Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
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Yeah but he wouldn’t have even been on the bench if he’d actually been injured. He’d have been heading back to Lancing for treatment straight away.He was an unused sub in the second as he got stretchered off in the first
Baleba being stretchered off was very odd, he sat up on the stretcher as he was carried off.
As soon as they put the stretcher down on the side of the pitch he stood up and walked straight to the bench looking rather bemused by the whole thing.
I don’t think he was injured enough to actually warrant the use of a stretcher but was required to use one because of those stupid rules you sometimes find in international football.
He started the first two games after that international break against Newcastle and Wolves, which also points to the stretcher being a bit OTT.
I’m glad to see that Cameroon have agreed to release him from international duty though. A good chance to do some recovery and fitness work (maybe a few days R&R first as often happens for players not on international duty) at Lancing will be good for us and hopefully he’ll be able to start matches after the break.