HUDDERSFIELD Town boss Simon Grayson is hoping the green, green grass of home will help Jermaine Beckford return to action away to Hull tomorrow lunchtime.

Town’s boss, thwarted by the big freeze over the last couple of days, is hoping to stage a training session at the John Smith’s Stadium, which has undersoil heating, and include the on-loan Leicester striker, who is on the way back from a hamstring injury.

Training on grass, rather than indoors, could also hold the key to versatile defender and fellow hamstring-injury victim Joel Lynch’s availability for the big Championship clash at the KC Stadium (kick-off is 12.30).

Town, who are 15th to Hull’s fourth, haven’t won since on-loan Leicester man Beckford notched the only goal at Barnsley on November 10, six games ago. That took his tally to three goals in six Town outings.

Being able to field him alongside fit-again James Vaughan, who made his first start in nine games after a thigh problem and scored the late goal which salvaged a 2-2 draw at home to Bolton, would be a major boost.

Lynch, a possible replacement for suspended left-back Paul Dixon, missed the Bolton game and Grayson explained: “Both Jermaine and Joel are making good progress, but with the nature of their injuries, too much work on a hard surface is not sensible.

“Hopefully we will get onto the stadium pitch this morning, and hopefully Jermaine and Joel will both do enough to show they are ready to return.”

Keith Southern is certainly back after the three-match ban.

Hull, bossed by former Town manager Steve Bruce, have successive away wins at Forest and Watford and Grayson added: “It’s another derby and it’s got all the makings of another good game.”

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