[Prodigal Dragon]

Life is often unfair, but we just have to get on with it. Injuries happen all the time; and it is too easy to blame Keates for allowing Bickerstaff to go out on loan without a recall. That's a decision he made in good faith at the time.

Keates now has the difficult task of finding a super-fit striker who is unattached and ready to go, whilst also preparing for Monday.

An ex-Premiership striker, who isn't fully fit, could still do a job of scoring goals providing the other players all do the donkey-work.

If the phone-calls come to n'owt, I still think the introduction of Jarvis and Redmond would be better than what we have tried so far.

We will see how flexible Keates is prepared to be to win promotion. He clearly wants promotion, as do we all.

My advice to Keates is: 'Don't start with Durrell; have him on the bench if you must, but he's not fit enough to start'.