MATT GREEN JOINS THE QUAKERS ON LOAN
Rookie Matt Green has finally got the loan move he needs for some much necessary first team action and experience and move him on from being ... erm ... a little green!
Joining League Two Darlington on an initial one month loan, 19 yr old Green, a surprise £10,0000 January transfer window signing from Newport County, needs experience to force a first team challenge. He is lightning fast but very raw. He scored a couple in reserve games and pre-season but the first team door is firmly shut to him at present and a move and, hopefully, some regular football is vital for his development. Green steps straight into Darlo's squad for the Johnstone Paints Trophy game (you what?) against Leeds United tomorrow. That must be the most minor first team fixture Leeds have had in 50 years!
SINCLAIR ALL CLEAR?
Trevor Sinclair has been absent for the past week after needing a minor knee op following a tackle at Barnsley which caused a piece of knee bone to flake away ... urgh. The op has gone well and Sinclair is expected to be available for City next game at Soton on the 21st after the current international break. .
IT'S TRICKY FOR RICCY
Things are not looking good. Have been out injured or playing injured for almost the whole of 2007 with a persistent groin injury - which seems to be a different type or in a different area of the groin each time - the much-missed midfielder is having more surgery. City and Scimeca have tried several remedies including surgery a couple of times previously but Riccy breaks down as soon as he steps up training or has any kind of competitive football. It's unclear how long this will extend his absence for but you do get the feeling it must be getting close to 'last chance saloon' for the likeable Riccy. Now 32, it's the wrong age to be carrying this type of problem long-term. Let's hope it works out as City would love him back on the pitch.
McPHAIL, YOU'RE SICK
News emerges that Steve McPhail's absence vs Burnley was not an injury but illness. He felt ropey Saturday morning and became ill in the pre-match warm up which forced the shuffle with Joe Ledley pushed into his man of the match centre midfield show. I didn't feel so good myself but I'm sure McPhail's reason was different to my Friday night trawl around town!
MacCLEAN
Injured, like Scimeca, in the first 15 minutes after a 5-1 friendly beating off a strong Wurzels outfit in a friendly last month, As always happens with City, he was initially predicted to be absent until Xmas but may now feature in the squad for City's next outing in a fortnight at Southampton. City have better recovery rates than the NHS, I swear.
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