Breaking News:Motherwell face Rangers injury crisis as EIGHT players could be missing for Hampden clash
Stuart Kettlewell has revealed injury-hit Motherwell could be without EIGHT players for Saturday’s clash against Rangers.
Seven are definitely out and Lennon Miller – who is on Gers’ radar – is a doubt for the Premiership meeting at Hampden after suffering a knock against Ross County. Shane Blaney and Ross Callachan have also been added to Well’s injury list since last weekend’s goalless draw, joining Filip Stuparevic, Sam Nicholson, Harry Paton, Callum Slattery and John Koutroumbis on the sidelines.
The Well manager’s selection issues are further complicated by the fact that the likes of Paul McGinn and summer signings Steve Seddon and Tom Sparrow are yet to start a game this season following lay-offs.
Kettlewell said: “We’ve had it through pre-season, we’ve had it for large chunks last season and the question that will come from yourselves, I had it from someone yesterday, is if we don’t delve into the exact kind of loading and what we do in training sessions. I can assure you that we’re as meticulous with that side of things as we possibly can.
“Some of the injuries are from impacts, completely unavoidable, and we’re trying to limit time on the pitch for some players to make sure that they’re fit and they’re able to play in games on a Saturday. It gets to the point almost for me just now where we can’t really train much less than what we are to prepare our players for playing a game of football on a Saturday. So it’s been a really difficult juggling act.”
Kettlewell, who has made 11 summer signings, added: “We would like to do a little bit more business, but you can see that we have done a fair amount of business to this point. We don’t have masses to work with, but if we can get another one or two in, we’re going to have to be pretty creative to do that.”
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