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Freddy not quite ready

17 Sep 2007 - 12:34:42

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Wolves boss Mick McCarthy says he had no option other than to leave Freddy Eastwood out of the starting line-up for the 2-1 defeat at Sheffield United.

The 23-year-old striker returned home exhausted after international duty with Wales and came on for only the last two minutes at Bramall Lane at the weekend.

McCarthy told the Birmingham Mail: "Freddy was rested but that had absolutely no bearing on the result because the guy who came in, Stephen Elliott, scored a goal which should have been enough to get us something from the game.

"I thought Stephen was excellent in the time he was on and just maybe ran out of steam because it was his first competitive game for a fair while.

"Freddy was knackered when he came back to us on Thursday and said he felt even worse on Friday.

"He had played on Wednesday night and I just thought Stephen would give us some fresh legs. It was difficult but Freddy accepted the decision."