Brindle blow leads to urgent striker search
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IAIN Polworth may need to step up his search for a new Clach striker after revealing Paul Brindle will miss the start of the season through injury.
The pacy frontman, who netted twice in the Lilywhites’ Highland League Cup final triumph against Buckie Thistle last season, has been ruled out for four to six more weeks with a groin strain.
Polworth, who was without many of his top stars at the beginning of last term when they struggled for form before bursting into life after the new year, admitted Brindle’s injury is a worry.
He said: "We’ve got to get a forward on board soon because we’ve only got two recognised strikers at the club and one of those is injured, so we need to get somebody in.
"Paul picked up a groin strain which is a bit of a concern for us. He’s missed a couple of weeks and is likely to be out for four to six weeks."
The Lilies manager – who so far has added Ryan Watson, David Watson, Ally Ridgers and David Chambers to his squad while having lost forward Scott Graham – is expecting to name a couple of trialists in Friday’s bounce game against Fort William at Grant Street following on from their 2-1 midweek friendly defeat against Elgin City.
One player who won’t be joining Clach is ex-Ross County youngster Calum MacDonald, who has netted a place at Stirling University on a soccer scholarship.
Polworth added: "Calum has decided to go to university on a soccer scholarship, so he won’t be joining us.
"We’re still looking for a striker, but there’s nothing been done at the moment.
"We trained and then had a bounce game, so we had a decent day on Saturday heading into the Elgin game.
"There’ll probably be a couple of trialists involved."
