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Nolan set to miss West Brom game.

November 28th, 2010 | 35 Comments |

Nolan joins the lengthly injury list.
Nolan joins the lengthly injury list.
Kevin Nolan was a surprise omission from the Newcastle starting line up against Chelsea this afternoon after it emerged that he would miss the game due to suffering an ankle injury.

It’s a strange one really as there has been no hint of an injury as such. There was a rumour a few weeks back that Nolan was carrying a knock, but as he kept on playing I assumed that it had either sorted itself out or was at the very least manageable.

Apparently not, and Chris Hughton has revealed that Nolan has indeed been carrying a knock, and that it has got steadily worse to the point where there was no other option apart from leaving him out.

Newcastle manager Chris Hughton has been speaking to nufc.co.uk and revealed that Nolan is set to miss next weekends trip to West Bromwich Albion. Hughton said: (more…)