Folkestone Invicta manager Andy Drury to look into club’s injury problems as depleted squad suffer late 1-0 Isthmian Premier defeat at Whitehawk

Folkestone manager Andy Drury admits he needs to get to the bottom of the club’s injury problems with his staff.

Invicta’s four-match winning Isthmian Premier run came to an end as they were edged out 1-0 at Whitehawk through a late goal last weekend.

Drury was without captain Ian Gayle while midfielder Jack Jebb had to be taken off at half-time and young defender Joel Odeniran came off not long after.

Forwards Khale Da Costa and Matthias Fanimo were also unused substitutes as they continue their road to recovery.

With Amadou Kassarate unavailable and fellow midfielder Dean Rance playing despite struggling with illness since last midweek’s 1-0 victory at Horsham through an own goal, it’s little wonder Folkestone found it tough going.

Drury said: “We always seem to have one or two out at any given time.

“We seem to have picked up some hamstring injuries of late. To be fair to the players, they’re all putting in good shifts when they are fit.

“We will have a look and see what’s going on - and what we can do about it.”

On how long he expects to be without his sidelined players, Drury, who was forced to play defenders Gavin Hoyte and Jamie Mascoll out of position at Whitehawk, said: “Gayley might be a week or two.

“Joel is probably a week or two and Fanimo might be all right. Jebby, we’re not too sure on. It’s just about trying to get everyone fit.

“When everyone is fit, I don’t think there’s a better team in the league. But we need to look at why we’re getting these injuries.”

Drury is keen to bolster his depleted squad this week.

“We’re looking in specific positions,” he said. “We wouldn’t bring just anyone into the squad.

“We know what areas we want to add in.”

And the boss is confident of getting new faces in despite the