As it says on the tin. Gil tore his calf muscle on Saturday and is out for 4 to 5 weeks.

Think we defnitely need to get someone in before the window shuts wit Foran out as well.

definatley could do with getting a half decent winger on loan until january at least

Butcher is either going to have to sign another striker and put foran on the wing again or sign another winger and put foran upfront along with rooney

On his current showing I doubt he'll be missed. :_wink:

If a couple more left midfielders get injured, Butcher might actually give Roy a game.

This might actually work out quite well for Gil. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt so far and think he's been a victim of trying too hard to impress in a team that's still finding it's feet while he is still very new to this level himself. A few enforced weeks out of contention then coming back into a more settled squad with defined roles and purpose may be exactly what he needs.

Having said that, I'd love to see Roy getting a run in the side. He's still capable of playing that left midfield role, even if he doesn't offer as much going forward as Foran does.

What ever happened to Gary Mackay-Steven?

Shame. This guy has had some really bad luck with injuries. Hope it's not too serious and he returns soon.

I was speaking to a few people and they were saying that we still have GMS but those people have a tendency to be footballing retards

Hope he makes a speedy recovery and echo the point of hoping Roy gets a game.

I would say it's risky not making another signing

I'm inclined to agree with what Bridge-Ender says. From a TV view I thought Gill was going to change the game but he was hardly on the park when he got injured. For that I would question some of the training / fitness / warm-up aspects. I dont think he was warmed up proparly before coming on. Like many players past and present Gill needs a few games before I will decide how good or bad he is. Like many before him he's coming into a new team, a new way of training and, most of all, a new style of football. How many of you watched Rooney or Cox or Hayes, and a few others, and made comment to the effect that they were cr@p. I dont see Gill as being any different. He'll learn.

As for cover, I think we have cover and I think we may see something this season we haven't see before. Terry Butcher has a big belief in blooding youth and I think, rightly, we will see more young, enthusiastic players this season than ever before.

Good post Dead Ball Specialist--not for the first time I may say.