Broken Ankle Rules Ashton Out For England And West Ham
August 15th, 2006 by Alan HylandsHorrible luck for West Ham United striker Dean Ashton as he has broken his ankle in training for England, just a day before he was due to make his debut for the senior side and a few days before West Ham kick off their new Premiership campaign.
We had heard some rumours almost immediately here at State of the Game when Ashton went down and the immediate prognosis was that it didn’t look good and from Steve McLaren’s, Alan Pardew’s and Dean Ashton’s perspectives the early signs were quite correct.
Spurs striker Jermain Defoe will now take Ashton’s place in the starting lineup tomorrow night against Greece with Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard taking David Beckham’s right wing role.
There has been no word so far on how long Ashton will be out for although it’ll be long enough for Alan pardew to have to make frantic enquiries about getting a replacement in to make sure West Ham are suitably covered over the next couple of months.
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August 15th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
I feel bad for Ashton, I think he’s an excellent player and deserves his chance for England. I think he should have gone to the World Cup too. Of course, his injury will doubtless bring up the debate about the wisdom of staging an England friendly before the Premiership season has even begun, and I think we all know which side of that debate Pardew is going to come out on…
August 15th, 2006 at 9:08 pm
Well, other than screwing up sme of West Ham’s immediate plans, I can hear the sound of people’s fantasy football entries being torn up around the country.