johnnyk 158 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 RANGERS' midfielders Mo Edu and Kevin Thomson will miss the start of the 2009/10 SPL season due to injury. Edu was ruled out of Saturday's Scottish Cup final victory over Falkirk having suffered ligament damage to his left knee after a crunching challenge from Dundee United's Darren Dods at Tannadice on May 24. Top London surgeon Andy Williams carried out a successful operation on the American yesterday but he is expected to be out of action for a minimum three months. The 23-year-old has also been forced to withdraw from the US national team for their forthcoming World Cup qualifiers with Costa Rica and Honduras and the Confederations Cup tournament later this month. Thomson, meanwhile, missed the majority of the 2008/09 double-winning campaign due to a cruciate injury picked up at against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on November 9. The Gers' No. 8 has been making excellent progress with the physios at Murray Park and is ahead of schedule but, like Edu, might not return to Walter Smith's plans until September. With Barry Ferguson's future at Ibrox uncertain today's news will come as a big blow for the gaffer who would have wanted his squad to be at full strength for the start of the new campaign and the prospect of Champions League football. http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,5~1686356,00.html Not very good news............ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotter 0 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Awful news. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Happened last season and it's happening this season. We always have injuries during pre-season. Maybe WS released Dailly to quickly. He could've filled the void left in midfield with the injuries to Thomson and Edu. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Edu 3 months????!!!!!!! I didnt think it was that bad! And WS has let Furman go, Hemdani was always going and Ferguson is likely to leave. That leaves McCulloch to fill in then! But surely Davis moving into the centre with Mendes is option 1. A new signing must be on the cards aswell. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBlue72 0 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Not good news , hopefully both will heal in time for pre-season as the players have 6 weeks off instead of 4. We are losing a chunk of the midfield this summer , i imagine some will be replaced but not all as the squad needs to be trimmed down to a decent size. Time to give the young players a chance ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon 0 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Terrible news 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Cole 0 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Just how long are Rangers going to sit back and say nothing over our players getting done in by SPL hammerthrowers? I had a good view of Dods' assault on Edu at Tannadice, it wasn't even an attempt at a decent tackle, he just clattered into him. Martin Hardie, there's another thug who now knows he can jeopardise the career of a Rangers player without a word said against him. Naismith IMO has still not fully recovered from an injury about as bad as Durrant's, from a blatant stamp which in a fair world would have seen the perpetrator banned for 12 months. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jum Spence Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Kevin Thomson and Maurice Edu are likely to miss the start of the next campaign. More... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Cole 0 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 ....then there's Loovens' stamp on Edu's leg, the Forfar hammerthrower's vicious assault on Beasley.... Are you listening Rangers? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Guy says he saw Thomson at the racing yesterday. The man himslef refuted paper stories and says he'll be fit for the season's start. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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