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Prospect facing Shield injury crisis

Prospect United coach Kentoine Jennings faces a possible injury crisis ahead of his side’s Shield semi-final tonight night against Wolves at BAA Field.With matches coming thick and fast for the First Division club, the casualty list is steadily growing with such a big match on the horizon.Jennings is realistic about the situation and admitted that Sunday’s loss to MR Onions was a chance to cast an eye over potential replacements should some of his regulars fail to be fit in time.“We have a few injuries at the moment but we are setting up as best as we can for the match,” said Jennings, who has been playing in goal for his side recently. “We are doing what we normally do in preparation for games like this, but we do have knocks on a few players so we have to see how things go in training and then we can assess how things will go for the game.“The past few games haven’t gone the way we planned them to go, but we have pretty much gotten over them.”“It’s just matter of seeing who is available and who won’t be ready for the game so we can get the required result.”Prospect can take some positives out of the past few games, particularly the FA Cup loss to Premier Division powerhouse PHC, a game that saw the First Division side hold their more illustrious opponents until the dying stages of the game.The boss is hoping Prospect will show more teeth in front of goal than they did against PHC.“The PHC game was downer for the guys but we have moved on and on Sunday we tried to get some other guys who haven’t really played a lot so far this year some playing time,” he said.“Sunday’s loss to MR Onions wasn’t so much about getting the win as getting those guys out on the pitch to get a run out and see what they can give to us in case some of the regular guys aren’t available,” said Jennings“We took a lot of positives out of the PHC game, more than the negative.“So we have moved on from that game and are looking forward to Thursday’s game.“I think the game comes down to who makes the least amount of mistakes and who is better prepared.“We have learnt over the past few weeks that we can compete with pretty much any team on the Island on the day if we apply ourselves.“If we can minimise our mistakes we can definitely be competitive and score a couple of goals but that has been our main problem because we defend well but lack bite in the attacking department. We are trying to find the balance and if we can than the results will speak for themselves.”