![]() We need to win four or five of our remaining games. ![]() "We have shown many times this season that we can cope with this level. Meanwhile back in England Ledley King has plonked himself down in a comfy armchair, Jim Royle style, opened a nice big bag of Kettle Chips, and will play for Spurs against Blackburn in a week or so, maybe, perhaps. "But we are optimistic about his chances for the Iceland game at Hampden on Wednesday." Rangers' uncapped full-back Steven Whittaker is likely to take the place of McManus. "It's improving day by day but we don't think he'll play on Saturday, he is doubtful," confirmed Burley's aptly titled No2, Terry Butcher. And if that isn't bad enough for Burley, Stephen McManus is likely to also withdraw, as he's got a swollen ankle. If that isn't bad enough for Burley, he's also hopeless, having not achieved a thing of note since guiding Ipswich to fifth place in 2000 - apart from setting Southampton on their inexorable downward spiral, that is. It's almost as bad as the usual Manchester United injury list, only everyone really is properly injured and there isn't £784bn worth of talent to step in. (His arm is not particularly long, truth be told, but the length in question is still, while insubstantial in the context of limb measurement, worthy of note when referring to a series of names grouped together meaningfully to constitute a record.) That list already featured Kirk Broadfoot, David Weir, James McFadden, Shaun Maloney, Barry Robson, Kevin Thomson, Lee Miller, Garry O'Connor, Ledley King, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke, old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all - and now also features Kris Commons, who has a jiggered calf. That's just as well for Scotland manager George Burley, who has a list of withdrawals as long as his arm.
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