Oh no Joe

Diomansy Kamara, seen here doing his bit to ensure we held Derby County to a 2-2 draw, is missing.

Here is the preview of the Fulham v Australian Teams games.

The relevant bit for us is:

Meanwhile, up-front, Roy will select from the tried and tested trio of Andy Johnson, Bobby Zamora and Erik Nevland, with Eddie Johnson providing additional competition after his spell at Cardiff last term.

Hmmm.   Was he on the aeroplane?  Is he injured?  We need to know.

Meanwhile, plots thicken.  Hull City have told the world that they have a deal in place to take Bobby Zamora, but only if we find another striker.   Intriguing.    Elsewhere, Brede Hangeland and Clint Dempsey have rejected contracts, presumably as part of the normal negotiating rounds.   At present our first team looks like:

Schwarzer; Paintsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky; Davies, Murphy, Etuhu, Dempsey; Zamora, A.Johnson.

If you try to back them all up you get:

Stockdabuhler; Kelly, Baird, Smalling, Kallio; Gera, Andranik, Milsom/Brown, Bouazza; Nevland, Kamara/E.Johnson

I have no real concerns with the defence (you can add Stoor and Omozusi to that) but the midfield after Gera is very ‘bench’, and if Kamara doesn’t turn up we’re left with the underrated but unsuccessful Eddie Johnson and the enigmatic goal machine that is Erik Nevland.   Still, the night is young.