Albion have suffered an injury scare after key midfielder Robert Koren limped out of their opening friendly against Borussia Monchengladbach.
The Slovenian jarred his knee in last night’s 2-1 defeat and is waiting to find out if he has strained ligaments. He could miss several of the remaining pre-season fixtures if the club’s worst fears are confirmed.
“If it is anything it is a very slight medial ligament strain and we took precautions by taking him off,” said manager Tony Mowbray.
“If it is a strain it will only be a few weeks out but let’s just wait and see.
“He may not make Saturday’s game but hopefully he will be fine to continue preparations soon.”
However, Mowbray is hoping the close season dedication Koren showed before the start of pre-season training will pay dividends if he is sidelined.
The manager said: “He started three weeks before everybody else because he had his own personal trainer back in Slovenia and he has come back super-fit.
“It won’t damage his preparation. He is already fit and ready to go so if you were going to pick somebody to get injured it might have been him.
“Nobody wants to get injured but Robert is fit and in good shape and that should speed his recovery.
“There were plenty of positives from the game. The negatives were that Robbie Koren might have got a slight tweak in his medial ligaments in a challenge.
“Jonathan Greening has got a kick on his calf but hopefully he will be fine for Saturday and everybody else came through okay.”
New signing Marek Cech watched from the stands last night as Albion lost. He will train again today as he plays catch-up in the fitness stakes but he is again unlikely to figure in the second and final friendly of Albion’s European trip in Euskirchen, Germany, on Saturday.
“We might include him in a small amount of the game but probably not,” said Mowbray. “It isn’t really fair to thrown people in when they have only had two or three days of training in a game against a fairly decent team.”
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another key figure lost not lookin good!
Koren is a very important player for the forth coming season, i hope it is only minor, fingers crossed.
What is it with Koren and pre-season injuries!!!
He’s only gonna miss pre season so dont get worried.
I’ve seen all of the match reports.
Why are we playing Dean Kiely for 90 mins ??
Surely we must be giving Danek as much game time as possible.
I don’t get that one at all.
Sounds like you boys getting nervous still its only Arsenal first match so nothing too dificult for the best team in the Championship, Tony’s looking happy!!
Worcester baggie
Alright mate, two questions, is terry ok??
And are you going to Shrewsbury on Tuesday night??
6. Maybe we are getting nervous.. think it’s the excitement!!
Guys koren is ok just read on another website.
Ah all those jealous sick dingles will be upset!!
Saying Luke Moore is supposed to be our secret weapon for next year, he didn’t seem to feature much in the match report. I think Kim is gonna be ace next year but I think we still need at least another keeper, a mid-fielder and a striker. Seams strange to me that danek is never utilised.
hi bomber ,terrys moms back out of hospital and terry is staying with her for afew days mate so thats why he aint been on here,,,hopefully goin to the shrew game,defo going to cheltenam and walsall..how about you are ya going to any of the friendlys…PLAYIN IN THE PREM THE MOWBRAY WAY,,IN STYLE OF COURSE,,OOOOOOOH YES..
Worcesterbaggie
Good to here about terry, regards friendlies, i am defo going to Shrews, Walsall, and Real Mallorca. If your going to Shrews, we can meet up again for a beer if your up for it, ill be in the town for abour 5pm.
Is anyone going to Ipswich???
Worcester, on behalf of all Wolfies please give our best wishes to Terry’s mum.
BEST WISHES TERRY,S MOM FROM A HAPPY WOLVES SUPPORTER
Hope that 10pound and a penny was worth while spending lol
mind you thats probably the most he will spend all season HEHEHE
OUT OF DARKNESS WILL COMETH LIGHT….
15….. Yeh, you could have bought a faltering, flayerling, football team from Wolverhampton for £10!!!!
any news on the sponsorship???????
9 Dave.
What you say about Luke Moore is interesting, ‘he didn’t feature much in the match report.’ Neither did a number of other players. This can mean any number of things. The reporter was in the bar for most of the game. The reporter didn’t know who he was. He worked hard but no chances dropped to him. It’s along the same lines of fans who think KP should have been kept on at any cost. What we’ve achieved under TMs management team is based on team work and team spirit. The days when it was a disaster if our star player left are gone. The whole is more important than the individual. As long as LM keeps working hard it doesn’t matter who scores and if the fans are patient instead of willing him to fail because he’s ex Villa then he will come good. He’s one of us now.
Apparently Luke Moore was brilliant last night - that’s from somebody who went.
We missed quite a few chances apparently, no need to worry TM said he wasn’t looking for a good performance or a result it was just about letting every player have a run out.