Hulse woe upsets Blades
18 Mar 2007 - 04:57:10
Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock expects Rob Hulse to miss the rest of the season after revealing the Blades top-scorer suffered a potential double leg fracture in Saturday's 3-0 defeat at Chelsea.
Hulse was stretchered off midway through the first half at Stamford Bridge following a collision with Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech.
"It looks like a double fracture, we will know more over the next couple of days, though I suspect that Rob will be out for the rest of the season, and maybe some of the next," admitted Warnock.
"No-one likes to see injuries like that. He collided with Cech and the leg goes one way and then the other.
"It is horrible. It is one of those on TV where you look away.
"But someone else has to come in now and get the goals to keep us in this division.
"It's bad enough to lose 3-0, but to lose your top scorer as well is tough. But we have got plenty of other strikers to fill his shoes."
Hulse has scored eight goals this season following his summer transfer from Leeds United.