Jones has been left frustrated by Cardiff City's plight

The club's biggest creditor Langston wants a �24m debt repaid now, but City officials say it is not due until 2016.

And Jones blamed naming only four substitutes in Saturday's 1-0 loss at Sheffield Wednesday on injuries and finances preventing bringing anyone in.

"Until we sort out the side issues and everything else with the situation we are in, we have to battle on," he said.

Michael Oakes, Steve Thompson, Trevor Sinclair and youngster Jonathan Brown were the four players on the bench on Saturday.

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"We are that thin," said Jones. "Jonathan Brown is not ready to be fair. He was only there because we haven't got anybody else.

"Trevor shouldn't have been on the bench because he's not ready to go and play in a campaign.

"Basically we were looking at one fit (outfield) substitute for the first team and it's not acceptable, but because of the situation we are in there isn't anything we can do."

Jones said there was no scope to bring any players in on emergency loan and the situation is affecting their slim play-off hopes.

"It's a major thing for us and we're in with a shout (of the play-offs) and we can't help ourselves and that's the annoying thing," he said. "It's hard to swallow sometimes.

"I'm not complaining because it's part and parcel of being manager of Cardiff so we'll just get on with it."