As it says on the tin really.

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1863359

Great news to hear he'll be playing.

I've just had it confirmed now too....Richie is out for at least 3 weeks.

Shame he was introduced into that meaningless game last Saturday. Would have made much more sense to have brought him back on this Saturday.

Hindsight is such a gift, of course....

Presumably Bloomingawful will be on in his place

Sort of disproves the theory that we have a squad capable of taking a few injuries. One first-teamer is out and now it looks like we will struggle to get anything out of our opening four games.

Are we a one man team? Have a little faith and believe.

I've just had it confirmed now too....Richie is out for at least 3 weeks.

Shame he was introduced into that meaningless game last Saturday. Would have made much more sense to have brought him back on this Saturday.

Hindsight is such a gift, of course....

Presumably Bloomingawful will be on in his place

Is he that bad?

I've never seen him play but heard he is a decent player. C'mon folks, we're not a one-man team. Terry Butcher has a team who play for each other. We're going up against a revamped celtic side who aren't used to playing with each other - we're far more of a team than they are. Lennon is questionable. Have a bit of belief. I still think we can and will win on Saturday.

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We'll really miss his leadership and physical prowess now. These are aspects that are vital when facing the Old Firm, or playing in any big game.

If we stick with 4-2-3-1 then we could line up something like this:

-----------------Esson-------------------

--McCann----Tokely-----Munro-----Gillet--

--------Duncan--------Cox----------------

----Ross-----Odhiambo------Blumstein------

--------------Rooney---------------------

that's a little light in the '3' to me. Perhpas Hayes will swap in for Ross and Sanchez for either Odhiambo or Blumstein. That still leaves us a little easily brushed off in that area, which could mean that we struggle to keep the ball in offensive areas, can't get it up to Rooney and face pressure on our defence. It's always good to have someone good in the air in an offensive position as well to hit with set pieces, goal kicks, cross field balls as an option to keep the pressure off. We don't really have that option without Foran.

Presumably Bloomingawful will be on in his place

Is he that bad?

I've never seen him play but heard he is a decent player. C'mon folks, we're not a one-man team. Terry Butcher has a team who play for each other. We're going up against a revamped celtic side who aren't used to playing with each other - we're far more of a team than they are. Lennon is questionable. Have a bit of belief. I still think we can and will win on Saturday.

He certainly hasn't set the heather alight, so far.

Maybe if he can get through 90 mins without adjusting his feckin headband and concentrates on what's going on around him, who knows what he might achieve.

Hope springs eternal.

I've just had it confirmed now too....Richie is out for at least 3 weeks.

Shame he was introduced into that meaningless game last Saturday. Would have made much more sense to have brought him back on this Saturday.

Hindsight is such a gift, of course....

Presumably Bloomingawful will be on in his place

Is he that bad?

I've never seen him play but heard he is a decent player. C'mon folks, we're not a one-man team. Terry Butcher has a team who play for each other. We're going up against a revamped celtic side who aren't used to playing with each other - we're far more of a team than they are. Lennon is questionable. Have a bit of belief. I still think we can and will win on Saturday.

Blumenshtein has been ok in games I've seen. a bit predictable perhaps, but has a decent cross from a free kick/corner.

I think we will get something from the game, even without Foran.

ffs worst news we could have had

Worst.News.Ever.

We'll really miss his leadership and physical prowess now. These are aspects that are vital when facing the Old Firm, or playing in any big game.

i think grant munro will do fine for a day as captain he was captain last year after all

We may not be a one man team but i remember when he came back from a ban in the first division he made a huge difference.

IMO this game could be struggle unfortunately

That's even worse news than reading the weather forecast.

Just as well we now have a good squad and will adapt accordingly.

I feel as if we are staring relegation in the face now.

Huge loss yes but we've won games without him before and Saturday will be no different. We've got players who can trouble Celtic just as much as much as Foran. Bring it on!

Huge loss yes but we've won games without him before and Saturday will be no different. We've got players who can trouble Celtic just as much as much as Foran. Bring it on!

wow :_phone:

He might have told us before I wrote the preview :_doh:

Big player for us, this is a blow.

if ever i didnt want a player out, its foran.

But guys its a team. We are a confident set of fans nowadays but why shouldnt we be after recent times. We will have Hayes back in the side, and a setup of players that are used to playing with each other.

I am not as confident now as i was about going into this game before the news of Foran, but i sure think we can still take something from this game. Id love to see us keep this unbeaten run going!

Best of luck boys!

3-1 for us, that is all.

I still can't understand how his injury could have recurred. He trooped off the field last Saturday, all smiles and shaking hands with everybody.

Has his knee broken down again in training this week?

I'm worried about Hayes now too - he looked knackered when he came off after about 70 mins against Clach...

Loosing him as well would be yet another major body blow.

This is the chance for either Ross or gil to make an impact, obviously its a blow but if we go into the game expecting to be gubbed , then we will be gubbed. I would expect this game to be evolve more around the central midfielders as we will need to counter attack and cox is fantastic at linking the defence and attack together.

That's it then, Celtic get an easy win and wrestle the title back from Rangers, win the Europa Cup and Lennon becomes Sir Neil as a result.

Strained or pulled knee ligaments are notorious for giving future problems.

My injury to my left knee , skiing 28 years ago, still occasionally gives me "Gip" , especially if I put too much pressure on it on the bike. I just rest it a bit, massage it with my fingers and get right back on the bike but I take it easy.Usually, in a day or so, it's back to as normal as I will ever have it. I did have arthroscopic surgery but all that did was suck out the torn ligament debris but it was very effective at reducing the inflammation and pain and within a week of that minor limping for 2 years.

Ligaments do not have their own blood supply so they get their nourishment from absorbing nutrients by a process of osmosis from surrounding tissue. And that is another reason why healing can be so slow.

But with all the assistance that he will have at the club no doubt he will be back again shortly.M aybe the minor surgery referred to was arthroscopic.

So I take it it you've wont be making the squad on Saturday either SP?!

So I take it it you've wont be making the squad on Saturday either SP?!

He can't run and he can barely see.

He's the ref.

I may be holding onto false hope but i've not actually seen anything official to say that Foran is definitely out of the Celtic game? He certainly doesn't make mention of an injury HERE in an interview that was published today and there doesn't seem to be anywhere reporting it. Please can someone fill me in if i'm wrong!