Kevan Broadhurst hasn’t had much to cheer him up recently, but, according to the Express and Star, he’s found some positives around the club.

Some of the fringe players have forced themselves into contention for Saturday’s crucial home game, following good performances for the reserves this week.

Prime amongst those is raw striker James Constable, who got two in the draw against Forest.

Broadhurst said of the former Chippenham Town man:

“James has a knack of getting goals and he has certainly put himself in the frame for Saturday,” said Broadhurst.
“It’s a bit of a juggling act with our forward at the moment because they are all similar strikers.
“But you’re looking for someone to really push themselves forward and James has done that.”

Constable was withdrawn from the game early to protect him from injury, so it looks like he will be playing a part in the Bristol City game.

While Constable’s all round game isn’t really good enough to play the lone striker role with Timm or Devlin withdrawn, he can finish and the acquisition of Steve Claridge does give the option of playing two up front.

From the interview in the Star, it seems that Ishmel Demontagnac, who also scored for the reserves, and Michael Leary are also much in the Manager’s thoughts.