Graham Kavanagh will not return to the City team for another couple of weeks. Dec 20th at home to Millwall appears to be the targetted date.
That means Kavanagh will miss the game on Saturday at his former Club Stoke and also the games against Preston next Tuesday and Norwich a week Saturday.
Rhys Weston could be recalled to the bench on Saturday while Lennie is considering starting with Willie Boland.
Alan Lee and Gareth Whalley are both expected to play for the reserves next week as they look to get back into first team contention after lengthy injuries.