When is Raylor back?

We really could have used this lad. He popped up with goals and assists last season in tight games.

Say what you want about him, but he's easily the best crosser of the ball in our squad, and his freekicks come in extremely handy. He's also a fantastic set piece deliverer, and if we were looking to work on set pieces he'd be perfect for it.

Is there any news on the lad? How long did Pards say he was going to be out for when he first got injured? I can't remember.

 

This is from September.

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is hoping Ryan Taylor will return from his cruciate ligament injury quicker than most after a promising early prognosis.

The 28-year-old utility man collapsed in agony early on in Thursday night's 1-0 Europa League victory over Atromitos and underwent a scan the following day.

That confirmed the ligament damage and condemned the player to a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

But Pardew said: 'He has done a cruciate, but the good news of that particular injury is that usually when you do it, you do some ligaments or you do a cartilage and it really is problematic.

'But Ryan looks quite straightforward. There's not a lot of swelling, the cruciate has detached, so it's purely a case of putting it back and I think he will come back a little bit quicker than most cruciate injuries.'

Taylor's team-mates ran out for the Barclays Premier League clash with Aston Villa wearing tracksuits emblazoned with the message 'Ryan Taylor over the wall', a reference to the song the Toon Army sing about his derby-winning free-kick at Sunderland last season.

Pardew said: 'It was Colo's [skipper Fabricio Coloccini] idea, he called me yesterday. We didn't want to say "Get well" because there are people in a lot worse positions than Ryan as a professional footballer.

'It's just nice to have that sort of spirit within the group, and it was just something to say: "We support you Ryan, good luck and come back quickly".'

 

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I can't say "Ryan Taylor" without saying "over the wall" in my head.

 

Yes, that was some goal!

 

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Probably not before the end of the season, and only for the last few games if he does. April time maybe?

 

Wasn't he seen in a crowd photograph from one of our games.

 

Sometime in March

 

He's been saying on twitter that he's training a little so he can't be as far as March away, surely?

Early Feb?

 

According to physioroom which goes off standard periods for the type of injury without complications, its March. Of course they can beat those timeframes with quick recoveries. Be surprised to find him doing much training of any rel note. Maybe been in the gym at best.