Yes, injuries are part of the game, and to quote John Kear, one man's misfortune is another man's opportunity, to do otherwise would make that man go through the motions when called on, and if Ali was a true squad man he would be the frist to say that the man that replaced him should keep the shirt if he'd done the job.
Maybe part of our problem this season is that there hasn't been enough of that attitude in the club, if there is no real incentive for the players with the shirts to perform then they are likely to get complacent and go through the motions, and have we seen some going through the motions this season.

We looked a better side with Sykes back on the pitch.

Agree and he did the basics very well such as kicking pinning them on their 10m line.

Our kicking game was a marked improvement with some very good kick to put them on there 10m, however we still managed to kick one out on the full just to frustrate the fans, along with the two messed up KO's

I was complimenting Timmy with the kicks not Sykes but he did do a decent job apart from kicking one out on the full. Something to improve on isn't it