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The future of loan signing Neil Mackenzie, whose opening displays for the Bulls have impressed many fans, is set to be thrown in doubt with it now being widely reported that Scunthorpe manager Brian Laws is set to join Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow.
Mackenzie has been an outcast at Glandford Park, and is widely believed to have been farmed out on loan with a view to a permanent transfer, but will relish the opportunity to impress a new manager at a higher level than the Bulls. With him, and fellow loanee John Eustace, in the side the Bulls have recorded back to back wins for the first time this season.
Eustace is also expected to return to his home club, Stoke, at the end of his loan spell with the Potters set to lose Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie from a similar loan spell. Eustace's loan spell ends after next Saturday's FA Cup tie, for which Stoke have refused permission to play, meaning that Eustace is likely to have played his last game for the club after helping the Bulls to 10 points from 12 in his four games in Bulls colours.
The loss of the pair will be demonstrated in the FA Cup match next Saturday, where Bulls fans - and the management - will be able to guage the situation. Mackenzie will still be available for two games afterwards, against Walsall and Boston, giving Graham Turner time to find a further replacement if the young Bulls side struggles to find it's feet without the experienced pair.
