Bees hoping to sign locks to face Park
3:20pm Thursday 28th February 2008
Five successive defeats have put Bradford & Bingley into freefall in National League Three North.
But player-coach Neil Spence isn't pressing the panic button yet after a run that has seen the Bees pick up only one point.
He said: "We are four points off a relegation place with six matches left but we are targeting West Park St Helens away on March 29 (currently level with the Bees on 41 points) and Macclesfield at home on April 12 (third from bottom with 37 points) as must-win' games."
Spence and head coach Carlos Hassan cannot name a team for Saturday's tough trip to third-placed Darlington Mowden Park until they have assessed the injured with physio Jamie Bell.
However, Spence said: "Centre Steve Brimacombe injured a hamstring last weekend against Caldy - the opposite one to that which he had been nursing - and Richard Scull suffered a calf injury.
"I should be OK after a bout of sickness and diarrhoea - I came off at half-time last week because my legs had gone' and I thought it was better if we played someone who was fresher - and we hope to have two second-rowers signed in time for the match.
"One is from Leeds Metropolitan University and the other is from Beverley, but the Tongan we hoped to sign seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth."