Andy Hessenthaler considers whether Gillingham's Simon King can play against Rotherham so soon after facing Port Vale
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Manager Andy Hessenthaler may have to break up his
new-look defence when Gillingham host Rotherham on Tuesday
night.
Hessenthaler put together a completely different back four for
the trip to Port Vale on Saturday but there are doubts whether
Simon King can last another 90 minutes so soon.
His appearance at the weekend was his first full game since
early October, when he was on loan at Plymouth.
Hessenthaler said: "King’s situation is something we will have
to address in the next few days.
"Can it (his ankle) sustain Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday football
from now until the end of the season? Because that pretty much is
what it is. We are going to have to manage the situation but we
will give him every chance to be available after Saturday’s
performance."
Garry Richards, dropped at the weekend, could be called upon to
take King’s place.
The Gills head into their midweek clash having lost six of their
last seven League 2 games.
"It’s a real big week coming up with three home games (in a row)
against decent sides," said Hessenthaler "Saturday’s performance
will give us a little bit more confidence and the fans that
travelled will have seen that. They were right behind the team and
I thank them for that."
The only player with a chance of coming into the squad from
injury is midfielder Charlie Lee (knee).
Tuesday, February 21 2012
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