Neil concern over De Norre as injuries mount

Millwall head coach Alex Neil admits the injury suffered by midfielder Casper de Norre against Wrexham is "not good".

The 29-year-old was substituted just before half-time in Wednesday's Championship game, when the score was 1-0. Millwall ended up losing 3-0.

"I thought the big turning point was when we lost Casper," Neil told BBC Radio London.

"It's not good. Senior players know their bodies and he's definitely felt a pop of some kind.

"He comes off, and Derek [Mazou-Sacko] is not really quite ready to play – he was probably due to get about 20 minutes. That's why Camiel [Neghli] came on initially and then we put Derek on later on.

"The two young lads in the middle [Daniel Kelly and Jenson Metcalfe] then started to cramp. Josh Coburn was starting to struggle with his heel.

"We ended up having to make wholesale changes, and the difficulty you've got with that is that the understanding throughout the players on the pitch is diluted.

"When you come up against an experienced team like Wrexham, it makes it a difficult task.

"It's frustrating because we're probably down to our last third of the squad in terms of trying to get a team on the pitch and trying to be competitive at the level."

Neil, though, is hoping to welcome back Tairyk Arconte and Kyrell Lisbie to the squad for Saturday's game with Bolton and could include Romain Esse in the squad after he was re-signed from Crystal Palace.

"We'll see where he is, if he's available and ready," Neil added. "I don't think he's done loads over the pre-season so we need to be careful."