Injury Crisis Strikes Tranmere

By Quayle
December 22 2004

Injury crisis has hit Tranmere at the worst time possible. A time when you need every player fit for the Christmas period and the plentiful of games they hae ahead, Rovers find themselves struggling to keep the strongest eleven.

The Christmas period in football is never a good one. The amount of games means you need everyone fit to play, something Rovers don't have.

They have found themselves with four first team players, which include, Danny Harrison, Chris Dagnall, John Achterberg and captain Jason McAteer, all out for the first game against Barnsley and could be out for longer.

 But there is some good news. Gary Jones will miss training but can play against Barnsley, and Russell Howarth has declared himself fit, who both recieved injuries in the Hull City game.

 But where more concerned with the people who might not make it, we will look at their situation, injury and try to work out how long they'll be.

Danny Harrison: During the Hull City game, a disaster for injuries, he had to receive multiple stitches to his head, and later on in the game picked up a sore leg. He should be back after a week or even less. His injury doesn't seem to be a huge problem.

Chris Dagnall : Picked up his injury quite a while ago now, after a clash with our own player, Ian Goodison. Dagnall came of the worst with a fractured cheekbone. Dagnall has been out for about a month but will be back in training with a mask on, to protect his face. But sadly won't be able to play for another two weeks.

Jason McAteer : Jason pulled his hamstring, but hopefully won't be a huge doubt over the Christmas period although he won't be able to play against Barnsley.

John Achterberg : Another injury picked up in the Hull game. Sadly he's out for upto six weeks, which is a huge blow. It has been revealed by the official site that, the big Dutchman has damaged his collateral ligaments in his knee.

Hopefully this has cleared the air abit, any other queries about it please leave them on the message board.