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Latest Team News
News after training last night is that Dan Douglas will not have recovered sufficiently enough to be named the squad tomorrow and Adam Barradell is also ruled out after failing to recover from the knee injury that has kept him out for the last three games.
In addition, Tom Groves continues to struggle with back problems and a decision will be made on his inclusion in the squad after a fitness test prior to the game leaving manager Gary Norton with further selection headaches defensively prior to the game.As a result Rovers are set to sign Rhys Powell via Ilkeston Town after manager Nigel Jemson agreed to help out.
Manager Gary Norton commented: "With our current injury problems I had been speaking to Nigel earlier this week to see if he had any players available in certain areas. Rhys joined him this week from Shepshed Dynamo on recommendation of his brother Liam who plays for Ilkeston and he trained with them last night. Nigel called me this morning and said that Rhys needed some work on his fitness as he hasn't played too many games of late and offered us his services."
Norton added: "Before taking Reece I spoke with Dave Wheatley at Shepshed who says he's had a couple of Reserve games in the last couple of weeks for them after recovering from a hamstring injury and so shouldn't be too far away fitness wise. Rhys is a player of decent pedigree and providing the paperwork goes through in time he will go into the squad for the game."
