Carroll/Reid/Lanzini updates

Andy Carroll is still on course for a November return and is picking up the pace in his training routine.

There are now hopes that the player could be ready for action for either the Burnley home game on the third of the month or Huddersfield away a week later.

Carroll is now running after undergoing extensive rehab work on his ankle injury which has seen him missing since the penultimate game of last season against Manchester United.

During that campaign he made just 18 appearances.

The news is not so good on Winston Reid who has been out with a knee problem since March when the Irons suffered a 3- defeat by Swansea.

The latest prediction is that the central defender could return to the squad soon after Christmas while Manu Lanzini – sidelined with an ACL knee injury – could be back before the end of the season.