James Milner Scores For England Under-21's
James Milner scored for England Under-21's last night as Peter Taylor's
men ran out 2-0 winners over Wales at Ewood Park. Milner showed his
versatility by playing in the centre of midfield and the 18-year old
had a cracking game, showing great strength, awareness and attacking
poise throughout the game. Milner's Toon team-mate Stephen Taylor,
just back from injury, got a 10 minute run out as a late substitute.
Taylor on Milner's performance:
"Milner is a very exciting talent. He had a very good second half
after, for him, not such a good first half when a few things got away
from him.
"He scored a very important goal for us. He seems older than what
he is but he is a tremendous talent.
"For someone so young he is a very good player and I think it is a
role that he could do well in.
"His goal certainly relaxed the players and we played with a bit more
confidence."
More Fixture Changes
Newcastle's trip to Anfield to play Liverpool has
been put back 24 hours. The game was due to be played on Saturday
18th December but will now be played on the 19th. The kick-off time
has also been altered. Instead of a 12.45pm K.O it will now be played
at 1.30pm with the game being screened live on PPV.
Meanwhile Sky Sports have announced that our away fixture against
West Bromwich Albion, to be played on the 3rd of
January, is to be screened live with the K.O now an 8.00pm one and
not 3.00pm.
Toon Medics Come Under Real Scrutiny
From today's Times:
Real accuse Newcastle over injury setback to Woodgate
By Nick Szczepanik
Real Madrid yesterday appeared to blame poor medical treatment given
by Newcastle United for the recurrence of Jonathan Woodgate's thigh
problem, which could keep the England defender out of action for up
to another five months.
Woodgate broke down during a training match on Thursday as Real attempted
to hurry the defender, for whom they paid Newcastle £13.4 million
in the summer, back to fitness. He was due to play in a specially
arranged friendly on Tuesday, with a view to making his debut against
Real Betis next weekend, but he will now visit the United States for
treatment, which may include surgery.
"It's a recurrence of the injury he had when he came here," Alfonso
del Corral, Real's head of medical services, said in an interview
with Diario AS, the Spanish newspaper, yesterday. "The problem is
that while he was in England, the injury was not treated well, and
when he arrived we had to begin from scratch to solve the problem."
However, the accusation seems to hold little weight given that Woodgate
passed a three-hour medical at the Spanish club, and Del Corral admitted
that Real had gone into the signing of an injury-prone player with
their eyes open.
He had informed the board about Woodgate's injury before allowing
the signing to be completed, and believed that his staff would be
able to treat it successfully, despite comments from Woodgate that
might have rung alarm bells.
"The medical staff always does its work honestly," he said. "We told
the club that the player was arriving with a risk in the front of
his thigh muscle, but our obligation is to make sure that injured
players get fit again and, as far as we were concerned, it was acceptable
that the signing went ahead. We gave the green light convinced that
he could recover with physiotherapy. The boy has been honest. He confessed
that in England he had had three or four setbacks, including one after
he had been to see a specialist in Germany."
That specialist was Hans Müller-Wohlfahrt, of Munich, who has treated
Michael Owen and a number of prominent sportsmen and women, which
suggests that Newcastle were doing everything possible to give Woodgate
the best treatment available.
"We cannot comment on players' medical conditions," Newcastle said
yesterday. |
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