Schwarzer out 4-6 Weeks, Stockdale back.

From the Offal;

Schwarzer Injury Update
Wednesday 14th December 2011

During the match against Swansea on Saturday 10 December, Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer injured his neck.

Following an assessment by a specialist consultant on Tuesday evening, the Club can confirm that he has sustained a compression injury to his thoracic spine and that he will be unavailable for 4 to 6 weeks, and is expected to return to play towards the end of January.

The Club has exercised a clause in the loan contract of David Stockdale, and he has been recalled from Ipswich Town to join the squad.


Mark has been tremendous and this is a HUGE loss.

 

A memo to Martin Jol; This is time for the squad to pull together, so meet w/our England International and...


SORT IT OUT

 

Yeah, this is pretty bad news, but also particularly for today. Not a great day for Etheridge to make his Fulham debut to say the least (does anyone know the last time he even started in a competitive match was?). I think Stockdale will be good (especially since he's been seeing regular time at Ipswich), but Mark has been excellent this year after looking pretty off last season IMHO. Hopefully, Etheridge can shake the cobwebs off today and we can get three points.

I have confidence that Stockdale will keep us in games, but he's got big boots to fill.

~ Steve