Weekend football - 25th/26th August

[buzzby]

Nasty nasty gash for Rooney.

(No Granny jokes please.)

[cmonurz]

A month out for Rooney, very, very nasty that.

[TBM]

Who done it, how it happen?

[Royal Rother]

Rooney charged down a Rodellega shot, leaping towards him from about 5 yards away, Rodellega had huge forward momentum and a massive swing of his leg so was off balance and as his foot came down it landed right on our Wayne's thigh who was still in motion but in the process of landing.

Well that's how I saw it anyway!

Total accident, that's for sure.

[E. Andrew]

Two weeks - month they're saying? RVP get's to shine.

[Stuboo]

Was anyone elses gut reaction to the Rooney injury the same as mine? - 4 weeks! What a pansy. Talk about wrapped in cotton wool. Terry Butcher finished a game with his head soaked in blood!

It may well be fair enough, I am obviously not an expert. I'm just saying that was my gut reaction.

[cmonurz]

Was anyone elses gut reaction to the Rooney injury the same as mine? - 4 weeks! What a pansy. Talk about wrapped in cotton wool. Terry Butcher finished a game with his head soaked in blood!

It may well be fair enough, I am obviously not an expert. I'm just saying that was my gut reaction.

Looking at the size of the wound, the diagnosis will be for his own safety, nothing to do with pain.

[Ian Royal]

Even relatively trivial head wounds bleed like a bastard. And of course head wounds aren't in the major muscles used for playing football.

[Stuboo]

Even relatively trivial head wounds bleed like a bastard. And of course head wounds aren't in the major muscles used for playing football.

True guys. Perhaps I didn't express my feelings clearly. I can see that it might not have been possible to patch the wound up so that Rooney could continue the game, it being his leg and all, but four weeks seems excessive to me. Can't they just bang some stong stitches in there, bandage it up, and let him get on with it.

[Hoop Blah]

Who done it, how it happen?

Blades.

[TBM]

Who done it, how it happen?

Blades.

Picture shows studs

[Mr Angry]

Arsenal looking totally toothless against Stoke today; Stoke - as we saw last weekend - utterly one dimensional.

[windermere_royal]

What a god awful team Stoke are. long balls and stifling opponents are their only plan, time wasting at home.

[Royal Rother]

Agreed. Tedious in the extreme.

[Albert Spangler]

Even relatively trivial head wounds bleed like a bastard. And of course head wounds aren't in the major muscles used for playing football.

True guys. Perhaps I didn't express my feelings clearly. I can see that it might not have been possible to patch the wound up so that Rooney could continue the game, it being his leg and all, but four weeks seems excessive to me. Can't they just bang some stong stitches in there, bandage it up, and let him get on with it.

It's a full on open wound. Stitches, yes, but it'll take time to heal to a point where it doesn't open up in training. A month seems reasonable.

[cmonurz]

Boring Liverpool indeed. This is one hell of a match, two teams playing end to end attacking football, Skrtel nods Liverpool in front.

[Albert Spangler]

Boring Liverpool indeed. This is one hell of a match, two teams playing end to end attacking football, Skrtel nods Liverpool in front.

To be fair, they're not exactly playing the Rodgers way yet.

[sandman]

Plus with Milner out there Citeh are effectively playing with 10 men.

[E. Andrew]

Sterling makes even the likes of Yaya Toure look big. He'll have to grow or learn some fancy footwork to stay on the ball.

[cmonurz]

Sterling makes even the likes of Yaya Toure look big. He'll have to grow or learn some fancy footwork to stay on the ball.

He's been one of the best players on the pitch.

Head in hands Martin Kelly!

Edit: and take a bow Luis Suarez!