"The most important thing is that we have come through pre-season with no new injuries picked up," said Bruce. "After all the problems we had at one stage of last season, with five centre-halfs missing at one juncture, it is nice to be able to start the season with so many people available. "Grainger, who has been doing a bit of work on the training ground, and Vaesen are the long term injuries but they are the only ones."
