A-League Women: Perth Glory duo Gabby Hollar and Georgia Cassidy likely ruled out until end of season

Perth Glory coach Stephen Peters has once again lamented the A-League Women’s side’s injury luck, with forward Gabby Hollar potentially ruled out for the season. As Georgia Cassidy also looks likely to miss the majority, if not all, of the Glory’s final nine games of the season, Perth will be without two regular starters for the remainder of the season. Peters also revealed the return of popular striker Caitlin Doeglas was also set to be short-lived as the realities of the league’s semi-professional set-up hit home. Perth are 10 points adrift of sixth-placed Western United and any hopes of an unlikely finals berth appear increasingly doubtful amid their latest injury blows. Sarah O’Donoghue marked her return from an ankle injury last week and Kelli Brown is in line for minutes this week in a significant boost for Perth’s attacking stocks. But the long-term loss of Hollar, who has scored three times this season, and young midfielder Cassidy has left Peters frustrated. “Gabby’s got a series of blood clots, which is just super random, so she’s going to be on some medication, it’s going to keep her out from flying and unfortunately playing. “Cassidy’s got a grade 2b quad, so that means that she’ll be out for about eight weeks, there’s only nine matches to go. “Just keep adding it to the list of injuries, we’ve seen them all this year.” Peters also said Doeglas, who has made a fairytale return to the A-League four years after her last appearance for Perth with three goals for her hometown club, was nearing the end of her stint as the pressures of her career as a teacher kicked in. “She’s probably got two matches left with us, which is going to be pretty sad because she’s done really well for us. “That’s a bit disappointing for us, but she’s done great and she looks at it as a real positive, she’s changed her narrative around what her her memories of Glory are in terms of finishing on a good note. “Hopefully we can have a spot for next season, which I’ve spoken to her about, we’ve obviously got to look at what that looks like with her work and all that sort of stuff but hopefully we can bring her back in because she’s done brilliant.” In some positive news, Peters said Susan Phonsongkham was also progressing towards a return before the end of the season, but she was still at least a month off after suffering a serious ankle injury just before the campaign. “She’ll probably look at being involved in the last three games, it’s what she’s on track to do. “We don’t put too much pressure on her, but we’d love to see her out there, just to get a gauge as to where she’s at, and then look to next year for her.”