Gillingham’s veteran goalkeeper Glenn Morris is on standby to play at Priestfield this Saturday.
Regular starter Jake Turner didn’t train on Thursday after suffering an injury in the midweek game against Stockport County. He managed to see the game out but has been struggling ever since.
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Morris turned 40 in December but head coach Stephen Clemence says the back-up keeper remains in top condition should they need to call on his services
Last season’s player-of-the-year Morris has been understudy to Turner this season and featured just once for Clemence when playing in goal against Fulham in an EFL Trophy match in early November. He’s not played a league game this season.
Clemence, speaking after training on Thursday, said: “Jake is still being assessed and we will have to see how he is for the weekend.
“He did get a nasty bang and he is heavily bruised around his hip and back area.
“He hasn’t trained today (Thursday) so we will have to see how he is. He’s still quite stiff and it is just about whether he can get rid of that stiffness.
“I know Glenn hasn’t played any (league) games for me but he has been fantastic on the training ground and he still looks like a 25-year-old, not the age he’s at.
“He has kept himself in unbelievable nick and fair play to him because he is a very good professional, he has been very good for Jake.
“I am sure at the start of the season he would probably have been disappointed he wasn’t in the team but he has encouraged Jake and he is trying to help him on the training ground. I can’t speak highly enough of Glenn.”
Josh Andrews is out injured for the weekend and Jorge Hurtado is to have surgery on a knee injury but Oli Hawkins is back in full training after last week’s illness.
Midfielder George Lapslie has only been involved in light training after picking up a hamstring strain and is another weekend doubt.
Dom Jefferies, meanwhile, continues his rehab from a thigh injury sustained at the start of the month. With a six-to-eight-week recovery time put on him, he’ll be pushing to get involved in the latter stages of the season.
Clemence said: “I know he is very frustrated at the moment, he has spent a lot of time in the gym on his upper body and that’s all he can really do at the moment.
“It’s disappointing for him and disappointing for the squad and I am disappointed not to have him because he gives a lot of energy in the middle of the park and when he has been available I have tended to play him.”
