Unfortunately he was hit with his troublesome thigh injury in the next game at home to Doncaster and was substituted at half time.
By the time he was fit to return it was Eddie Howe in charge. He came on as a sub in the cup win against Burton Albion but in the next game, again as a substitute and again against Doncaster he suffered a recurrence of the injury that has kept him out until now.
But he'll play in the reserve game and Jason Tindall said: "Martin is making great progress and he will play in the reserves on Wednesday. He has trained very well recently and looked sharp, so he could be in with a chance to appear in the last two games."
The reserve game against Preston kicks off on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.