Town boss Kieran McKenna has revealed that midfielder Lee Evans will undergo surgery on the knee he injured at Huddersfield on Saturday, while centre-half Cameron Burgess was left out of today’s team as he made a tactical change.

Evans was subbed in the second half at the John Smith’s Stadium and wasn’t involved in the squad this evening having undergone a scan.

“Lee Evans unfortunately has an MCL (medial collateral ligament) injury, so he’s going to have a surgery tomorrow. Very disappointed for him and for the football club,” McKenna said.

“A great player and person, but at the same time, having spoken to him, I think hopefully now he can resolve the couple of issues he’s had with that knee and not had a surgical repair yet.

“So he’s going to have the surgical repair, which will leave him out for quite a while but all being well, should hopefully give him a knee in really, really good condition which will give him a chance to have a good run at his career again, because he’s been really unlucky with it.

“We’re disappointed with that for us and for Lee, but I’m sure he’ll throw himself into the recovery and come back strongly again.”

Regarding Burgess, who was replaced by George Edmundson at the heart of the defence, McKenna said: “Cameron’s fine, I just wanted to put George in tonight. We thought he’s been training really well, has played really well in the cup competitions and I thought his qualities tonight against Liam Delap would be really important.

“There are not many more powerful runners than George against one of the more powerful runners in the league.

“We thought some of their pressing angles would possibly open up some passes for him as well, for a right-footer.

“Cameron’s been excellent as well, so it was just a selection tonight and, as we’ve seen, we’re not tending to put a centre-half on the bench very often, so they all understand that that’s the plan.”

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algarvefan added 23:24 - Oct 3 Feel for Evans, but hopefully he will return stronger and be better after the surgery. As for George coming in it was a master stroke and show how tactically aware Keiran and his staff are. Thought George as excellent tonight.
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Stephbgb added 23:30 - Oct 3 Such bad luck for Evans having just had a moment in the side. Presumably this will see him out for much, if not all of the season - thus extending the run of Ipswich having at least one injured first team player out, that extends all the way back to early 2009.
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BeattiesBackPocket added 23:50 - Oct 3 Gutted for Evans he looked good against Wolves the other night.
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Karlosfandangal added 00:16 - Oct 4 Just Evans luck
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Suffolkboy added 02:41 - Oct 4 Bad luck , LE ; but just maybe this injury highlights a chance to effect a full strength recovery to a long standing problem . Sure all at ITFC ,and supporters, will have you much in mind and hope for only the best news . Coyb
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SpiritOfJohn added 07:07 - Oct 4 Brave decision to bring Edmundson back in for tactical reasons. That could have backfired, but shows the level of trust the manager has in this special group of players.
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 07:13 - Oct 4 Psychological master stroke that will boost Edmundson's confidence. And he did nothing to prove K McK wrong.
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braveblue added 07:50 - Oct 4 What a manager. Just proved yet again that he knows exactly what he is doing. Who would have thought Burgess would be replaced and that it would work so well. Superb.
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OliveR16 added 16:45 - Oct 4 Stephbgb - an MCL is nothing like an ACL injury. He'll be out for about a month or maybe 6 weeks unless there are complications.
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Flight_of_Shefki added 20:02 - Oct 4 Aw, poor Evo. Good call though to get it surgically repaired and wish him all the best. The deputy el capitan will be missed.
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