7:00am Monday 15th March 2010
By Anthony Marshall
DANNY Wilson will scour the emergency loan market for new signings after seeing his Town side ravaged by injuries at Brighton on Saturday.
Top scorer Billy Paynter and Sean Morrison didn’t travel to the Withdean Stadium due to hamstring and groin injuries respectively, which were picked up in training, while Swindon lost goalkeeper David Lucas (hamstring), striker Vincent Pericard (hamstring) and winger Danny Ward (head) all in the first half on their way to a 1-0 victory.
And although Wilson explained he had never stopped looking for fresh faces, the boss admits he has now stepped up his search and could look to bring in a striker.
“I’ve always been trying to get other players in, irrespective of what happened in this game,” said Wilson.
“But what this may do is speed up a couple of other areas which we thought we were okay in and now it is a bit different.
“We will have to wait about how bad the injuries are until we’ve had them assessed over the weekend.
“But you can’t worry about it. If the boys are injured then they’re injured and there isn’t a great deal we can do about it.
“We will just rally the troops, put the lads who are fit in cotton wool and get them ready for Tuesday night (against Southampton).”
Charlie Austin’s 69th-minute effort separated the sides, and Wilson was delighted with his decimated squad.
“In adversity sometimes you see the real characters in the team, and today you’ve seen the character of the team and their determination to come and get a result,” said the manager.
“We knew it was going to be tough anyway, but when you have the injuries that we’ve had and you’ve got all three substitutions made by half time, then you’re just keeping your fingers crossed that nothing else happens.
“To come away with three points as we did with the way the game went, I cannot underestimate how I feel at the moment. It was a fantastic win for us.”
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