PHIL Parkinson admits City will need the Valley Parade fans “more than ever” as he patches up a side to face Walsall tomorrow.

Filipe Morais yesterday joined hamstring victims James Hanson and Andrew Davies on the sidelines for the game, while Jon Stead remains a big doubt.

The sudden surge of casualties has sent Parkinson scouring the loan market and he spent most of his day off after the win at Leyton Orient on the phone chasing targets.

Walsall head for Valley Parade on a seven-match unbeaten away run, including five victories, and Parkinson hopes the home crowd can rally round his depleted team.

He said: “Everybody is going to be needed now. In the space of four days we’ve had some disruption and injuries have hit us hard.

“I’m working on a couple of things now and have been on the phone constantly ringing people. Whether the game is too early or not, we’ve got to get someone in who’s going to help the squad.

“We will get a team on the pitch we feel is strong enough to get a result, simple as that.

“But we will need the crowd more than ever. It really is one of those days where the crowd can make the difference.

“The lads have been fantastic in the last four or five days and it’s going to need another almighty effort from everyone this weekend.”

Morais needed lengthy treatment after jarring his knee in an early challenge at Brisbane Road. But he suffered a bad reaction yesterday morning to add to City’s problems.

They will also monitor Hanson closely before deciding whether he needs to be sent for a scan.

Parkinson added: “Filipe and Steady are just impact injuries which you can’t do anything about and I don’t think Davies is too bad.

“But Hanson’s is looking a bit more significant. He just felt it before the end of the first half and it could be a bit of fatigue but the early signs are that it is slightly worse than Dava.”

With his attacking options suddenly depleted, Parkinson is expected to recall Oliver McBurnie from his loan spell with Chester.

McBurnie’s initial one-month deal was up after last weekend’s 1-0 win at Lincoln, when he laid on the winning goal, but he was set to stay longer with the Conference side.

Parkinson said: “Olly has done great over there and it’s certainly helped him. But we’re possibly going to have to call him back now.”

The 18-year-old scored his first senior goal at the end of last month for Chester at Welling, one of four straight wins.

Chester boss Steve Burr said: “He has done very well for us and played his part in our great run of form recently. But it’s a decision that is out of my hands.

“Clubs can have injuries and suspensions and all of a sudden you find that lads are recalled.”

The injury news has taken some of the gloss off Wednesday’s win at Leyton Orient. But Parkinson believes morale should be high after beating a team he feels are much stronger than their position in the bottom four suggests.

He said: “It was a great win for us from a difficult game. Orient shouldn’t really be down there when you look at the players they’ve got.

“I think they’re a team in a false position and it wouldn’t surprise me if they got out of it.”