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Robbo's out for two months...

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    Andy Robertson is likely to be sidelined for up to eight weeks with the injury sustained against Bournemouth at the weekend.

    The Scottish international damaged his calf during the second half of the defeat at the Vitality Stadium, with subsequent scans showing that the left back is set for a spell on the sidelines.

    http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/...-eight-weeks-3368123.aspx#0xWtOGEIMSW0gxea.99
     
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  2. lewisc29

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    That's a bad one. Really need someone to step up.
     
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  4. Double_Dragon

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    3-5-2 has to be the way forward now until he's back.
     
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  5. bum_chinned_crab

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    Ruddy Nora. It's like we keep getting hit where we have least back up.

    Watch 6 centre midfielders all get the clap at once now or something.
     
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  6. over18and legal

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    Can any of you lot play left back?
    I don't mind giving it a go but you'll need a replacement after 5 minutes<cheers>
     
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    Throw Tymon in. The lad's got talent.
     
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    When will Lenihan be available. I was really impressed him before his injury.
     
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  9. Elliot139

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    It's situations like this that REALLY underline what a half arsed job Ehab did over the summer. Any club, not just at premier league level, but any football league club would've looked at our squad and seen we only have 1 senior left back and not a lot of other players who can act as cover and acted on that. But I think the Allams only did the (limited) transfers over summer to appease the national media who were starting to get a glimpse of how badly this club has been run. And now the likelihood is we're going to have someone at left back who if he wasn't wearing a City shirt he'd be doing his A-Levels.
    The lads not old enough to buy a beer, but he's now forced to be old enough to be a Premier League footballer.
     
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    Hmm, not sure it's his fault to be honest. We've got shedloads of midfielders yet signed another 2 on deadline day. If we had a set budget then the full back positions were more pressing than signing Mason and Henriksen.
     
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    I'm not convinced Tyron is ready for a run of 6-7 Prem games. Suspect Clucas will be doing intensive defending training this week.
     
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    I wonder if Phelan even knows he's got him! Anyway, I don't think he's a left-sided player.
     
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  13. Des Head

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    Yeah, go on. I'll do 5 minutes.

    (After going down with cramp for three minutes in the first minute)
     
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    Get Tymon in. We're finishing bottom anyway the experience will be brilliant for him.
     
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  15. mowds

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    If he was injured we shouldn't have played him at the weekend, at least the jocks would've been paying his wages. You'd have thought the Allam's would've been all over that one.
     
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  16. over18and legal

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    Top man:emoticon-0148-yes:
     
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  17. armchairfan

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    If he was injured then we just did what Bruce did, playing players who aren't fit enough.
     
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  18. over18and legal

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    I was an optimist but **** it you are right.
    Throw the kids in and next season we will piss the Championship.
    It worked for MU<cheers>
     
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  19. Des Head

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    Now that we're two subs down in the first 10 minutes, as fun as we are on the bench, we should probably use professionals from thereon in.
     
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  20. over18and legal

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    I'm not sure we have any professionals:emoticon-0107-sweat
     
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