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Wanderers cannot bank on extra assistance from the Football League to ease their injury problems, says manager Phil Parkinson.
Bound by the terms of an embargo to 23 registered professional players, a request to add Under-23s striker Jeff King was rejected last week.
Phil Parkinson has seen a string of players sidelined with long-term injuries this season including Mark Davies, Darren Pratley, Lewis Buxton, Lawrie Wilson and Mark Howard.
When Jay Spearing injured his knee against Bristol Rovers the Whites asked to add versatile ex-Droylsden youngster King to their quota of contracted players. The EFL refused, and has now confirmed the vote did not directly involve any League One representatives or the CEO, Shaun Harvey.
Wanderers remain hopeful they can offer ex-Reading midfielder Jem Karacan a short-term deal.
The EFL say a one-month contract could be allowed under league rules if the club can prove they cannot name 18 fit players in a matchday squad.
“We have been fighting on all fronts and to be fair to the chairman, he’s had to stand our corner from day one,” said a frustrated Whites boss, Parkinson, whose squad was still inn flux last night. “He hasn’t relented. He wants us to put the best team out there we can but other clubs are fighting against that.
“It’s a tough industry we’re in and we can’t expect any help at all from anyone.”
Despite the embargo remaining in place 12 months after the takeover, Parkinson’s side have remained in the top seven positions in League One through the whole season.
Wanderers go to Fleetwood today hoping to close the gap on second and with the manager still proud of the club’s position.
“If someone said we’d be under an embargo all season and yet we’d still be up there challenging, surely anyone would have snapped their hands off,” he said. “If we’d have been in the position to buy and sell a few players, maybe you’d have a different take on things. But we haven’t. It is still all to play for, so let’s embrace it”
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Bound by the terms of an embargo to 23 registered professional players, a request to add Under-23s striker Jeff King was rejected last week.
Phil Parkinson has seen a string of players sidelined with long-term injuries this season including Mark Davies, Darren Pratley, Lewis Buxton, Lawrie Wilson and Mark Howard.
When Jay Spearing injured his knee against Bristol Rovers the Whites asked to add versatile ex-Droylsden youngster King to their quota of contracted players. The EFL refused, and has now confirmed the vote did not directly involve any League One representatives or the CEO, Shaun Harvey.
Wanderers remain hopeful they can offer ex-Reading midfielder Jem Karacan a short-term deal.
The EFL say a one-month contract could be allowed under league rules if the club can prove they cannot name 18 fit players in a matchday squad.
“We have been fighting on all fronts and to be fair to the chairman, he’s had to stand our corner from day one,” said a frustrated Whites boss, Parkinson, whose squad was still inn flux last night. “He hasn’t relented. He wants us to put the best team out there we can but other clubs are fighting against that.
“It’s a tough industry we’re in and we can’t expect any help at all from anyone.”
Despite the embargo remaining in place 12 months after the takeover, Parkinson’s side have remained in the top seven positions in League One through the whole season.
Wanderers go to Fleetwood today hoping to close the gap on second and with the manager still proud of the club’s position.
“If someone said we’d be under an embargo all season and yet we’d still be up there challenging, surely anyone would have snapped their hands off,” he said. “If we’d have been in the position to buy and sell a few players, maybe you’d have a different take on things. But we haven’t. It is still all to play for, so let’s embrace it”
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