Paul Warne to miss Rotherham United match against Watford
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The Millers return to action following a coronavirus outbreak in the camp which has seen the training ground shut for the last 10 days.
Three games have been postponed in that time and they are thrown back in the deep end with the visit of promotion-chasing Watford
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Hide AdWarne will not be there after he went into self-isolation on Friday, meaning Richie Barker will take the team.
But what that team will look like remains a mystery as the club's training ground only reopened on Monday.
A sizeable number of the squad have been hit by the virus last time – five contracted the disease in a previous outbreak in December – and Warne does not know the full health of his squad.
He said: “We have been hit really, really hard this time. It has gone through the camp and we've had a significant number of people self-isolating, including myself now.
"The lads’ first day back will be Monday.
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Hide Ad"They won't have myself, Richie (Barker) or Hammy (Matt Hamshaw) there, but fortunately we've got Andy Warrington to oversee training.
"Richie will be able to take a session with the lads on Tuesday morning to take them through some work to prepare them as well as we can technically.
"I've been texting the players virtually daily to see how they are because some players have been hit really hard.
"Before we can nail down a starting XI, we need to find out how they are really.”
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Hide AdThe Millers have come under fire for the second outbreak of the season, which will see them now play 14 games in a seven-week period.
Aitor Karanka, who has now been let go by Birmingham City, said the Millers could get an advantage from playing games at the back end of the season.
But Warne says it has all been above board.
"There's nothing sinister going on here. We haven't thought, 'It would be great to have 10 days off as a mini-break' - it is an absolute disaster,” he added.