| As if opposite number Tony Mowbray did not have enough problems regarding his team’s form, it looks like he’ll be without Artur Boruc, Scott Brown, Glen Loovens and Shaun Maloney through injury, while Stephen McManus is suspended.
While that’s made the headlines, slipping under the radar is the fact United have been playing for months now without the likes of Lee Wilkie, Francisco Sandaza, Scott Robertson, Jon Daly, Kevin Smith, Keith Watson and, for this weekend, Garry Kenneth.
Rather than label that a crisis, the gaffer prefers to regard it an opportunity for others to come in and do well, and he’s delighted so many have done that.
“We all get injuries, but that’s why we try to put together decent squads and I have to say that, this season, we have coped very well,” he said.
“I also won’t be calling our situation a crisis, because when you do that you are providing a ready-made excuse for a bad performance and I am still very happy with the team I’ll be able to put out on Sunday.”
On that subject, while tendonitis has seen him excused from training for the past 10 days or so, Morgaro Gomis will be in his usual place against the Hoops.
“We’ve taken the chance to get it cleared up, but, if we’d needed Morgaro for a game, he would have been OK to play and he’ll be OK for the weekend,” added the United gaffer.
And, while his quicker-than-expected recovery from groin trouble will not see Kenneth available for Sunday, Craig confirmed he expects the big defender to be ready for Motherwell on Saturday week. |
