Ayr United boss Brian Reid needs more players

Dec 17 2010 by Mike WIlson, Ayrshire Post (main ed)

WORRIED Ayr boss Brian Reid fears he could run out of players as the big freeze continues to bite.

Loan youngsters Danny McKay, Scott Taggart, Stephen Reynolds and Stuart Bannigan are due to return to their clubs at the turn of the year.

And a move for Motherwell defender Shaun Hutchinson is now up in the air after Craig Brown’s departure from Fir Park.

Reid revealed: “We could be down to 14 players, two of whom are goalies. And that includes youngsters like Aaron Connolly and Ross Robertson.

“The Board know that I need to bring in players and they have always been very supportive. But times now are the toughest I have ever known.

“If I can bring in two or three more, I feel we could push on for the league title but, if not, we will be in the hands of the Gods if we run into suspensions and injuries especially when we face two games a week.”

Reid is well down the road on plans to bring in a striker while Kilmarnock defender Gavin Brown is a likely January target. But it’s the loss of play anywhere Dean Keenan, recovering from cruciate ligament surgery, which has hit the squad hardest.