Gillingham captain Barry Fuller adds to club's injury woes after suspected knee damage in friendly against Ebbsfleet
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By Luke Cawdell
Gillingham are facing a
mini-injury crisis with just two weeks to go before the season
kicks off.
Captain Barry Fuller,
pictured, could miss the season opener after limping out of
Saturday’s 2-1 win at Ebbsfleet and front-man Dennis Oli has been
ruled out for up to six weeks with a torn hamstring.
Early diagnosis suggests Fuller has
medial knee ligament damage.
Manager Andy Hessenthaler has yet to
see defender Garry Richards or striker Mark McCammon in action, as
both are still returning from injury, while new signing Cody
McDonald has a damaged foot.
Highly-rated trialist Stanley Aborah,
a former Ajax man with Champions League experience, limped off at
Bishop’s Stortford on Friday night and looks unlikely to get the
chance to win a deal with the Gills.
With the opening league game against
Cheltenham on August 7, Hessenthaler faces an anxious wait to see
who can make it in time.
"It does concern me," he said. "Every
team gets injuries and you have to deal with it. We’ll try and deal
with it the right way.
"If we can get these players back then
great, but if it’s going to take time then we need to work with the
boys who are fit and see where we go."
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