Motherwell boss needs players to rise to the challenge as injuries hit again

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Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell admits he’s looking for players to put their hands up, as he navigates through another injury crisis.Lennon Miller was added to a lengthy crock list, with the young midfielder ruled out for between six and eight weeks with a hairline fracture on an ankle.That leaves Kettlewell’s squad threadbare as he prepares for the visit by Aberdeen on Sunday, and a bounce game against Rangers, which was intended to give injured players game-time, has been postponed due to winter weather.Kettlewell said: “It looks like a bounce game we were due to take today will be cancelled, which is a real disappointment to me.“We wanted to take that game to try and get some players up to speed as much as we can, but we can’t control the weather.“The next couple of hours will be pretty vital for us to make sure we know where we are, exactly, as a squad, who is available and how much time players can play etc etc.“There’s quite clearly going to be fatigue, there’s going to be that idea of playing in a game, and sometimes you take a bang or a knock, so what I’m going to be looking for is as many people to put their hands up and step forward to be able to start the game, not just to be there or to be part off a group, but to be able to be in a position where you’re fresh to play.“It’s a huge blow, the game not being on, because I thought we would have been in a better position to take that.

It’s nobody’s fault, it was due to be a bounce game with Rangers, who have been brilliant with us this season.“We’ve had a couple of bounce games with them to try and benefit from their side, but also for us.“That has worked out well to this point, that’s what we were trying to do again, so that’s not going to be a thing.”On