England captain Steven Taylor, as well as Manchester United young gun Danny Welbeck, have pulled out of the England squad for the European Under-21 Championship due to injury.
Steven Taylor – has now played last game for England U21 side
Newcastle’s star local defender has an Achilles problem, while a knee injury sidelines Manchester United’s exciting young prospect Danny Welbeck.
It looks like neither player will be on the 23-player final squad list that will be submitted to UEFA on Monday, and replacements will have to be named by Stuart. Steven will now have played his last game for the England U21 side and had 29 caps and 5 goals.
Stuart Pearce’s England youngsters begin their campaign against Finland on June 15th in Halmstad, and also face group games against Germany and Spain.
This will be a huge disappointment for Steven and we wouldn’t be surprised if he picked up the sore Achilles towards the end of the season – and kept quiet about it. But that’s now another Achilles injury one of our players has sustained.
Viduka, Smith and Uruguayan loan signing Nacho Gonzalez, all had long term Achilles problems last season – we need to get Sherlock Holmes in to understand, not only why we have Achilles injuries so much – but far too many injuries in general.
The good news for Newcastle fans is that hopefully Steven will be all set for the start of the Championship season for Newcastle. Let’s hope this can be cleared up quickly – the last thing we want to see is Steven injured for the start of the season. 🙁
Thought for next season – wonder if we can get Danny Welbeck on loan?
Comments welcome.
70 comments so far
Toon_Factor
May 31, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Comment #1Ed- How exactly does his England under 21 career come to an end?
Big Dave
May 31, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Comment #2Bad news for Steven as i suppose he was wanting to get stuck in with the u21s to take his mind off the last season, although i never really understood why it was called u21 as you can still play for them when your older than 21 ?
desitoon
May 31, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Comment #3just when you thought things couldn’t get worse, they just did!
Rangerman
May 31, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Comment #4Ed- How exactly does his England under 21 career come to an end?
…..
He’s too old to represent them after this tournament.
Tom4Nufc
May 31, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Comment #5He could play for the U21’s as he was 21 when the qualifying campaign for Euro 09 started for England, that’s why he can still play at 23yrs old for our U21’s!
Toon_Factor
May 31, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Comment #6Rangerman
So why is Milner who is 23 playing for them? I think your allowed to play for them until your 24 but im not sure.
Tom4Nufc
May 31, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Comment #7No Toon Factor mate, read what I said… It explains it!!! If you are 21 when you start the qualifying campaign when you are 21 you can represent the U21’s till the tournament ends!
batty
May 31, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Comment #8.
Ross
May 31, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Comment #9Am i wrong in saying that you’re allowed 2 or 3 squad members who are over the age of 21 in the team?..also tom4nufc, i think you’re on the right track in saying he was within the age boundary when qualifying took place.
“and we wouldn’t be surprised if he picked up the sore Achilles towards the end of the season – and kept quiet about it”
-Correct, Ed. The lad talking to Sky Sports reported that the injury was picked up a number of weeks before the season finished but he apparently played through the pair barrier, seemingly refusing to sit on the bench for our run in to the end of the season. However it has apparently came back to bite him and the newcastle doctors have said there’s not a chance he’ll play.
batty
May 31, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Comment #10can any 1 get the danish leauge scores up iam waiting for 1 resust for 2340 pound
Tom4Nufc
May 31, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Comment #11Ross that rule is only for Olympic football mate, they have to be under 23 years old I think! And then are allowed a few over-aged players… Hence the reason Juan Riquelme was allowed to play for Argentina when they won the Olympic football!
Rangerman
May 31, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Comment #12What result?
Tom4Nufc
May 31, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Comment #13Batty,
http://www.flashscores.co.uk/football/denmark/
Ross
May 31, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Comment #14what result batty?
batty
May 31, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Comment #15ross nordsjaelland v aalborg m8 it not on sky yet had them to draw
Rangerman
May 31, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Comment #16Drew 2-2
Tom4Nufc
May 31, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Comment #172-2 batty!
batty
May 31, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Comment #18how do u know or are u bullshittin
Tom4Nufc
May 31, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Comment #19look at my link!
True fan
May 31, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Comment #20http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5357394,00.html
batty
May 31, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Comment #21rangerman tomnufc ware have u seen that
batty
May 31, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Comment #22get in cheers lads
batty
May 31, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Comment #23komfort u there m8 had a great day lol
True fan
May 31, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Comment #24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5357394,00.html
Toon_Factor
May 31, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Comment #25Tom4Nufc
No need to bite! I didnt see that when I wrote it so shut ya face!
Tom4Nufc
May 31, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Comment #26Yer sorry mate! Its annoying you can’t edit what you say after you post stuff! I realised afterwards that it was unintentionally snappy! Sorry mate!
Ally
May 31, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Comment #27http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z278i3bBXc
you might of already seen this lads, but its worth a watch its a right laugh!
Turkish Magpie
May 31, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Comment #28thats good news true fan
Rangerman
May 31, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Comment #29The Guardian thinks one of them is Shepherd but there are doubts that he can raise the money.
hitman
May 31, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Comment #30http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/05/31/1297458/newcastle-united-will-be-sold-within-a-month-report
Steve_48
May 31, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Comment #31Ally – I think am ganna cry… class
Ally
May 31, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Comment #32aye steve_48 i was getting a bit teary eyed aswell haha.
its class.
Stuart79
May 31, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Comment #33Gotta say lads, I think we could be on the verge of something special happening.
I know that will sound silly given our current situation but I think the club could well be sold within a month.
Opportunities to buy such a great business potentially don’t come along often at this price.
Stuart79
May 31, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Comment #34http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5357394,00.html
Generally pretty good SSN
Hugh de Payen
May 31, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Comment #35I think whatever happens regarding a new owner, some interim plans need to be made to prepare for the coming season and a temporary manager needs to be appointed to oversee those plans.
The objective seems simple enough: get rid of the high wage earners and buy younger, cheaper players who will contribute to a Championship challenge.
It’ll probably require money up front though and I’m not sure where that’ll come from.
Ashley might put some money up on the basis that a prepared club will be more attractive to buyers.
On the other hand he may not!
Stuart79
May 31, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Comment #36Does anyone think that there’s a chance we might get told by the club that it’s up for sale?
This just epitimises the Ashley era
Rangerman
May 31, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Comment #37I wish I shared your positive outlook, Stuart.
Fingers crossed.
Stuart79
May 31, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Comment #38Rangerman // May 31, 2009 at 8:26 PM
I wish I shared your positive outlook, Stuart.
Fingers crossed.
Without all the bullsh1t, I have been speaking to someone this evening who to the normal man on the street is rich as fck but to those looking at buying the club he’s a pauper.
He reckons that already they have had submissions of interest.
These people are looking at bottom line- How much will it cost to buy the club get it on a roll like the 90’s and watch it go!
They look at it like the stock market, long term investment and eventually they will sell at a profit. But the good news for us is that they have to invest in the club for that to happen.
The club has to be successful to be a good investment for them.
Not just us but all these clubs owned by one person.
The only question is, how rich are the people who want to buy us?
Rangerman
May 31, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Comment #39I hope you’re right but the Guardian thinks one of them is Shepherd but doubts are there if he can get the money together, if he does just about scrape the money together than what is he going to use to fund transfers?
People have to have the money to invest in the first place, my worry is that they won’t have it.
Big Dave
May 31, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Comment #40I know Harris denied meeting people about the club last week but i suppose it could be true, i just hope we can get the club sorted real soon