Carroll and Jose injured, but will it keep them out of Old Trafford opener?
Posted on August 9th, 2010 | 98 Comments |
Carroll came off at half-time with a back injury in the match against Rangers at the weekend, and was closely followed by Jose Enrique who also suffered a some form of knock.
There is still a week to go until our opening game of the season, so a lot will depend on the seriousness of any injuries sustained before any panic buttons can start being pressed. They certainly didn’t look like major injuries to me though, but slight niggles can be deceptive, and we already know that Chris Hughton tends not to risk players who are carrying little niggles, unless it is absolutely necessary of course.
Losing Carroll would be a blow, but I would suggest that losing Jose Enrique would be the bigger blow. I don’t quite fancy seeing James Perch up against Antonio Valencia in our opening game. I’m not saying Perch can’t do a job for us, but I would feel more confident that Jose, our fist choice/only left-back could do the job better. Common sense really.
Carroll would be a miss, but I feel we have players who could come in and do the ‘job’ at Old Trafford. Put it this way, I don’t expect Newcastle to have large amounts of possesion, or a succession of chances so I don’t envisage there being that much of a ‘job’ to do. I’m not being negative, I just don’t think that Manchester United will allow us as much of the ball as we had at the weekend.
Confirmation surely won’t be too far away and we should know where we stand with regard to injuries to both Carroll and Enrique. On a kind of plus note, and in answer to my previous article, Alan Smith has been located. Apparently he missed the Rangers game with a ‘slight injury’ but should be fine for Old Trafford.
That’s good then!
Well considering we’ve only had one left back at the club for the last three years I hope Jose isn’t injured.
As well as being our only left back, he’s also our best player.