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Paul Scharner will miss Arsenal game for West Brom but could face Bolton
Tuesday 1st November 2011, 11:45AM GMT.
West Brom midfielder Paul Scharner will miss Saturday’s trip to Arsenal with a knee injury – but hopes to be back to face Bolton two weeks later.
The Austria international revealed on his Facebook page today that scans had uncovered ligament damage, sustained in a collision with Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam during the 2-0 Hawthorns defeat.
But Scharner hopes to be back when the Baggies return to action after the two-week international break that follows the Emirates Stadium trip.
He said: “The target is to be back again on the pitch for the Bolton game. Hopefully it will be just this one game against Arsenal I will miss.
“I have to think positive now and work hard to come back in time.”
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I think he’ll be a massive miss on Saturday and the sooner he’s back the better.
JT doesn’t know why we can’t beat Arsenal again. I suggest he has a look at the video of last year’s game and compare his own performance with the one from Saturday. That goes for a number of other players as well.
Having said that I don’t think players do it on purpose we just have a lot of players off colour at the same time. Because of this I think more than ever we need to keep it tight. Possibly easier said than done against Arsenal.
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Paul,
That’s great news, glad to hear it. Our Science a Medical Dept’s will do their jobs.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Jerome,
As Bully says, we will need a tip-top performance from every one who pulls on a shirt and a solid defence. I believe it possible if we are 110%. Get it on.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~JtH.
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We’ve got the gas supply back on and central heating so I don’t hate everybody anymore. I’ve always been very forgiving in nature. This match will be a team in blistering form against one that’s lost it temporarily. It’s sad that Scharner is unfit but I saw signs of Dorrans showing what we used to see. Now we need Tchoyi to show the best side of him although to be fair to both strikers, the service was lamentable. That said, you sometimes have to “go and fetch, good doggie”
and show some flair. Arsenal will let the opposition play so a good game could be on the cards. I hope. I need a lift out of the droppings of life.
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Heard today that Bomber Brown is poorly
in hospital,if that’s the case get well soon, and hope to hear you back on the radio soon.
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that’s great news.we are defensivley better with scharner in the middle of midfield.i think we need 4-5-1 against the gunners.maybe add gera to the midfield.
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This is the best news of the week…shame he isnt out for the season…awful player. I could do a better job in the middle of the park than this carthorse.
Now Mr Roy , stop this long ball nonsense get it on the floor and play some football. we do not wish to become stoke of the west midlands. Get Dorrans in the team, play Brunt off Odemwingie, Tchoyi right midfield.
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Just a rumour from within the club but Odemwingie could be out for up to 3 weeks. That is why Gera was pulled out the deserve game tonight.
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Get well soon Bomber, Mr West Bromwich Albion.
Joe, all I can say to you is that it’s a good job you are not West Brom’s Head Coach, utter tosh!
If we play out of our skins anything could happen against Arsenal, however if we give the same performance as we did on Saturday then we have no chance. I really fear a good hiding so we can’t afford any passengers.
Boing Boing!!
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Makes no difference if he plays or not,hes not good enough to have any impact a game,i fear the worst for saturday but i,ll still be there,just as i was last year.
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reading some of the recent post it seems some of you happy clappers are getting restless,just shows you knew i was right all along,listen to me,you know it makes sence.
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A pure nugget of comedy gold from over the dark side, read and enjoy:
If you’re happy and you know it clap you’re hands
If you’re happy and you know it clap you’re hands
If we lost 5-2 but there was nothing we could do
If you’re happy and you know it clap you’re hands
If you’re happy we drew with Swansea clap you’re hands
If you’re happy we drew with Swansea clap you’re hands
If you’re happy we drew with Swansea cus we came from 2-0 down
If you’re happy we drew to Swansea clap you’re hands
If your happy with any selection clap you’re hands
If your happy with any selection clap you’re hands
If a strikers a defender and a centre half’s a right back
If you’re happy with selection clap you’re hands
If you love that we keep losing clap you’re hands
If you love that we keep losing clap you’re hands
If you don’t like ambition and you don’t like change
Then your happy and you know it clap youre hands
And you think the Albion have got problems!!
Boing Boing!!
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10 & 11 In green tights
(AKA ‘Numpty’ from the wolves site)-
you said on your own site that you would start the booing at the next wolves home game-
I hope you’ve been practising,instead of coming over here desperately trying to get people to listen to your stupid rubbish?
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Did anyone else notice on saturday that Foster started punching the ball instead of catching it,Carson started doing the same thing,must be lack of confidence or dont trust the defenders.
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12 Shropshire.
I saw that but I think I dismissed it as a figment of my imagination. I don’t know what’s the worse the sentiment behind it or the execution as it’s hard to read it without cringing. Still as you say a quick look over there puts our own few ‘doom and gloom’ merchants into perspective.
No 8.
Is that the same three weeks you told us about earlier in the season the week before he came back?
13 Rocket and 9 Shropshire.
Have you ever noticed that when a game has been live on the telly there are always a lot more experts on here telling us what was wrong?
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14. Or poor coaching from dean kiely. Don’t mind punching it away as long its a good clean punch that goes away from danger. I feel a loss this week followed by a win v Bolton.
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Bad news folks,MAF scored twice for reserves last night,i hope thats not put him in contention for a starting place on saturday,but having said that he cant be no worse than a none trying PO.
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how come nobody’s mentioning Morrison? when he came on on Saturday he was the best player on the pitch, including anybody Liverpool had got
wonder if it’s because half of you have spent the last 12 months slating the poor sod?
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14 i think you may be right as Deano couldent catch,i dont mind them punching but not when its easier to catch.
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5 Ken, i can comfirm that bomber went in to have hip replacement but cought an infection as often happens,i have it on good advice that he doing ok and will be back soon.
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Does anybody else get a message saying ‘You are posting too quickly slow down.’ as if you’re a naughty schoolboy if you send two posts in a row. Yet our friend of many names never seems to suffer any such problem.
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21 Bully,
our ‘friend of many names’-
AKA ‘Robin Numpty-thicker than Sherwood forest’-
doesn’t get the ‘posting too quickly’ messages,
mainly because it takes him all morning to type two sentences-
very badly…………
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18, and what did Mozza do exactly to recieve such an accolade,better than anybody liverpool had got?
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20 TC(Numpty from the wolves site)-
I guess you bumped into Bomber when you went for that ‘Brain check’ at the hospital.
No need to worry,the Doctors confirmed they could find nothing there………….
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20 TC
Nice one, thanks for that.
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