Fulham have been hit recently with injuries to a number of first team players in addition to Clint Dempsey.
They are already without top scorer Bobby Zamora, who suffered a collarbone injury earlier this month that will leave him out of action for several weeks, and defender John Pantsil, who has a knee injury.
"It's a concern, especially up front," stated Fulham manager Roy Hodgson. "We think that Clint Dempsey, as an all round player, is very useful for us. Now, with him and Zamora out, it makes us a bit weaker in that area than we'd like to be.
"Where we are strongest for cover is in midfield. We're not quite so strong in attack."
During the game against Blackburn, Fulham also lost defender Paul Konchesky with an ankle injury at half-time.
"Paul has an ankle injury, which shouldn't be as long but Toni Kallio is a cover for Konchesky so we've got cover in that area," said Hodgson.
Despite the injury worries, Hodgson said he will not panic and go out and buy someone only as cover in the current transfer window.
"It's a very difficult market at the moment and there are not that many players that are moving around and we'll be limited in terms of what we can spend," he revealed.
"I'm reluctant to go and spend money on a player who may not be, in the long term, a player who is going to make us better.
I'm still fairly confident that the team, even with the injury situation, are capable of holding their own in this division
"We'll get Zamora, Dempsey and Pantsil back and maybe we'll have to accept that we'll have to do our best in the meantime with what we've got.
"I'm still fairly confident that the team, even with the injury situation, are capable of holding their own in this division and we must continue building on the good things we do and hopefully we won't be quite so vulnerable at set-plays as we have been in the last two matches."