Debuchy, Haidara and now Santon?

More full back woe?

It's reported from Italy that a thigh problem forced Newcastle defender Davide Santon to cut short a training session for the U21 national team on Tuesday.

Santon will be assessed by Italian medical staff on Wednesday as to the severity of the ailment.

Bloody hell, I'd better get my boots ready.

 

Don't worry about getting your boots out Obi, they've already contacted me and asked me to be on standby.

 

Your old pit boots? I thought you'd ditched them 60 years ago?

 

No, they still look as new as the day I bought them for 12/6d.

 

This just gets worse and worse...

 

Is this the moment where Williamson steps up, becomes a beast of a player in a 3 CB defence and then replaces Colo as captain, just before the ten year-old stops writing this fiction with the final line "it was all a dream" and our collective consciousness suddenly ceases to exist?

 

Hopefully that's with an eye on his importance for club duty given the recent injuries. Can't see him being risked for an Under 21 match.

Just hope we can get Ryan Taylor back to help out asap, plus I'm happy enough with Simpson invariably coming back in.
He'll be gone end of season but he's a good lad and I think he's still got an important part to play, won't let us down.

At least we've got Perchino and maybe Anita who could fill in.

To be honest our best defensive line-up has been so leaky I'd be more worried over more offensive players being crocked, which I know Santon could be classed as but I mean forwards, midfielders.

 

It's either that, or the final straw that results in Gandalf well and truly losing any part of the plot that had remained in his clutches. I can't quite decide which.

 

Yes, use Anita I say!