He was willing to get out there for the cause

Simon Davies is battling to be fit for Saturdays FA Cupthird round clash with Millwall.The Wales international missed the victory over Charlton atGoodison on Monday after aggravating an ankle injury in the 1-0 winat Sunderland on New Years Eve.But the injury is not deemed to be serious and head physio MickRathbone has confirmed Davies has a chance of being passed fit forthe trip to the New Den on Saturday.He told :  Simon went over on his ankleagainst Liverpool and then did really well to get back. I was outwith him at 7 oclock in the morning on the snow at Sunderlandfor  Fifa 16 Coins  a fitness test and he did okay.

He was willing to get out there for the cause butunfortunately he got a tackle from behind in that game that hit hisankle and ruled him out of the game with Charlton. I am hoping he will do a bit of training over the nextcouple of days and I dont think he will be too far away forthe game. It wasnt a major injury, you just get a distortedview of injuries because there is so little time betweengames. One player who definitely will not figure on Saturday though isAndy van der Meyde. The Dutch winger has been missing since earlyDecember with a thigh injury and is still some way from a return tofitness.

Rathbone confirmed:  Andy has got a nasty thigh injury. Itwill take a while for him to be back. He is four weeks post-injurynow and he went back to Italy for a few days with his family overChristmas. He is back in his rehab now but he is still a wayoff. van der Meyde enjoyed the short break at his home in Italy butadmits he is eager to return as quickly as possible to  Buy Fifa 16 Coins competitiveaction.He told :  I had one week off so I took myfamily back to Italy and had Christmas there. It was a whiteChristmas which was very nice. Now I am back and working on getting back. I feel good andI hope I am back soon. I would like to be back as soon aspossible. http://www.fifa16shop.com/