Murray suffers new injury blow
Injury-cursed Matt Murray's future was once again in crisis today after another shattering blow to the Wolves keeper's fight to rescue his career.
The luckless 27-year-old is again facing another lengthy absence from the game after suffering what is thought to be a ruptured knee tendon playing on loan for Hereford United last night.
Murray's injury came on an evening of heavy casualties for the Championship leaders which will have manager Mick McCarthy anxiously checking the bulletins from his medical staff in the build-up to Saturday's derby with second-placed Birmingham City. But the decimation of the best goalkeeping department outside the Premier League is sure to be top of his agenda.
Murray's latest calmity came on the same night that Carl Ikeme's exciting first team progress was abruptly halted by a bruised hip and gashed shin halfway through Wolves' outstanding 3-1 victory against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.
He is struggling to be fit for the Blues game and with Murray in despair at this latest cruel twist in his tortuous fight against injuries, Wayne Hennessey suddenly finds himself propping up the goalkeeping department single-handedly. Murray has fought his way back from cruciate, shoulder, back injuries and a troublesome foot stress fracture in his time and, having set off on the road to recovery with Hereford recently, was "devastated" by last night's injury at MK Dons.
Hereford's former Wolves boss Graham Turner said: "His knee gave way under him and he looks in a bad way, he was fairly upset and it looks serious.
"After a couple of years of trying to get back we feel devastated for him. It's devastated the dressing room." Wolves will wait to fully assess Murray's latest problem before commenting.
And there are other problems for Wolves today with Darren Ward suffering a fractured cheekbone playing for Watford while the casualties kept coming in Sheffield.
McCarthy is hopeful that Dave Edwards, who trooped groggily from the game with mild concussion and dizziness after a heavy fall, will be fit for Saturday while Michael Kightly is determined to play despite suffering a broken nose.
But less clear are the prospects of Ikeme and Dave Jones, who was forced out of the game at half-time by a calf problem.
