Ralph Out Until January

The Gaffer has revealed that we will be without Lauren until January '07...

"I don't think you will see Lauren in the team before January," he said.

"He played up to the limit of his pain and then maybe he played a little too long."

"That created some damage in his knee which had to be repaired."

"But he is a tough, tough boy. He works hard and he will come back."

"He is making good progress but he still has four or five weeks before he comes back to normal training and then it will take a month's full training to come back into the team".