Aidy Boothroyd praised Kemar Roofe for his performance as a central midfielder in the win over Colchester United but confirmed the club will still sign a loan player in that position.
Town ran out 2-1 winners over the Us in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy second-round tie at Sixfields, with West Bromwich Albion loanee having a hand in both goals.
First, he was fouled for the penalty with which Adebayo Akinfenwa scored his fifth of the season to level the scores and then he provided the cross for Henoc Mukendi to glance home the winner.
But despite a strong showing in a position Roofe has never played in a senior game, the club will still sign a player on loan to come into the side for the visit of Exeter City in npower League Two action on Saturday.
“Kemar played through an injury he was feeling at the start and these young lads have got to do things like that,” said Boothroyd.
“It’s not his natural position and without saying it’s going to definitely happen, we will have another player in in time for Saturday’s match.
“We should get that done on Wednesday, it’s just taking a bit of time. There was a bit of confusion between me and them but it’s all been sorted out and we’re ready to go.”
The Cobblers could be without keeper Shane Higgs for the next fortnight, though, after the he suffered what appeared to be a concussion on his return from a long-term injury. Such an ailment requires a minimum two-week lay-off and Boothroyd said: “Shane didn’t know what the score was when he had to come off, which wasn’t a bad thing because we were losing.
“If it’s concussion then he will be out for two weeks and that will be very disappointing for him because he’s worked his socks off to get back.”
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