Iwelumo Out

Last updated : 13 August 2002 By Rob Stanway
Chris Iwelumo
Stoke's injury crisis deepened with the withdrawel of Chris Iwelumo from Wednesday nights squad.

Striker Iwelumo was forced to pull out after getting a thigh injury on Saturday at Sheffield Wednesday. He joins Cooke, Hoekstra and Oulare three of our best players on the injury list.

Director of football John Rudge said: "Chris is very doubtful for the game tomorrow ­ I would rate him as less than 50-50 at the moment.
"We've already got a very small squad, ­smaller than last season's, ­ but this leaves us very thin, so we'll have to see whether we can bring someone in on loan."