Exeter boss excited by Jones' return to fitness

Pat Jones' only first-team football this season was as a late substitute for Huddersfield in their Carabao Cup loss at Walsall shortly before joining Exeter

Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell says he is looking forward to Pat Jones making his first-team debut after returning to fitness.

The Wales Under-21 forward joined City from Huddersfield Town at the end of August on a one-year deal with an option for an additional 12 months. But a hamstring injury means the 21-year-old has yet to play for Caldwell since his arrival.

Jones pulled on a red and white shirt for the first time in a game when he had a 30-minute spell for City's academy side in Wednesday's Premier League Cup win over Bromley.

"It's been a long time for that to come so great for him to come through that and get closer to first-team action," Caldwell told BBC Radio Devon.

"He's fitted in really well, I think when he first came there was a need to be playing and he was he was a bit anxious in terms of wanting to show how good a player he was and he obviously picked up the injury.

"But I think since then he's got to know the club, the staff, the players. He seems a lot more assured and calm and looking forward to now getting his Exeter City career started and showing how good a footballer he his, because there is no doubt about that.

"When Pat Jones plays he has a quality that we are really looking for at the moment, and the quicker we can get him up to speed in the team then the better for everyone."