Duo injury blow

Last updated : 20 December 2002 By FulhamMAD

The Cottagers already have a long list of players out injured and the last news they needed was that striker Boa Morte has failed to recover from a thigh strain suffered in Sunday's 1-0 home defeat against Birmingham.

And, midfielder Clark faces another lengthy spell out of the game after tearing his calf in training having only just returned to full-time training after a long lay-off with an Achilles injury.

Manager Jean Tigana is now desperately short in attack, with strike trio Louis Saha (hamstring), Facundo Sava (calf) and Barry Hayles (neck) all sidelined for Saturday's match with Newcastle and Junichi Inamoto is out for a month with ligament damage to his ankle.