Darren Patterson has revealed how just missing out on Guy Madjo messed up his December plans.
The U's boss thought he had snapped up the 23-year-old Crawley striker on loan, and had Ashley Barnes as a back-up loan striker on the bench.
But then Coca-Cola League One outfit Cheltenham came in for Madjo at the last minute, and although the U's brought in Matt Green, the Cardiff striker then got injured with a broken collar-bone.
"It meant us having to play the kid Barnes from the start in games, and that was never the intention," Patterson admitted.
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