Striker headache for Motherwell with Mika Biereth and Jon Obika ruled out

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Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell admits he faces a major challenge to alleviate the lengthy absence of strikers Mika Biereth and Jon Obika.Kettlewell has ruled Obika out until December with a hamstring injury and on-loan Arsenal striker Biereth will likely be mi sing until mid-November after suffering a knee injury against St Mirren.Kettlewell who has not changed his opinion on the tackle that injured Biereth is limited in what he can do in the transfer market given the clubs spending Chris Chelios Men Jersey increases in previous seasons.He said: I have always spoken about trying to run with four strikers minimum so that is a huge blow with the news on Mika and Jon Obika, it puts us down to two senior strikers in Theo (Bair) and Conor (Wilkinson).Jon Obika, we are probably looking at December. Its a difficult one but it doesnt change the situation for me. For us to do any more busine s, we are in a situation where we are one in, one out.Its been a real tough week and a tough week without a blank canvas just to be able to pick up the reins and go and bring players in.But we will continue to work away and see if we can make the situation slightly better.Kettlewell declared 17-year-old Mark Ferrie was now striker number three while wide player Joe Efford can also play up front but has only had about 15 minutes of action since returning from a long-term thigh injury.Barry Maguires loan move to Kidderminster last week opened a door for a potential new arrival.It might help us try and get one acro s the line, Kettlewell said. But the mindset wasnt that it was in the striker situation at the time. We had been working away on something else trying to get a balance to our squad.The fact that (midfielder) Harry Paton has been out and (left-back) Pape Souare is out, its a little bit of spinning plates to make sure we have a balance to our squad. We feel Pape will mi s several games.When I was looking at the start of the week, we had 14 fit senior players.Immediately Sergei Fedorov Kids Jersey after Saturdays Viaplay Cup defeat, Kettlewell accused Charles Dunne of making an absolutely horrendous tackle, two-footed and straight-legged on Biereth.In response, the former Motherwell defender claimed he won the ball but unfortunately slipped and caught the Denmark Under-21 international. Dunne has contacted Biereth to apologise.When asked if he had a different opinion on studying the footage, Kettlewell said: My opinion hasnt changed.One of the things I heard was that he won the ball. What everyone needs to understand and I need to stre s, these arent my rules, anyone that watched me play football will realise I picked up more red cards than anybody else and was involved in more crazy challenges than anybody else but the rules have changed.I have lost count of the times I have been told by officials that it doesnt matter if you win the ball. If you are off the ground, coming in at pace, putting an opponent at risk of injury, coming off the ground, all of those aspects, I was led to believe that was a red card.I hear some ridiculous arguments of ah, but he took the ball If you have to come through the player and both your legs are wrapped Brendan Shanahan Men Jersey around the standing legI understand that Charles Dunne has reached out and apologised for the outcome of the challenge so I tip my cap to him and say fair play in that sense. But it doesnt change the situation that it leaves us short at the top end of the park.
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