Injury woe for Boro

Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren is without 11 first-team squad members for tomorrow night’s FA Cup third round replay against non-league Nuneaton Borough.

Emanuel Pogatetz returns from suspension, but Doriva is banned after being sent off in Saturday’s 7-0 Barclays Premiership humiliation at Arsenal and Gareth Southgate and George Boateng (both ankle), Frank Queudrue (knee), Tommy McMahon (shoulder), Jason Kennedy (back) and young goalkeeper David Knight (hip) are all out.

Stewart Downing and Ray Parlour (both knee), Malcolm Christie (foot) and Szilard Nemeth (groin) are all back in training, but short of match fitness.

Provisional squad: Jones, Schwarzer, Parnaby, Pogatetz, Taylor, Riggott, Bates, Wheater, Mendieta, Cattermole, Morrison, Rochemback, Johnson, Yakubu, Hasselbaink, Viduka, Maccarone.