Player availability has dominated the agenda for Bristol Rovers this week with an unfortunate run with injuries being compounded by more knocks and suspensions to limit the pool of options available to manager Joey Barton.
Lincoln City are the visitors to the Mem on Saturday and with defensive resources down to the bare bones, Barton has to come up with creative solutions.
Amid the run of unwelcome news, there has been some respite for Barton with one injury not as bad as first feared, while Alfie Kilgour's suspension has been scrubbed off after The FA upheld Rovers' appeal. That has softened eased some of the issues that were facing Barton ahead of the clash with Mark Kennedy's Imps, although there are still several important players who will be unavailable.
