I can't for the life of me find any reference to Bell's fitness in any of the pre-match amble. Obviously he didn't play last Saturday but was he rested as a precaution or is he injured?
There's a few that we haven't really be updated on - Bell, Baker, Jutkiewicz, McPake, Cranie, Platt, Clarke and Turner. Fingers crossed that they are all fit!
Thorn seemed to talk about him and McPake as if they're fit and ready to go. We know Jukebx is fit because he said so on his Twitter. Last I heard Clarke said he'd miss the first game and Turner is unlikely as he's missed the whole pre-season. The others I thought just had knocks.
In the telegraph it says hopeful
If you look first page in from the back it give injury updates on all the squad down the left hand column, not detailed though just Injured, Fit and hopeful
bell picked a knock in the warm up on saturday so should be fine juke said he should be ok for saterday ben is apparently almost back from injury clarke will be out for a while thats all i know
Let's hope he's fit and lean. On a couple of occasions he has piled on a bit of weight and looked sluggish. I know it's another cliche, but we need the likes of Bell to have a big season.