Inverness Caley Thistle - Head coach Scott Kellacher speaks about plans to bring in new signings during January transfer window - Despite administration
HEAD coach Scott Kellacher says Inverness Caledonian Thistle will try to bring in players during the January transfer window, despite the restrictions placed on them with administration.
With Inverness Caledonian Thistle in administration since October, the club are only allowed to sign players who are under the age of 20.
As a result, Kellacher says it is making difficult for the club to bring in new personnel.
While they will look to see what they can do, he is putting his faith in the squad which he already has at his disposal.
He said: "We can add players who are aged under-20 only.
"We have the transfer embargo in place. We really are up against it.
"I can assure fans we're doing the rounds to see whether we can get a couple of players in to help the boys.
"I'm hopeful we can make that happen - fingers crossed.
"We're asking the same boys to go week in, week out to do a job for us and it's tough, especially for the younger players.
"We have some even younger lads on the bench to give them the experience of being part of the first-team squad, but they're maybe not quite ready for it yet.
Meanwhile, Kellacher says he will give it everything he has got to keep Inverness Caledonian Thistle up as they prepare for their bottom of the table clash with Dumbarton on Saturday.
The manner in which Inverness were beaten by was cause for concern last week with a section of fans booing the team at full time.
Kellacher said after the game last Saturday to speak with the fans and has asked them to stick by them as they look to increase the gap between themselves and the bottom.
He said: "This club is my life; I will give it everything I've got to keep us up.
"I'm like supporters - I'm a fan as well. I went into the sports bar after the defeat to Cove and I just asked them to stick with us. We need to stick together.
"I get why some fans booed at the end of Saturday's game. We'd just lost 4-1 at home. but they must stick with us the whole way.
"They maybe don't realise the part they can play by getting right behind our boys. That transmits to the pitch. Even if they can encourage the lads when they're struggling a bit in games.
"You can see the strides we're making, not just with the football side of things, but in terms of the feeling around the club and more fans coming to see us.
"There was almost 2000 at the game on Saturday, which was another 300-400 on the gate and hospitality sold out and the sports bar was packed - that's what we're needing.
"That's why I was more upset than anything on Saturday, because there was an expectation that we would go out and win against Cove. It's never that simple.
"Cove started brightly and came at us and made it a difficult game for us.”
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