Grimsby's Jarman breaks his foot

Mike Newell's squad has been cut down by injury

Grimsby Town boss Mike Newell was hit with another blow after midfielder Nathan Jarman suffered a broken foot.

It comes straight after the news that another of his key players, Adam Proudlock, will be out-of-action for a month with ankle ligament damage.

Newell has conceded that injuries to leading players has contributed to the side being third-bottom of the table.

He told BBC Look North: "This season it's taken us a little bit longer to get going that I would have liked."

Newell pointed to a good pre-season which was then followed by a catalogue of injury problems.

He said: "We were hit with four players, who would have started the season, after a week or two were out."

Newell said he was keen to move into the loan market to boost his ailing squad.

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