GRIMSBY Town's bosses may dip into the transfer market to boost their attacking options.
As reported, the Mariners were dealt a blow this week after last season's top scorer Liam Hearn was ruled out with a ruptured Achilles tendon.
That leaves joint-managers Rob Scott and Paul Hurst with four strikers to choose from ahead of tomorrow's Blue Square Bet Premier clash at Wrexham (5.15pm).
But Hurst admits they have discussed the prospect of acquiring another centre-forward to bolster their forward line.
He told the Telegraph: "We've spoken about bringing someone in.
"In terms of a centre-forward, we only got the news about how long Liam would be out this week and that's something we'll have to monitor.
"But if we feel we need to get one in and someone is available that could make a difference to the squad, then we'll act on that.
"We've got a list of players in different positions that we've looked at previously, so if someone goes down injured we can move quickly if we need to.
"But having a list and actually finding out who's available is two different things.
"Currently it's looking very unlikely that we will get anyone in ahead of the Wrexham game – we were hoping to, but things haven't quite developed as we would have liked."
Hurst and Scott have made no secret of the fact that they are looking to add another winger to their squad.
But this search has also proved frustrating for the managerial duo.
"We spoke to three managers on Thursday about players and at the moment they're all a 'no'," Hurst added.
"Part of that is about wanting to keep their squads in tact, while others are just not available at this time.
"We'll keep enquiring and keep watching games and sooner or later one will drop for us.
"With seven subs in the Football League a lot of managers are more reluctant to let players out, or the players they want to move on are not up to the standard we want.
"Certainly in terms of league players, that change of rule has made things more difficult.
"There's no point getting someone in and then finding they're going to be sat in the stand or on the bench, so the search continues for us."
