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10.45pm
Eric Black gave an update on the injury situation at today's
press conference:
"Ned Kelly has still got his hamstring injury, Scott Leitch still not in
the frame and Stephen Pearson suffering from bruised toes. David Kelly did
some light training today but we will need to wait and see what happens
tomorrow. Scott Leitch is training a wee bit but mainly in the pool and working
with John Porteous, our Physio.
"I think Scott (Leitch) had an outstanding game last
week, probably the best since we came to the club and he is definitely someone
we can do with in our team."
Looking forward to the Killie game on Saturday, he added:
"If Kilmarnock lack confidence and don’t play well then we have to
adopt the same attitude as we have over our past few games. We need to win games
but we have been a bit unfortunate in that we have had four away games since
taking over and have narrowly missed out on taking the three points.
"Every game is important whether it be at home or away
at Kilmarnock or Celtic Park."
Eric was asked how he assessed his start as Motherwell manager:
"Obviously we would have hoped to have some more points. We deserved to
take something from the game last week and if we continue with the same attitude
then we will take points from matches."
When asked if he plans to strengthen the squad, he replied:
"I think we are always wanting to strengthen our squad but only if
players become available who we think would be an asset. At the moment we only
have two natural strikers so if we were going to bring in anyone it could be in
this position.
When asked about his trip down south to watch Steve Basham, Eric
would only say:
"Yes, he played but whether he is a signing target for us is another
matter."
Eric went on to say that he won't have a new striker in place
for Saturday.
According to the 'Well boss, new signing Eric Deloumeaux is
settling in well and is in contention for a starting place at Rugby Park:
"His English is a lot better than I thought, he is 28 years old and has
settled in very well with the other players. He is a good player and settled in
quickly when he came on last Saturday."
Karl Ready was also at the press conference, and said that he
was looking forward to the trip to Ayrshire:
"It was a very interesting and physical game against them here so I am
looking forward to playing the match on Saturday. Since last time we have gelled
together and it has taken a bit longer but we are doing much better now. It also
took time for the new lads to get to know each other and the lads who were
already here."
Full details of the press conference are available from the Official
MFC Site.
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