WINNIPEG - Theyre bruised, battered and badly in need of a fix for an ailing offence. It was bad enough that coach Tim Burke skipped a planned practice for his Winnipeg Blue Bombers Monday. The Bombers have lost linebacker Terrell Parker for the rest of the season with a torn knee ligament (ACL). The second-year pro injured his knee in Saturdays 25-20 loss to Hamilton. Defensive back Desia Dunn will miss at least two weeks with a hamstring injury. Receiver Chris Matthews, running back Anthony Woodson, defensive back Alex Suber, defensive end Alex Hall and offensive lineman Glenn January will all skip practice when it resumes Tuesday. Theyre hurting but Burke says he expects most will play Friday. The Bombers have a short week to prepare for the Toronto Argonauts and Burke says Toronto is likely the toughest team they will have faced so far this season. "Id rather have them be healthy and fresh going into the game," he said. When they do practice he said theyll start by focusing more on preparing for Toronto rather than going at it hard against each other. The Bombers arent the only team with problems early in this CFL season. Every team in the CFL East currently sits at 1-2. But Burke says they have a lot of work to do to fix an offence that is clearly struggling if they want more wins. "I know everybody likes to focus on the quarterback but theres a lot of things going wrong," he said. He ticked off wide receivers who arent moving the way they should and an offensive line that isnt learning from its mistakes. As for critics who suggested the Bombers rely more on their ground game in their most recent 25-20 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Burke says forget it. "We had five possessions in the third quarter. We opened three of the five possessions with runs and we gained a grand total of minus four yards." Quarterback Buck Pierce was sacked six times and the one bright spot was the Bombers managed to curb the turnover problem that plagued their offence in their first two games. "Id rather not have a quarterback get sacked so many times," said the coach when asked what hed like to cure next. "Id want to hit the open receivers. Thats usually a pretty good way to start." Burke suggested there will be roster moves if things dont change and he suggested hes already planning one, although he refused to name the player. "Everybodys got to pick up their game on the offensive side of the ball (and) its not just one guy its many," he said. "Everybodys got to take responsibility for their actions." On the plus side, with Dunn out, Burke said Johnny Sears has now fully recovered and will be able to dress Friday against Toronto. Custom Chiefs Jersey China . The defence is doing its part, too. 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Five challenges for Rafa Five issues for Rafa Benitez to address at Newcastle I think for Newcastle, its a fantastic appointment to get a manager of that calibre, the Sky Sports expert said. I think over the last decade, youd have to go back to Bobby Robson [to find someone] who has won that many honours.These next 10 games - if he can get through those, then over the next three years he could be the man that stops that rot of trophies. Hes won so many trophies in his career. Sky Sports News HQs Keith Downie gets reaction from fans as Benitez takes over at Newcastle The fans shouldnt be concerned, not at all. For any Newcastle fan, forget the next three years, focus on the next 10 games. If youre a fan and Newcastle went down, you wouldnt want Rafa, youd want someone that has experience in that league and has success in that league. Rafa wont wannt to be there.dddddddddddd Rafa Benitez and Jamie Carragher won the Champions League together at Liverpool in 2005 It works perfectly for both parties; if he keeps them up, itll be a great appointment over the next three or four years and hopefully he can get Newcastle back up the table I think the next 10 games are all that matters for everyone involved.Benitez has a CV featuring some of Europes most well-known clubs, but has little experience of fighting a relegation battle. Benitez calls his players in on a day off to put them through training on his first day in the job I cant remember ever seeing Rafa at this end of the table, Carragher told Sky Sports News HQ. Thats why Im interested in seeing how he goes about it. Thats why Im interested in seeing how he manages, how he prepares his players.Motivation? Thats not Rafas biggest strength. He will look at how they suffer tactically. Rafa was probably the best I had with setting up a back four. Theres probably going to be a lot of repetition and he wont apologise for that. Those players will work hard - whoever theyre playing, it will be a difficult game for them. It wont be the open expansive style the fans want, for now he will be focusing on trying to make Newcastle difficult to beat. Also See: Newcastle appoint Benitez Rafa cancels players day off McClaren: I couldve saved Toon Five challenges facing Benitez ' ' '