Hythe Town boss Nick Davis knows just how big Saturday’s game is as they look to bounce back from a heavy league defeat. The Cannons suffered a 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Sittingbourne in Isthmian South East last Saturday and next up is a home match against fellow strugglers Lancing.
Davis had three of his back four missing against the Brickies, but the result has added to the pressure this weekend. “It’s huge,” Davis said, looking ahead to Saturday. “They caused [leaders] Beckenham a lot of problems last weekend.
They are very well organised and their rotation is good. “There is no easy game but I feel at home against them we’ve got to win that game. “No two ways about it, we need to get out of that bottom four as soon as we can and try and put some points on the board.” Davis’ team were in action last night (Tuesday) at Deal Town in a Kent Senior Cup second round tie, losing 3-0.
With a small squad, rotating his team isn’t easy. Davis said: “We might get one or two [signings] over the line before this Saturday. “We’re always looking to strengthen, to make us stronger, certainly in depth but there are certain positions that seem impossible to bring in and that is across the board, speaking to all managers, not just us. “At this time of the season good players are settled and don’t want to move. “We are having to take chances on players who have not played many minutes and are coming back from injury and with that we’re not the fittest team in the world. “We are having to do work during the season to try and get these players fit in the small window we have with them, but this is the hand we were dealt and we knew it would be difficult, but it’s a long season and things can change very quickly. “Hopefully they do,