Andy Hessenthaler refuses to hide behind Gillingham's injury problems
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Gillingham boss Andy Hessenthaler has refused to blame his
team's winless start on a crippling injury list.
Long-term injury victims Simon King and Garry Richards have been
joined on the treatment table by the likes of Cody McDonald, Andy
Barcham, Dennis Oli and Curtis Weston in recent weeks.
Barcham and McDonald both missed the 5-4 defeat at Bury on
Saturday but Hessenthaler said that his squad should be able to
cope.
"We could hide behind losing players through injury with Cody
McDonald failing a fitness test before the game and Andy Barcham
out for two to four weeks - but I’m not going to do that," said
Hessenthaler.
"We’ve got a squad of players here and we should be performing a
lot better than we did in the first half (at Bury)."
Hessenthaler is hoping his injury concerns will ease before
Saturday's visit of leaders Shrewsbury.
The Gills host Brentford in a reserve game at Priestfield on
Wednesday afternoon (2pm) with the likes of Weston, Stanley Aborah
and Oli all expected to feature. McDonald is also expected to be
fit to face Shrewsbury.
Hessenthaler added: "Hopefully it will be positive on the injury
front and it will give us more options."
Above: Cody McDonald leaves the field
injured against Southend. Picture: Barry Goodwin
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Wednesday, September 08 2010
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