Steve Bruce Available Quotations

We had eased Matthew back carefully after his other injuries and had hoped he would be available for the finale to the season.

We are more hopeful about Nicky as we don't think his is as severe - 10 to 14 days with a small strain. He could possibly be available for Villa.

There is no magic formula, we have just got our bigger and better players available again.

The good thing is we are more hopeful about Nicky Butt. His hamstring injury is not as severe. You are normally out for 10-14 days with a small strain and he possibly could be available for the Villa game.

It's so frustrating. I'm convinced we would stay up if players like those two were available but we have got to be realistic now. In my head I'm just dismissing them.