SIR BOBBY: Shearer Is "Basically.. Irreplaceable"
By Matthew Jones
October 25 2003
Newcastle United boss Sir Bobby Robson says he does not even want to think about what would happen if skipper Alan Shearer was to get injured, stating that "Alan, obviously, is basically irreplaceable...".
Newcastle United boss Sir Bobby Robson says he does not even want to think about what would happen if skipper Alan Shearer was to get injured.
Shearer play a huge part in Newcastle's 3-2 comeback win away at Fulham on Tuesday night, scoring twice and assisting another, taking his goal talley for the club to 154.
While Robson is happy with the Shola Ameobi, Lomana LuaLua, Michael Chopra and Carl Cort as back-up for Shearer, he will be even more happy if he does not have to call upon them too often.
ROBSON SAID: "It's hypothetical. We don't worry about that. We worried when (Jonathan) Woodgate got injured, we worry if Shay (Given) gets injured.
"Alan, obviously, is basically irreplaceable at the moment, but if anything should happen, we'd have to get on with it.
"From the penalty on Tuesday night, he got the goal and from then onwards, he was almost unplayable, not magnificent - he was that, but he was almost unplayable."