Brewster will step up bids to land young Scots talent
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INVERNESS manager Craig Brrewster will continue his policy of scouring the lower leagues for new players.
Brewster says the high wages paid to players at other SPL clubs – and in England’s League 1 and League 2 – are outwith his budget.
A recent scouting mission to Chester City proved unfruitful and Brewster will now look at promising young Scots – with Ross County forward Andy Barrowman near the top of his list.
He said: “It’s a case of who is available at your budget – we have to be realistic.
“Teams like Peterborough and MK Dons are paying some of their players £5,000 a week.
“I brought David Proctor back in, a young guy with potential, and Dougie Imrie, another young player with potential. Charlie Christie signed Don Cowie for his potential and that is the route the club has to go down when they are bringing players in.
“You hope you create a good environment to do well. If they do that, you hope to tie them up for longer or move them on.”
Caley Jags face the journey to Stirlingshire today to face Falkirk at Westfield in the SPL’s bottom six.
After today’s game, Bairns manager John Hughes will have to do without on-loan Ipswich striker Billy Clarke for the rest of the season after the youngster was this week called up to play for the Republic of Ireland in a tournament in Malaysia.
Ipswich keeper Shane Supple is also on loan at Westfield and will also play his final game of the campaign today before having an operation to straighten a finger.
Hughes could draft in some of his promising youngsters for the final home game of the campaign and he may be tempted to turn to the fit-again Brian Allison and Dayne Robertson.
