Rio probably out for rest of season

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Bad news about O’Shea. Any word on Rafael? If Fabio has to start I’m not confident he can last 90 minutes.

Evans (wtf was wrong with him?) back in training. That’s something I guess.

Rafael 2 or 3 weeks

Originally Posted by wee man

Rafael 2 or 3 weeks

Need that little nutter back asap

wouldn't be surprised to see fletcher emergency right back

Originally Posted by thenorthwillriseagain

wouldn't be surprised to see fletcher emergency right back

out with a virus,

evra
smallers
evans
brown

more than likely,

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Bad news about O’Shea. Any word on Rafael? If Fabio has to start I’m not confident he can last 90 minutes.

Evans (wtf was wrong with him?) back in training. That’s something I guess.

Thats worse news that Vidic, Rio, Rafael, O'Shea being out !

Originally Posted by Stubbsy

Thats worse news that Vidic, Rio, Rafael, O'Shea being out !

Not looking forward to watching him be bullied and dominated by some no mark striker at the weekend?

I think they may make a decent pairing.

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Not looking forward to watching him be bullied and dominated by some no mark striker at the weekend?

Originally Posted by armchair

I think they may make a decent pairing.

Smallers and Evans? In time perhaps. Inexperienced at the moment and Evans hasn’t had one decent game all season. Neither comes across as a ‘dominant’ personality, who’ll take it on themselves to tell the other defenders what to do. Even with Vidic playing, we lack that sort of leadership at the back which Rio provides.

Originally Posted by Coracao

YouTube - Mike Tyson Broken Back Interview

Can't wait for Rio's interview.

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Smallers and Evans? In time perhaps. Inexperienced at the moment and Evans hasn’t had one decent game all season. Neither comes across as a ‘dominant’ personality, who’ll take it on themselves to tell the other defenders what to do. Even with Vidic playing, we lack that sort of leadership at the back which Rio provides.

Thought Evans was ok against the dippers in the cup game.. but thats been it really.

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Smallers and Evans? In time perhaps. Inexperienced at the moment and Evans hasn’t had one decent game all season. Neither comes across as a ‘dominant’ personality, who’ll take it on themselves to tell the other defenders what to do. Even with Vidic playing, we lack that sort of leadership at the back which Rio provides.

Yeah let's put Carrick back there then. He's mouthy

Originally Posted by armchair

Yeah let's put Carrick back there then. He's mouthy

That lad's mouth is never shut tbf.

Originally Posted by armchair

Yeah let's put Carrick back there then. He's mouthy

Fulham away a couple of years back :shakehead:

Incidentally, Carrick was quoted in a few papers this morning saying he doesn’t want to play at CB again.

Backup for Smalling.

I'd carry on with Brown & Smallers personally, they played the other night, played against the Dippers, they can only get better. Am sure they are playing together in training - intensively - & Evans is a @#%&! so playing him against Kevin @#%&!ing Davies is a bad look. He can go to right back if needed but I'd play Fabio. Bolton do go long now & then but play a lot more, taking them on with two wingers, two strikers & passing it... surely we'd just outscore them.

Gotta plan without Rio now - hard to see him making much more than occasional appearances from now on.

o'shea has done well for us the last few weeks.

the biggest problem we've got atm is tiredness, which i suspect is a major cause of all the injuries we're getting. losing players who would have been coming in with some freshness is a blow.

sooner we get park and anderson back the better.

Originally Posted by borsuk

sooner we get park and anderson back the better.

Anyone know when this is likely to happen? Park £#%&!ed off to the Asia Cup and hasn’t been seen since. I can’t even remember what injury Anderson has?

Think we should play Berbs there for a laugh. He'd be imperious!