CHARLES Vernam has joined City’s casualty list for the weekend.

The in-form winger felt a tightness towards the end of the Papa John’s Trophy game against Manchester United under-21s and will not travel with the squad to Crawley.

“It’s too big a risk,” admitted Derek Adams, who is already missing strikers Caolan Lavery, Theo Robinson and Lee Angol as well as Niall Canavan and Abo Eisa.

“It’s life, it’s injuries – we missed players with Covid last year (at Morecambe). You get on with it and other people get an opportunity.

“It’s a good game between two teams that want to push to get into the top places.”