Robson in a Pickle!

By Matthew Jones
August 24 2004

Sir Bobby Robson has got himself into a little dilema. He believes the only way to get Patrick Kluivert match fit is to play him in matches - fair enough! BUT, he also believes he has to be match fit before he can play him...

On Kluivert, Robson said:

"We're working on him everyday.

"The only way he is going to get match fit is to play in matches, but he was on the bench again today. We brought him on because we thought he might just be able to turn things our way, but it didn't happen.

"It's a Catch 22 situation for me as a manager. He needs games to be match fit, but we need him to be match fit to play in games."

How will Robson work this one out then?