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02 august
2001 Arrived to training today and learnt of the shock news that a contract for a new stadium at Milton Keynes has been signed. I say "shock news" but I guess after all the speculation - Dublin, QPR mergers and such, and the fact that we need to get away from Selhurst Park a statement like this was not totally unexpected. Personally I am still reeling from the news. We were told late this afternoon and the lads never really had a chance to talk about this with the weekends games starting tomorrow. I'm sure over the next few days there will be reactions from most players in the press. Being a Northerner I have settled really well down here, and have got used to life in London. I know the fans will be gutted with this news being as passionate as they are. I know the first choice for fans and players alike would be to have our own ground in Merton. Maybe (hopefully) Merton Council might review their policy and find they want to hold on to the name and the club as much as the rest of us, otherwise the prospect of WFC moving to Milton Keynes is real. I'll keep my site updated as more news comes in. The football side of things seems to take second place today but there's been a few things going on, unfortunately it's a couple of injuries to report. Trond Anderson has pulled out of training today complaining of a sore hamstring and unless it clears for tomorrow's training he won't be involved this weekend. New signing Jermaine Darlington has also had some bad luck going over on his ankle over at the Bank of England (sounds familiar) so he's also missed a couple of days. The news on my injury isn't great either, after getting back into training last week and looking sharp as ever (winning all sprints) I am still getting a bit of jip from the ankle. Steve Allen and John Clinkard have both agreed that it will be best to stay off it until I'm pain free. I saw the clubs specialist on Tuesday and he assured me that there's no major damage but I may have tweaked a couple of ligaments around the back of the capsule ( the sticky out bone of your ankle). How long it takes can vary but it could be anything up to 3 weeks, hopefully it'll be much quicker than that. I'll be gutted if I miss the first game but I learnt a lot from my groin injury and I cannot afford to play through the pain maybe risking a long term injury. The lads have been training every day this week and the sessions have been cut from 3 to 2 a day, the gaffer has hinted to the younger players that some of them may be going out on loan to gain experience but no names or clubs have been mentioned yet. A couple of things worth mentioning are that Darren Holloway and Jobi McAnuff are both suspended for the start of the season Darren with 2 games and Jobi with 3. Cheers, Gareth. all content copyright © 2001 - no content to be reproduced without permission.
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