Irvine hoping to avoid more injuries

After Eddie Nolan returned from international duty early with the Republic of Ireland with a swollen foot the promotion hopefuls are in dire straits.Irvine hopes that the full-back will be fit for the game against Norwich at the weekend, but brought in Stoke defender Andrew Davies on loan just in case."Things are that tight, we can't afford any more injuries because we are vulnerable at the back." Irvine told the Lancashire Evening Post.Irvine also revealed how the bad weather has affect his preparations, saying: "There are some clubs who have the luxury of an indoor pitch to work on."We don't have that facility so we just ended up doing a weights circuit in the gym on Monday. We wouldn't have planned that in normal circumstances, but at least we got something done."

Source: Team_Talk