YAKUBU RATED 50/50
Posted on: Thu 27 Mar 2008
Skipper Ismail Yakubu is rated '50-50' by Paul Fairclough to return against Wrexham on Saturday after missing the last four games with a hip muscle injury.
Physiotherapist Mark Stein said that 22-year-old Yakubu would be assessed on Friday to check his availability. In the skipper's absence the Bees have lost two away games by three goal margins and conceded 10 goals.
News of the other two hamstring injury casualties, striker Cliff Akurang and goalkeeper Rob Beckwith is that both are probably a fortnight away from a return. In the absence of 23-year-old Beckwith, Paul Fairclough has gambled for three games without a substitute 'keeper on the bench ... the absence of 27-year-old Akurang, who had scored five goals in five games, has meant a chance for Anthony Thomas to resume his early season pairing with 11-goal Adam Birchall.
Dennis Signy
Physiotherapist Mark Stein said that 22-year-old Yakubu would be assessed on Friday to check his availability. In the skipper's absence the Bees have lost two away games by three goal margins and conceded 10 goals.
News of the other two hamstring injury casualties, striker Cliff Akurang and goalkeeper Rob Beckwith is that both are probably a fortnight away from a return. In the absence of 23-year-old Beckwith, Paul Fairclough has gambled for three games without a substitute 'keeper on the bench ... the absence of 27-year-old Akurang, who had scored five goals in five games, has meant a chance for Anthony Thomas to resume his early season pairing with 11-goal Adam Birchall.
Dennis Signy
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