"It's a serious blow to lose Paul Devlin and Stan Lazaridis because both have been playing well and without them it limits our natural width," said Bruce.
"Unless there is a miracle neither of them will be able to play and we have got one hell of a fixture schedule coming up and as both have muscle injuries we must be cautious.
"Vickers and Johnson both came through the reserves okay and I would expect them to be joining up with the squad for the game at Fulham."
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