ROBSON FUMING: Boss Angry At Bellamy Injury
By Matthew Jones
October 15 2003
Newcastle United manager Sir Bobby Robson is furious at that fact that striker Craig Bellamy has again returned from international duty carrying an injury which COULD leave him out for weeks.
Bellamy is not playing tonight's UEFA Cup tie at NAC Breda and is doubtful for the Tyne-Tees derby against Middlesbrough at the weekend.
ROBSON SAID: "Bellamy is not with us. He's injured, so we've left him behind. He's the only one. Frustrating is maybe the word, but I can also think of one or two others.
"We've got to look at that situation again very closely, which the club will do.
"It's his knee again and it was done in the game against Serbia. We will look at the medical bulletin, but he was sent for scans yesterday and we'll compare the results to the last lot he had when he came back from Serbia.
"A month ago he complained of soreness but he recovered from that and said he never felt better in his life, so we've got to look at the state of his knee. He reported the injury straight away and we had him in with [physio] Derek Wright and our medical people.
"I'm quite prepared to let him have a two-day break, but I've told him to think seriously about making great moves within himself for playing on Saturday."
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