Sean Dyche finds himself with an unusual selection issue for Saturday's home game against Southampton, with plenty of central midfield choices, but not many possible options out wide. Scott Arfield and Johann Gudmundsson both collected hamstring injuries in last weekend's FA Cup third-round draw at Sunderland and the first-choice pair of wide men are not expected to be available as a result.
George Boyd is one of Dyche's most trusted lieutenants but after the 31-year-old, the winger cupboard is very bare, with Michael Kightly barely getting a kick of the ball this season, although he impressed in a second-half cameo at the Stadium of Light, where he had what would have been the winning goal ruled out for Sam Vokes being offside.