Taylor on Shaw, Miedema and Fujino fitness | OneFootball

Gareth Taylor says Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw and Vivianne Miedema are in line to start against Aston Villa this weekend but Aoba Fujino is likely to miss out.

Shaw, last season's WSL's Golden Boot winner, and Miedema, the league's record scorer, were both introduced as second half substitutes in our 1-1 draw with West Ham United.

Taylor is confident both will be available from the get-go at the Joie Stadium this Sunday though as we aim to reach the FA Cup semi-final.

Aoba Fujino wasn't able to feature in the West Ham fixture after grabbing the winner against Tottenham Hotspur last Sunday, and the boss admits she could miss out again this weekend.

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Laura Blindkilde Brown was also unavailable against the Hammers having been struck down with food poisoning, but she was back in training on Friday ahead of Villa's visit, while Laura Coombs also continues to improve.

The boss said: "We have Bunny [Shaw] and Viv [Miedema] into contention for a start.

"Laura Blindkilde Brown came back to training today [but] it’s probably a little too soon for Aoba. Things are slightly improved.

"We managed to get game time into Laura Coombs as well so hopefully things are more settled."

On Blindkilde Brown's condition, Taylor added: "There are a lot of viruses but we think we’ve identified it.

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"She had a dodgy 24 hours and wasn’t feeling up to it at that time [against West Ham].

"It was a shame because she would have played. Trying to get that continuity has been tough but she is competing and having her back is helpful.

"Having Laura [Coombs] is [also] really helpful. The other night we were limited and Laura would have been important in there. She trained fine today.

"That takes a couple of days but she feels good, we’ll see if she’s able to start and we’ll make that decision tomorrow."

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