Why Shane Ferguson wasn't in the squad and why Ollie Rathbone didn't start for Rotherham United at West Bromwich Albion

The wing-back went through a physical routine prior to kick-off at West Bromwich Albion yesterday but didn't make the squad for the Championship clash.

"He is back fit, but he had been ill in the first half of the week," manager Matt Taylor said after the 3-0 defeat. "He had had two days' training."

Grant Hall, Cameron Humphreys and Hakeem Odoffin are among the other members of the first-team squad to have also been hit by the bug in the last fortnight.

Midfielder Ollie Rathbone started on the bench at The Hawthorns as Rotherham refused to take a risk with his fitness following an injury scare.

"He had a groin complaint on Tuesday, had a scan on Wednesday - which was all clear - and missed training on Thursday," Taylor said.

"We couldn't quite get him up to full speed on the Friday so we felt it was the right thing to do to leave him out of the starting 11 and bring him off the bench if we needed him.

The 26-year-old came on in the second half.

His absence handed Huddersfield Town loanee Scott High the chance to make his first league start for the club.

"I was pretty pleased with how he played," Taylor said. "We want more attacking aspects from our midfield. He does break the lines. He created our best chance for Chieo (Ogbene) at 1-0 down."