons
Stoke could welcome back James Beattie and Andy Wilkinson against West Ham this weekend, but Amdy Faye will miss the remainder of the season.Stoke were missing six key players in last weekend's defeat at Fulham and none of Danny Higginbotham, Mama Sidibe or Faye will return to action this season.Higginbotham and Sidibe have undergone surgery on back and knee injuries respectively, and Faye will join them on the sidelines for the final four games after booking in for his own back operation.It is unclear whether fellow injury victim Salif Diao will be seen again this term, but Beattie and Wilkinson could return as early as this weekend.Beattie is making good progress from a thigh injury and is currently rated as 50-50 to face West Ham, but manager Tony Pulis will give the striker until the last possible moment to prove his fitness.He said: "We will make a late decision on James - it will be down to him. It will be left until right before kick-off."He is doing fine but we are not sure if this game is a week too early for him. We will take a view on it on Saturday."Meanwhile Wilkinson has returned to training following a back problem and Pulis expects the full-back to be in contention on Saturday.He said: "Wilko trained by himself on Tuesday and he was running more freely than he has been for a while so fingers crossed he'll be available for selection."[LNB]
