East Kilbride Thistle co-boss offers support to star after latest injury blow

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East Kilbride Thistle boss Russell Craig says the Jags will rally around Scott Hadden after his latest knee injury.The 33-year-old’s comeback trail pursuit after an almost year-long battle was ended after 10 minutes into his return.He twisted his knee during a 3-1 win over Vale of Leven earlier this at the Showpark and had to be carried off before receiving treatment.Craig’s side are back in West of Scotland Football League Conference C action this weekend after a tough Kilmarnock Pie Cup outing against Premier Division side Glenafton Athletic, suffering a 6-1 defeat.Losing Hadden is damaging but the EK co-boss is hopeful that the midfielder’s previous experience with a knee injury can help him return from this latest setback.He said: “It’s a blow.

I am scunnered for the boy. He’s worked so hard on his fitness to get back and he’s been doing lots of work in the gym to get ready for a comeback.“He gets 10 minutes into the game and does that.

It wasn’t good news.“We were hoping that by bringing him in towards the end of the season, we could get him ready for next season by bleeding him into the games gradually.“He was happy with that and we were happy with that.

Then what happened was a bit of a sucker punch for him. It wasn’t nice at all.“We’ve got to make sure we are there for him. He knows he can talk to us and there is a whole network of people he is able to call upon“ I don’t think he will be left on his own but he’s a strong willed boy.