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Hibbert Return Stalled.

Tony Hibbert's return from injury has been put on hold because of the recurrence of a hernia problem.

Hibbert, who celebrated his 22nd birthday last week, had been pencilled in for a belated return to action for the reserves at Newcastle on Thursday night. Manager David Moyes revealed today the defender's return has been put on hold because of further problems with a hernia.

Hibbert underwent an operation last month and was expected to be fit to play a reserves fixture last week against Manchester City at Hyde United.

That match was called of die to the the weather and Hibbert could now be missing from the first team for another month!, a maor blow for manager David Moyes

The player visited a specialist in Manchester yesterday to ascertain the extent of the problem.

Moyes revealed: "Tony will not play on Thursday night. He is having problems with his hernia at the moment and we don't want to give him a game because of that."