Graeme Souness
Graeme Souness
Graeme James Sounessis a retired Scottish professional football player and manager...
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We've got the international break coming up, though, so hopefully all but Luque will be ready after that. I'll look forward to that because as a manager you want to have tough decisions to make. The team has been picking itself this season but with a fully fit squad then I'll be confident we can push up the table and get to an area in the table where we want to be.
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We know all about Michael's situation - he is a target. But we also have other targets,
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Fortunately for England, he will be fine. By about Wednesday or Thursday, he should be okay.
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God forbid if anything was to happen to Alan Shearer. If it did we'd be in terrible trouble. I don't think anybody needs me to tell them how disastrous that would be.
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He would be a tremendous acquisition for us. He can play on the left and could do a job out wide for us if we wanted. He can also operate as a forward.
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He will have his operation tomorrow and he will be out for three months.
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He will bring us a bit of width if we choose to play him wide on the left. He will give us that little bit of class that we have been missing in that area and is someone who can supply and score goals.
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He will be out for up to three more months. We were hoping to get away with it but it didn't happen. Our worst fears are that he will be out for 12 weeks; he will need an operation.
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We are not going to risk Michael for the game at Grimsby but we fully expect him to be back in action for the league game at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday,
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When you raise both feet off the ground in a tackle these days, you are facing trouble. I think, especially away from home, when you lift your feet and launch yourself at someone you are risking everything. That's the game today.
We won, that was the most important thing,
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Our supporters have to understand that there is a player in there waiting to come out ? and he came out today,
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I think we can only benefit. The world of football does not feel he was a failure in Madrid, but I know the animal we're dealing with and he still feels he's got a point to prove.
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Kieron says he feels better now than at any time and that's encouraging. He has been extremely determined and shown strength of character, considering all the stories about him. It must have been, and is, a worrying time for him until he gets games under his belt. He deserves credit.