Brown told the site, "Mark Molesley was, for me, our best player in pre season. I was thinking that I have a real goal scoring midfielder who is great on the ball. We are not getting any goals from that area now and Mark is a key miss".
He continued, "He has a lower disc problem in his back and there is no magical cure for it. You don't just go and see a chinese herbalist who gives you a load of pills and cricks your neck and you are suddenly back and ready to play. It is a time thing and we will just have to continue to give him sufficient rest".