Cardiff City have had a troublesome 2009 with goalkeepers losing their only permanent keeper of note in Peter Enckleman swiftly followed by season loan man Tom Heaton.
Intended emergency loan replacement Dimi Konstantopoulos seemed to forget how to kick a ball, know when to leave his line, score an own goal and commit more howlers so has been banished to friendly matches at Merthyr and seemingly not even trusted to sit on the bench, Dave Jones preferring no back up keeper while latest loan Stuart Taylor looked the part until he was suspect for a couple of Shefield United goals last weekend.
But what of the original duo??
Over the last couple of seasons, it's almost become a joke amongst knowledgeable City fans that whenever a player is absent injured for a number of weeks, you can half the total and that's when to see them again. They're back sooner with hardly an exception and never later than stated. We've had plenty of examples of that this season too.
So when Cardiff City announced Enckleman was out for 5 weeks after an end of January operation, I half expected to see him 3 weeks later. However, he's now been out for just about 2 months and it looks set to be a while longer.
Likewise Heaton was going to be out for 5 weeks at most - he's now gone past that time and again there's no sign/news of his return either.
News is sketchy to the point of being non-existent so Cardiff face returning to league action on Sunday week with Taylor and no back up. Wonder what's taking so long?
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