Paget Lions’ full back Kamen Tucker has now been ruled out for the remainder of the season.

Tucker, brother of national cricket team wicketkeeper Kwame, dislocated and tore ligaments in his right knee during Lion’s away encounter against Somerset Trojans last weekend under the lights at Somerset Cricket Club.

Tucker was injured during a late Trojans’ raid which saw substitute Aaron Williams net the home team’s third goal in a comfortable 4-1 win over the visiting Lions.

Paget Community Club president Michael Stovell admitted yesterday that Tucker’s valuable services would be missed, but insisted his team have plenty of depth to fill the void.

“Looking at the situation Kamen is a key player, but there’s always somebody else there to pick up the slack, and this is exactly what we have to do,” Stovell said.

Those who could come in to replace the injured Tucker include veteran Leonard Hypolite, Darron Steede and Aaron Anderson.

“Our team is not built upon one or two individuals, so somebody else will have to come in and step up their game,” Stovell added. “Our team has depth. . . . we have a few other players who didn’t play on Saturday night who have yet to come into the team.”

So far this campaign Lions’ bid to survive in their first season in the Premier Division has remained on course.

After picking up big wins against PHC Zebras and St. David’s, the Ord Road based club remain third in the tables, but are facing a tough away match against Devonshire Cougars at the Den tomorrow night.

However, Stovell said his team are determined to bounce back from last week’s loss to Trojans.

“We’re going to attack. We’ve played two matches and lost two matches,” Stovell added. “But judging by what the reporters and the general public had to say during the pre-season, they didn’t expect us to have any points at all at this stage of the season.

“People said we were doomed from the time we were promoted. But I’m very pleased with the team and even looking at the game last Saturday night, we were still in the match right up until the 70th minute.

“But we’re getting better and if we want to compete with the best teams in the league, then we will have to raise our own game to match them and then put away our chances.

“We have to learn how to compete with teams for the whole 90 minutes. And if we can get the amount of points we are looking to obtain in the first half of the season, then we’ll be alright.”