Joleon had a ten-minute operation to remove the rogue chip of bone and will start his recovery programme in a couple of weeks after a precautionary delay for natural wear and tear on the knee.
Wednesday night's defeat at White Hart Lane was the first game he had missed since arriving from Everton and making his debut in the 2-0 Carling Cup victory at Crystal Palace in August.
Manager Mark Hughes, already without Ivory Coast centre-half Kolo Toure during January, hopes Lescott will be back in five to six weeks but could move for a defender in the transfer window.
This can only be bad news. The reason our defence has been so bad this season is because Lescott and Touré have failed to gel properly. Despite all the criticism he's been getting, he is not inherently a bad player. There are certainly questions to be asked of why it has taken so long for them to function as a unit (whereas Richard Dunne and James Collins have managed it at Villa very quickly), but a long disruption - particularly with Kolo on international duty - can only be a bad thing. Plus side, we get a new defender to moan about in January. My money's on Upson. Although if we're insistent on buying from the Premier League I'm increasingly impressed with that new Irish guy at Aston Villa...
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This really sucks. Oh well it's not as if our defense was rock solid anyway. At least we've got money to buy someone to cover! Phew.
But we really need to sort out the defense soon.
How long does Hughes need? I've been very patient but... I'm getting a bit bored now. Letting in 6 goals in two games is just plain and simple rubbish. Top 4 teams just don't let that kind of thing happen. Our last goal against Spurs was very very poor...
Forget Matthew Upson. West Ham's defence is a shambles these days. We should ditch our proven premier league performer policy and seek out a talented, intelligent, commanding centre half from the continent.
I suppose you expect me to offer you one. Righto, how about Naldo at Werder Bremen?
Cahill from Bolton? Has a decent left foot from recent memory...
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