Anxious Amesbury wait for Reds boss
Pete Stiles faces an anxious wait to see what players he will have available to him for Fareham Town's Wessex League Premier Division trip to second-bottom Amesbury tomorrow
The Reds' 'El Creekio' derby Hampshire Senior Cup third round 2-0 defeat at AFC Portchester on Wednesday was compounded with defender Garry Moody forced off with a quad issue in the second half.
Boss Stiles will be forced into at least another change this weekend as Ryan Mackney, who started in Fareham's defeat at the Royals, begins a three-match suspension.
The Reds boss is now hoping he' ll have no other fresh injury concerns as his squad recover from their derby defeat.
Stiles said: ‘We’ve got to do that (get the three points) but I’ m going to wait to see what we’ve got after last night (AFC Portchester defeat).
‘There were a few injuries - Garry Moody has done his quad, he’s come off (against Portchester). I’ve now got Ryan Mackney suspended for three games.
‘We’ve just got to go up there, I don’t care if it’s 1-0, we’ve just got to get three points.
‘We don’t know how they’re going to be looking, whether they’ve got numbers up yet or what.’
Struggling Amesbury were forced to call off their scheduled trip to Moneyfields last weekend as they were unable to raise a team, with Stiles unaware of the current situation at their next opponents.
On the plus side, Stiles can welcome back the trio of Ross Kidson, Elliott Holmes and Stuart Morgan after all three were cup-tied for the Hampshire Senior Cup trip. They had all previously featured for the Royal Navy in the competition this term.