Jezza Boost

Boro pace-man, Jeremie Aliadiere, has set his sights on a return to action and has announced that he is wishing to be fit for the big home clash with Chelsea in just under 3 weeks.

Aliadiere limped out of the 3-0 defeat to West Ham with a hamstring injury and was expected to be out for a while and, whilst the news will come as somewhat of a boost for Gareth Southgate, he will still be without 3 strikers and Julio Arca for some time after Mido was ruled out for 3 weeks with an injury that he aggravated in the 2-0 defeat at Goodison Park.

Southgate will have to go with Dong Gook Lee and youngster Tom Craddock in the few games before the return of Aliadiere and Mido, unless he decides just to put a complete stop to our goalscoring chances and play Lee, yet to score in the league, up front alone.