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by **Dundalk** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:24 pm

FFS we could be doing without this...

You can forget about Babel playing upfront now.

From Sky Sports News....

Liverpool have suffered an injury blow with the news that Jermaine Pennant has broken his right tibia.

Pennant has been struggling with the leg injury for some time and the injury worsened during Wednesday's Champions League defeat to Besiktas.

The former Birmingham man was forced to limp off against Besiktas and Liverpool have decided to send Pennant for surgery to resolve the problem.

Pennant is expected to be sidelined for up to ten weeks and he will miss this weekend's clash with former club Arsenal.

Club spokesman Ian Cotton told the club's website: "For the last eight weeks Jermaine has undergone intensive treatment at Melwood between matches for the injury.

"But following an acute exacerbation of the problem during the game against Besiktas it has now been decided he requires surgery.

"We anticipate Jermaine will be out for approximately 10 weeks."

by **JoeTerp** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:39 pm

Terrible news. This means a lot more of Yossi and or Gerrard on the right, good thing we have Kewell coming back on the left and Xabi in the centre.

by **7_Kewell** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:42 pm

it's a shame, as i would have liked to see him play against Arsenal, cos he has a piont to prove with Wenger.....hopefully this will let Yossi and Kewell step up...... :Oo:

by **username** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:00 pm

damn it

by **ivor_the_injun** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:07 pm

Obviously it's a pain, but it'll make using Gerrard on the right far less of an issue from the media's point of view.

It certainly helps explain Pennant's dip in form after a promising start to the season.

by **Feeney** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:08 pm

Dundalk wrote:FFS we could be doing without this...

You can forget about Babel playing upfront now.

From Sky Sports News....

Liverpool have suffered an injury blow with the news that Jermaine Pennant has broken his right tibia.

Pennant has been struggling with the leg injury for some time and the injury worsened during Wednesday's Champions League defeat to Besiktas.

The former Birmingham man was forced to limp off against Besiktas and Liverpool have decided to send Pennant for surgery to resolve the problem.

Pennant is expected to be sidelined for up to ten weeks and he will miss this weekend's clash with former club Arsenal.

Club spokesman Ian Cotton told the club's website: "For the last eight weeks Jermaine has undergone intensive treatment at Melwood between matches for the injury.

"But following an acute exacerbation of the problem during the game against Besiktas it has now been decided he requires surgery.

"We anticipate Jermaine will be out for approximately 10 weeks."

I'm quite happy to see Babel play on the right - i'd be happier to play him on the left with Alonso and Mascherano in the middle with Gerrard on the right though.

I've been a bit dismayed the last few weeks why Pennant and Babel haven't featured as much when our game has been crying out for width - the derby being a prime example.

by **Kharhaz** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:13 pm

It could be worse I think. At least it aint a defender injured !
Gerrard on the right could kick start his season as well as Liverpools.

by **Sabre** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:39 pm

Sad for the lad. "Relief" because 10 weeks would have been a very optimistic time table of recovery years ago for that inury.

Fortunately we seem to have options, you already have mentioned them.

by **weringo** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:30 pm

Finally some good news eh?

by **mungi** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:46 pm

babel can play on the right. yossi kewell have to step up. might see gerrard on the right for a couple of the games

by **Kharhaz** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:49 pm

mungi wrote:babel can play on the right. yossi kewell have to step up. might see gerrard on the right for a couple of the games

Who is yossi kewell? wasnt he in boys from the black stuff?

by **7_Kewell** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:55 pm

Kharhaz wrote:
mungi wrote:babel can play on the right. yossi kewell have to step up. might see gerrard on the right for a couple of the games

Who is yossi kewell? wasnt he in boys from the black stuff?

I think he means yossi + kewell

by **Kharhaz** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:57 pm

7_Kewell wrote:
Kharhaz wrote:
mungi wrote:babel can play on the right. yossi kewell have to step up. might see gerrard on the right for a couple of the games

Who is yossi kewell? wasnt he in boys from the black stuff?

I think he means yossi + kewell

Oh of course......silly me !

by **Bad Bob** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:05 am

He's been carrying the injury for eight weeks? WTF?

By my maths, that means he got injured around or in the Derby game of Sept. 1st. Since then, he's played in 7 of our 10 games. :no

No wonder he's gone off the boil quite significantly, after getting off to a flyer in August. A fit Benayoun or Babel wouldn't have been a better option?

by **112-1077774096** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:17 am

i would like to ask that why, when we have this fantastic squad that is good enough to be rotated regularly without any risk of it upsetting the flow have we been persisting with a player with a bad injury.

the fact is the pro rotationers have been pointing towards the loss of alonso and agger as the reason for our poor form, totally missing the fact that w have a squad good enough for rotation the loss of agger and alonso shouldn't have any effect on us, we should just have the players to slot in their without braking an rhythm.

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