Alex Neil has issued a positive update on the fitness of key man Alex Pritchard ahead of Sunderland's Good Friday game against Shrewsbury Town. The midfielder picked up a calf issue in the Black Cats' win against Gillingham on Wearside a fortnight ago and was withdrawn 20 minutes from time.
He did not feature in last weekend's win at Oxford United, but Neil said afterwards that he hoped Pritchard would be in contention for tomorrow's game against the Shrews at the Stadium of Light. As ever where injury doubts are concerned, Neil was reluctant to go into detail to avoid giving Sunderland's opponents any clues about the team he might pick.
But he pointedly did not rule Pritchard out of the game, saying: "Alex is making good progress."
