azza gets the oppurtunity to finally crack on with his master league...
Unfortunate news seems to be leaking from the lane that our Aaron has done himself a bit of a mischief. The problem in question relates to his groin, which was allegedly damaged during the final minutes of the West Ham game. Word on the street is that he’ll probably be looking to be out for around a month which for the most part should put a smile on the face of the exile David Bentley.
This might be getting a bit ahead of himself as it has been suggested that despite the absence of our nippy yorkshireman Harry may be inclined to use this as an oppurtunity to see whether the Croatian contingent at the club, (who I’m sure he’s more inclined to keep happy) can weave their magic on both of the flanks simultaneously.
This might also signal a few appearances for the man Keane as it can be argued that Crouch whilst offering a plethora of talents isn’t the best when coming in deep for the ball, and searching passes between Kranjcar, Modric and Keano could just be the ‘plan b’ to get us though this month.
In other news Harry has reiterated today that we’re definitely, probably not bringing anyone in and that Pavlyuchenko will only leave if our valuation of the player is matched. A smart move on his part to say that, as I’m sure if someone becomes available who can truly improve the squad we’d make a move, otherwise it’s not really worth unsettling the squad by suggesting that Harry’s got his bargaining hat on.
Gives me a little bit more time to decide whether to change the name of the blog too… I think I’ll keep it though.
update: Lennon out for 2 weeks, with Benoit Assou-Ekotto out for 3 weeks.
