WEYMOUTH boss Steve Claridge thought things were bad on the injury front before Saturday's FA Cup clash with Thame United at the Wessex Stadium - but now he knows what an injury crisis really is!
Steve Tully, Shaun Wilkin-son and the player-boss himself all finished the shock 1-1 draw with more problems and could miss tonight's replay at Thame's tiny Windmill Road ground in Oxfordshire.
They join fellow Terras casualties Martin Barlow, Lee Phillips and Chukki Eribenne on Claridge's 'doubtful' list and the Terras boss admitted: "I have no idea what sort of team I will be putting out tonight until we all get there."
Sweeper Tully's participation tonight is in doubt after he took a kick on the leg on Saturday, and although Wilkinson's injury turned out not to be a broken foot as was feared, severe bruising may still sideline him.
Barlow was serving a one-match suspension on Saturday after picking up five bookings, but he would have been ruled out in any event by a badly bruised rib.
A question mark also hangs over the fitness of Lee Phillips, who came off the bench on Saturday for his first appearance in weeks after damaging knee ligaments.
"I'm waiting to hear if he has had any reaction and it will probably mean a fitness test before I decide whether he is fit enough to start," said Claridge.
"Chukki has been suffering with a bug and he got very tired on Saturday, so that is something else to think about. With so many things to consider it's impossible for me to say what my team will be until the last minute and that makes it very difficult to prepare.
"But we will put out a team and, whatever it is, I will be looking for a much better performance than we gave on Saturday - and a little bit more luck would be welcome too.
"If we get both of those things we will be alright.
"I would expect them to come out and have a go at us a bit more on their own ground and that should make for a better spectacle."
Thame, who normally play in front of about a hundred fans, are hoping for four times that number tonight.
Unlike Claridge, player-manager Mark West has a full strength squad to pick from with the weekend return from a holiday in America of regular left back Mark Avery giving him a selection problem his counterpart would just love to have.
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