Joe Cole has only one game remaining for his suspension also. Expect Gerrard to start behind Nando in next two away games with Poulsen and Meirles in Centre mid
dirk out for several weeks typicial our players always come back injured from fcuking international football
This would really piss ya off, players getting injured playing for their country.. But knowing Dirk he will be back in no time
Dirk Kuyt will be out of action for four weeks with a shoulder injury, Liverpool Football Club can confirm. The club's medical team examined the Dutchman following his early return from international duty yesterday. Dr Peter Brukner said: "Dirk has damaged his shoulder at the A-C joint, which is between the collar bone and the shoulder. He is likely to be out for four weeks." The Dutch media have reported that the injury was sustained after Kuyt fell awkwardly in training. The 30-year-old now appears likely to miss games against Birmingham, Steaua Bucharest, Manchester United, Northampton, Sunderland and an emotional return to former club Utrecht.
What is it about our stars going away on international duty and coming back injured before due to play their old club? Torres now Kuyt Will be big loss but hope the rest can step up, big few games against Birmingham and Scum especially
Code: Liverpool have been warned they could be without Dirk Kuyt for several weeks after he damaged a shoulder in training with Holland this afternoon. The 30-year-old is believed to have sustained the injury when landing awkwardly as he stretched for a cross – although some reports have claimed he was attempting a bicycle kick – and was immediately ruled out of tomorrow's European Championship qualifier at home to Finland. He then returned to Liverpool's Melwood training complex for an assessment by the club's medical department and is expected to discover the extent of the problem tomorrow, although Bert van Marwijk, the Holland coach, gave a pessimistic early opinion. "He will probably have a few weeks off and at 4pm today he will step on to the plane to Liverpool," Van Marwijk told the Dutch media. Kuyt would represent a significant loss to Liverpool ahead of games against Birmingham City, Steaua Bucharest in the Europa League and Manchester United on Sunday week, and adds to Roy Hodgson's worries during this international break. The Liverpool manager's appeal to Vicente Del Bosque to rest Fernando Torres from Spain's Euro 2012 qualifier in Liechtenstein and against Argentina has gone unheeded, with the striker travelling to Buenos Aires for tomorrow's friendly. Del Bosque did, however, substitute Torres in the 58th minute against Liechtenstein, shortly after the 26-year-old's second goal in the 4-0 win. Liverpool supporters, meanwhile, have intensified their campaign for Royal Bank of Scotland to pressure Tom Hicks and George Gillett into selling the club by calling for a mass boycott of its services and companies should the bank grant the co-owners another refinancing deal next month. The club chairman, Martin Broughton, is engaged in attempts to find a buyer for Liverpool before 6 October, when Hicks and Gillett are scheduled to repay debts of around £282m to RBS. Supporters are threatening to move their business from RBS if it continues to assist the Americans beyond the deadline, and the "LFC RBS Black Monday" group has today launched details of the potential boycott on Facebook, Twitter and fan forums. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/06/dirk-kuyt-liverpool-holland-injury
Time for Maxi to prove his worth. He has not made the impact I thought he would when we signed him, mainly because he has not got to play wide right as much as he would have liked (Kuyt being first choice).