Johnnie Jackson has Jack Currie back in contention and options to choose from for the visit of Stockport tomorrow afternoon, despite several absentees.

“Jack is fine,” said Johnnie after Friday’s final training session in the heat of New Malden. He came through the sixty minutes that we gave him against Stevenage, which was always the plan for Tuesday night, knowing that we had Lee Brown to bring on.

"Regardless of the result, that’s what we wanted to do with his rehab from the quad injury. He was out here training today and he feels fresh and good. He comes into our thoughts, and I’ve now got two good left backs to choose from.”

You can watch the full interview with Johnnie and a summary of the main points below.

Wins for both sides in the two fixtures last season, positions have kind of switched in the league table so far for this campaign. How do you view this meeting?

It's early days in the league and they haven’t had the greatest of starts, but I think they’ve got a really good squad. There’s some real quality in there amongst their ranks and I expect them to be right in the mix this season.

I’m not looking at the league, we’re in for a tough game. They’re a good side, well organised and they've got quality that can hurt you. If we’re not on it and come away from the levels and the standards that we’ve set ourselves, then we can come unstuck.

We feel like we’re in a good place and have attributes that can cause them problems. That’s what we’ll look to do at our place. We want to get after them and set the tone.

Great to see Jake Reeves and Armani Little working outdoors. Have we got a timescale for them yet?

They’re out on the grass and doing their running, so they’ve started their rehab. They are getting closer, and we want them back as soon as possible.

We lost our two first choice centre-mids – these boys were the heartbeat of our team in the early part of the season. The quicker we can get them back, then we’ve got five good midfielders competing for two spots. Then we’ve got real competition on our hands.

James Ball and Morgan Williams have come in and done great. We’ve also got Charlie Lakin in now, so we’ve got options.

We’re also missing Connor Evans and Joe Lewis, because of the terms of their loans from Stockport. Joe, in particular, has done well for us, so how will we cope without the pair?

We’re delighted with Joe. He’s very much a part of what we want to do and I think he’s a bit gutted he can’t play. It’s the same with Connor. He’s just joined us and only had the little cameo at Newport so far.

He couldn’t play on Tuesday because he’d already played in the EFL Trophy this season. It’s been a stuttering start for him and he’s desperate to get going. Joe will be a loss to us, but we’ve got able deputies that will come in and hopefully with not too much disruption.

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