Report: Carroll to miss Sunderland

Andy Carroll looks to be a certain absentee from tomorrow’s game at Sunderland – according to www.kumb.com.

The 26-year-old striker is reported by the site to have not  flown to the North East having failed to recover completely from a knock, despite training with the fitness coaches yesterday.

Co charman Daid Gold had tweeted this morning: “Andy Carroll picked up a minor injury but should be available for Saturday. dg ”

However KUMB report that Winston Reid has travelled and could make the match despite pulling up with a hip injury in training this week.