Gillingham assistant Ian Hendon admits time is running out for those aiming to win a deal at Gillingham
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by Luke Cawdell
A number of trialists are still hoping for a place in
Gillingham's League 2 squad but assistant manager Ian Hendon admits
they will need to do something special now at this late stage.
Hendon said: "We are having a look and if anything does stand
out and hit us in the face then we may do something, but we’ve
pretty much got a big enough and a good enough squad to compete in
this division and I’m sure the manager feels the same way."
The Gills were keen to have a look at French striker Gomez Dali
on Tuesday at Concord Rangers but his hopes of impressing were
curtailed by injury.
He had previously earned rave reviews at Woking, where he scored
a second half hat-trick in a 7-0 drubbing of Winchester. He picked
up a training ground injury and pulled up in the warm-up at Concord
before having chance to kick a ball.
Hendon said: "He got a little knock in training but said he was
fine and then did a warm up but could take no part. That was a bit
disappointing.
"We have heard a few things about him and we wanted to look at
him but it wasn’t the case. It’s one we’ve missed out on by the
look of it."
Dali follows the same path as highly-rated Stanley Aborah
(pictured) whose earlier injury also looks like ending his
chances of winning a deal at Gills. Aborah was still training with
the Gills this week.
Another player running out of time to impress is former England
youth player Moses Barnett who started in the youth team at Arsenal
before moving on to Everton. He got his chance in the league with a
brief spell at Darlington.
"He wasn’t fit enough when he first came in but he’s been away
and we have a look at these players," said Hendon.
"You never know, you might get a gem in there somewhere. We take
a punt and we have a look."
The Gills face Croydon Athletic for their penultimate pre-season
test at Sittingbourne’ on Saturday and travel to Faversham on
Tuesday, where the trialists could be on show once more.
Which trialists, if any, would you like to see signed up
by the Gills? Comment below.
Thursday, July 29 2010
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