Iwelumo breaks metatarsal

[PureOldGold]

Wolves striker Chris Iwelumo could miss the start of the season after breaking his metatarsal in his club's first friendly on their tour of Australia.

The 30-year-old Scotland international was injured in a tackle with Jacob Burns after 18 minutes of the match.

Iwelumo has just returned from a knee ligament injury, which ruled him out of the final five matches of Wolves' Championship title-winning season.

Wolves won the match 1-0, with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake scoring the only goal.

All six of Mick McCarthy's summer signings - Nenad Milijas, Marcus Hahnemann, Kevin Doyle, Andrew Surman, Greg Halford and Ronald Zubar - played a part in the match.

Iwelumo, a £400,000 signing from Charlton in the summer of 2008, scored 16 goals in his first season at Molineux - albeit 15 of those came by the end of November, as Wolves secured their return to the Premier League.

Wolves open the new season with a home game against West Ham on 15 August.

Scotland travel to Norway three days earlier for a vital World Cup qualifier.

[PureOldGold]

Not had the best of luck recently, thats two serious injuries in the space of 4 months.

[derbiean]

Oh god not this injury again, this injury didnt even exist wat 10 years ago?? Now every player and his dog is getting it lol, blimey 6 signings?? I knew u'd signed a few didnt think it were that many

[Neko Bazu]

Jul 10, 2009 20:02:59 GMT -1 @derbiean said:

Oh god not this injury again, this injury didnt even exist wat 10 years ago?? Now every player and his dog is getting it lol, blimey 6 signings?? I knew u'd signed a few didnt think it were that many

I was just thinking that... I remember when it used to be a broken foot

[PureOldGold]

Jul 10, 2009 20:02:59 GMT -1 @derbiean said:

Oh god not this injury again, this injury didnt even exist wat 10 years ago?? Now every player and his dog is getting it lol, blimey 6 signings?? I knew u'd signed a few didnt think it were that many

I think it did, but they refered to it as a foot injury probably. Yeah six and counting, we're sneaking them in early so no one notices.

[derbiean]

Jul 10, 2009 20:05:21 GMT -1 PureOldGold said:

Jul 10, 2009 20:02:59 GMT -1 @derbiean said:

Oh god not this injury again, this injury didnt even exist wat 10 years ago?? Now every player and his dog is getting it lol, blimey 6 signings?? I knew u'd signed a few didnt think it were that many

I think it did, but they refered to it as a foot injury probably. Yeah six and counting, we're sneaking them in early so no one notices.

Good thinking that POG i like it, i'll cheering ur lot to stay up, not Burnley tho no no no no they can go down and take our record too cos they signed Mears (yes i hate him that much) ;D

[El Morto La Hoja!]

back in my day we didn't have METATAR-SIIILS!

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You met a who?

[El Morto La Hoja!]

TAR SIL!

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It's no oil ledge

[Neko Bazu]

It's better than a grease shelf though...