Roque has niggles according to Hughes
Here’s some alarm bells for you just a few hours before kick-off - Mark Hughes has announced that his in-form striker and Fantasy darling, Roque Santa Cruz, is carrying a string of niggling injuries. In a story on Football 365 today Hughes expresses how surprised he is at Santa Cruz’s form remarking…
“He’s getting his goals and he’s doing it when he’s still not 100% fit. He’s carrying little knocks and niggles but he is going out and doing a job for us”.
That would seem to indicate that a rest for the striker will only be just around the corner with Roberts the obvious replacement standing by for an opportunity. Whether Hughes takes that option today at Derby remains to be seen. If I was to stick my neck out I would say that Santa Cruz will start today and possibly sit out the home game with Sunderland on New Years Day. Hughes wants to get that win on the board after a string of bad results and today is certainly the best opportunity to do that. The warning is there though for those looking to jump on the Santa bandwagon to catch his rich vein of form.
You cannot imagine how frustrated I am now.
I transfered Adebayor out, for Santa Cruz, instead of Berbatov. Had been thinking for hours deciding between Cruz or Berbatov ..
my oh my .. I don’t want to play this game anymore ..
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Well- don’t stress yet- Santa might still play and get a hat trick…
Maybe.
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santa is my captain! he better play tonight!
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He plays.
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Where is Samba ? Not even on the bench, didnt anything about an injury - rested ?
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…. actually, wife gave birth today is why he’s missing the game
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He scores.
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He always scores.
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