Rotherham United pick up the pieces after defeat to Blackpool
INJURY-HIT Rotherham United look set to have to shuffle their pack again for Saturday’s trip to Plymouth Argyle.
Josh Benson limped off with a calf problem in the second half of last night’s 3-0 defeat to Blackpool just as he looked to be getting into full stride after injury.
The gifted midfielder rattled in a hat-trick against Salford in the Vertu Trophy last week.
“It doesn’t look good. He had nobody near him,” said manager Matt Hamshaw.
"These things happen but we seem to take two steps forwards and then two back. That’s the frustration.”
Reece James is also being monitored after taking a blow to the jaw that forced him off.
Rotherham’s first defeat since September was the result of a sluggish start against a Blackpool side which arrived at AESSEAL New York Stadium second bottom of League One.
The visitors went 2-0 up inside the opening 18 minutes and despite twice hitting the woodwork, the Millers couldn’t pull the match around and Ashley Fletcher struck late on to seal their first loss in ten.
They are 15th in the table, seven points shy of the play-off frame and five clear of fourth-bottom Peterborough ahead of the trip down to Devon.
Hamshaw said: “It is probably the lowest ebb at home and that’s something I’ve got to put right.
"The stats will show we had a better xG but that’s all rubbish. You’ve got to take your opportunities.
"In some 3-0s you see, one team often gets battered. We weren’t anywhere near the levels (we want) but it could have been a different day.
"Blackpool did all the stereotypical away stuff I’ll probably ask my players to do at Plymouth on Saturday. In that final third we need to be better.”