CHERRIES boss Kevin Bond has again delved into the loan market with a double signing from Premiership Reading.

Alex Pearce and James Henry go "straight into the reckoning" for tomorrow's League One at Bristol Rovers.

With Shaun Cooper struggling with a dead leg and Marc Wilson having returned to Portsmouth, Pearce is likely to shore up the defence.

Wing man Henry could come in to deputise for the injured Adam Lallana.