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Bench pair 'not ready' for action

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Vincent
Published date08 April 2024
Publication titleEvening Gazette
The duo, both now established as key players at Boro, made their returns from injuries this week - both returning to training, though doing limited sessions before Saturday's 2-0 win at the Riverside -

It left neither really ready to actually come off the bench despite being named on it.

With Hackney out since injuring his knee at Preston North End on February 14 and Van den Berg since also hurting his knee late on at Birmingham City last month, Carrick insisted before the game that he had to find the right balance in assessing when they'd be ready to return.

Explaining why they were back in the squad for the SWANSEA game but always unlikely to play, the Boro boss said: "Big boost to have them back. They weren't ready to really play, to be honest, but we wanted to have them there so that they were back in and around the group.

"They...

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