Enfield Town go into a crucial four-day period tomorrow boosted by the arrival of two new signings including one familiar face.

Town’s trip to Aveley, followed by Tuesday’s home clash with Welling, represent arguably our most important double header of the season as we look to build on the win over Farnborough last time out.

Gavin  Macpherson confirmed at Thursday’s AGM that Lennon Peake’s meniscus tear will rule him out for at least another month while we are still of course without Dylan Adjei-Hersey plus the suspended Xavier Benjamin. Bailey Brown, meantime, is nursing a dislocated shoulder but trained on Thursday.

On the flipside, the dressing room has been given a lift by the return of experienced striker Hisham Kasimu from his third spell at Farnborough and the arrival on loan until the end of the season of Worthing central midfielder Jack Bates who played 19 games for the Rebels this term.

French-born Hish joined us prior to our opening league game with Torquay United, scoring once and providing one assist in six appearances for the Towners before going back to Farnborough.

“The grass is not always greener and Hish has found that out the hard way,” said Gav. “He loved his time here and was desperate to come back and I’ve joked with him I expect 25 goals!  In terms of Jack, he’s an all-action player and has fitted in already.”

 “There’s right times to bring in players. We’re a bit light in the middle of the park plus I’ve made no secret about bringing in a centre-forward for many weeks.

“I want to make it clear these weren’t just willy nilly signings just because they happened to be available. We’ve had far too much of a revolving door this season.  You have to pick your positions to strengthen and to be careful with the profile of player.”

Back in October, Aveley won the corresponding fixture 4-2 at our place and with the Millers also fighting for survival, tomorrow promises to be a highly competitive affair.

“I’ve watched the videos of two of three of Aveley’s games over the last couple of days and they have more than enough attributes to hurt you,” said Gavin. “We’re away from home on an unfamiliar artificial surface and obviously they are equally desperate for points.”

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