Captain Colo may be fit for Canaries clash.
Posted on December 8th, 2011 | 23 Comments |
Speaking at an awards ceremony in Gateshead, the permed paragon of our central defence revealed that a start in Saturday’s game against Norwich City at Carrow Road may indeed be a possibilty saying:
‘It is tight but I am hoping to play in the next game.’
Steven Taylor will still be out for the season with his Achilles tendon injury which requires surgery, but of course, Coloccini’s swift return without missing a game would be a huge boost for the team if it happens. Whilst Taylor will undoubtedly be a big loss to the side, losing two key defenders at the same time was testing Newcastle United’s lack of strength in depth beyind it’s linits, with Alan Pardew facing the prospect of playing someone out of their usual position, or turning to players on the fringe of the fringe such as Tamás Kádár, the out of favour Hungarian who hasn’t seen any first team action for some time, and was recently relegated to the reserve squad. However, on the other hand it would do no good in the long term if Coloccini is rushed back out of desperation, risking the chance of a more serious injury which will leave him out even longer.
So, fingers crossed that he will back for our next game in a couple of days, but also that he’ll be truly ready and isn’t selected prematurely.
I wonder if this is true….. For the last 3 games Tiote was supposed to be back!!!! I hope Santon gets his chance at LB