The aftermath – Hughton counts cost of Deepdale encounter.
Posted on November 24th, 2009 | 41 Comments |
Talking to NUFC TV, he assessed the bodycount:
“The first problem was that Ryan Taylor felt his calf in the warm up and we had to pull him out” the Cockney Colossus moaned.
Moving on to casualty number two, striker, Andy Carroll, Hughton went on:
“Andy had been feeling unwell all day and probably had no right to play.
“But this lad is a tough individual and when asked the question he wanted to play.
“We probably got alot longer than we thought out of him and he gave everything he had.”
The third and final casualty was on-loan full-back, Danny Simpson, who also had to pull out during the game, this time with a thigh strain according to Hughton:
“Danny Simpson felt his thigh but we’re but we’re hoping that the time we took him off saved it getting a little bit worse”.
With Shola on the mend, Lovenkrands hopefully finding a bit of form after his lack of pre-season and family problems, and new signing, Fabrice Pancrate, entering the attacking mix, the worst case scenario would probably be if both main right back options, Ryan Taylor and Danny Simpson are both still knacked for Toon’s home clash against Swansea on Saturday.
Cockney colossus….
lol