Rooney Out 4 Weeks

Rooney injured his ankle in training and is ruled out for 4 weeks.

Looks like we're going to see plenty of Tevez and Saha together upfront. There are a couple of things that worry me here.

Firstly, neither Tevez nor Saha has really played together. Their chemistry together has not been tested. And it comes as a bad time especially given how well both Tevez and Rooney are clicking, slowly but surely.

Secondly, I'm terribly afraid of pinning our hopes on Saha. No doubt he's a good striker, but when we begin to rely on him, he's just going to let us down by getting himself injured.

With this injury, suddenly the sale of Rossi and Smith (to a lesser extent) seems to have come back to haunt us. Things may not be as dire as this post suggests, it's still nonetheless a cause for concern.

At least in desperation, we can still use Ronaldo or Giggs as an auxiliary striker to partner Tevez or Saha, although I honestly rather not see Giggs in that position. In the worst case scenerio, we still have Brandy or Dong to fill the role. I hope it wouldn't come to that. Brandy is obviously not ready and Dong is really doing well selling shirts in China so let's not spoil his image.