Former Hibs forward doubt for Crawley Town as they prepare for Fleetwood Town test

Reds are looking to bounce back from their FA Cup exit last Saturday at Boreham Wood with three points to get their league season back on track.

Scott Lindsey’s men are currently 23rd in the table with Pete Wild’s visitors sitting in tenth.

But Lindsey could be without talisman McKirdy, who recently served a suspension. And the Reds boss gave an update on injuries.

"I was looking at the list today and there's actually too many on there at the moment,” he said.

"Danny Cashman is out, Jay Williams is getting some testing done today, so we'll know a bit more this (7:02) afternoon about whether he's going to be available for the weekend. McKirdy, even though he's been suspended, he's picked up a knock as well in training so, there is a potential doubt for the weekend.

"We have a couple of bumps and bruises from Saturday as well to add so, we're unsure on at least one player. At the moment, we're a little bit skinnier than we probably were this time last week.”

One player who will be missing from Saturday is Ryan Loft, who is suspended after his sending off at Boreham Wood.

In that game Lindsey played the same starting XI for second consecutive game for the first time this season – but even without being able to pick Loft, Lindsey said he would have made changes.

“I wouldn't be picking the same team anyway, whether we had Ryan Loft’s suspension or not. There's been a lot of thinking about what I need to do this weekend, and that's really clear my mind now.”

Reds face Peterborough on Tuesday in the Vertu Trophy and in previous week’s when they have had a game in that competition, Lindsey has had his team in mind for that game.

But this week is different for two factors. "I haven't picked my team yet and the injury list is a big factor,” he said. “And the other factor is the fact that because we were so poor last week, I've really focused hard on this game and not looked too far beyond that, based on the fact that we need to get this right Saturday.

"I've worked extremely hard this week and I think that that's what I want. I want to see a reaction from the players where, when things are going bad and we're kind of in the trenches a little bit, that's when I want to see people work even harder. I want the players to really attack this game like it's a cup final because I think it is at this stage.”