Guy set to miss five matches

11:06pm Tuesday 5th August 2008

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Jamie Guy is likely to miss Oxford United's first five matches of the season.

The striker limped off with a hamstring injury in Monday's 2-1 defeat at home to Portsmouth and will have an ultra-sound scan this morning in a bid to identify the full severity of the injury.

But boss Darren Patterson says that he imagines the forward, who is on a season-long loan from Colchester, will be out for "two to three weeks".

That would rule him out of matches against Barrow, Weymouth, Eastbourne, Wrexham and Woking.

And with no running between then and now, there would also then be question marks about his involvement in matches at Ebbsfleet and Northwich.

"Jamie is having a scan on Wednesday and we will know more then," Patterson said.

"But a hamstring injury - you are looking at two or three weeks, I would imagine, but that's a bit of guesswork until the scan results come back.

"It's a blow, but we are staying positive because we have plenty of other quality in the squad."

Guy's injury could mean a chance for triallist striker Michael Husbands in the Blue Square opener at Barrow.

Patterson confirmed that he spoke with both Husbands and Levi Reid after the Portsmouth game, and will hold talks with their agents this week.

"We'll see what happens then," he added.