Speaking on Tuesday, manager Jim Weir said the player's injury was a bit better and it was a case of wait and see for the weekend.

With Jim Butter having picked up an injury in training, trialist Greg Kelly was between the sticks against Berwick. Kelly could play twice more as a trialist, but there is a danger that he might get fixed up elsewhere and be unavailable to Montrose.

Hugh Davidson and Chris Hegarty both sustained head knocks against Berwick, but the manager says both are fine.

"With the exception of the goalkeeping situation, I look like having a full strength squad available on Saturday for the first time this season when we go to Stenhousemuir.

"Stenhousemuir have good players and it would be an excellent game to win.

"I have to get my selection right and the players who get the nod have to go out and perform.

"I don't forsee many changes as the players who played against Berwick did enough to stake a claim for a starting berth again. We will see how things go in training this week."

The manager was delighted with the impact made by his new faces in an encouraging display against Berwick.

"With my squad being so tight I brought in a couple of fresh faces and that gave us a lift in the first half.

"We played some excellent stuff and the game could have been dead and buried.

"I ended up with four wide players in my midfield. Paul Stewart and Kevin Bradley had to play in the centre and it was a big ask for them.

"We lost our grip on the game in the second half and I was really disappointed to lose the goal.

"They were throwing high balls in on top of us from corners and free-kicks and puting us under pressure, but we defended well enough for most of the game.

"The referee kept giving them free-kicks which we had to defend, but we finally paid the price near the end.

"We were left hanging on in the closing minutes and they might have scored again. I thought we looked tired towards the end."

With suspensions and injuries biting, Jim fielded two trialists in goalkeeper Kelly (ex-St Johnstone) and winger Kevin Bradley (ex-Clyde). He also had a new signing, striker Scott Anson from Kilmarnock.

"Greg Kelly did well and made a couple of really good saves late on. Kevin Bradley was very busy and has decent pace."

With two goalkeepers on the books already, Kelly is unlikely to be a permanent signing. The manager is however keen to fix up Bradley and hopes that something will be finalised this week.

"Scott Anson did excellently considering he has come from U19 football. He had a great chance to score, but was a bit unfortunate with the bounce of the ball. Overall I was very pleased with him."

Paul Stewart replaced Davidson early in the game and was asked to play a central midfield role which he did to great effect.

"Paul gave us everything he had. He works hard and you know what you get from him. He has great energy and enthusiasm.

"Draws are not great and it would have been nice to get a home victory.

"We have another difficult game at Stenhousemuir and I'm looking forward to having more players to choose from."

John Baird and Keith Gibson have finally completed the suspensions carried over from last season and Jay Stein has served the ban for his sending off at Dumbarton.