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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=629 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=3><DIV class=mxb><DIV class=sh>Blades suffer Hulse injury blow </DIV></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=416><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=203 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><DIV>
<DIV class=cap>Hulse is treated on the pitch before being carried off</DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Sheffield United striker Rob Hulse is set to miss the rest of the season after suffering a suspected broken leg in the Premiership defeat by Chelsea.
And boss Neil Warnock revealed Hulse, 27, may miss the start of the next campaign, having gone off after a 22nd-minute collision with Petr Cech.
"Rob's likely to be out for the season, and maybe some of the next," he said.
"It looks like a double fracture and it's disappointing to lose him but we will know more over the next few days."
Hulse, United's leading scorer this season, was stretching to reach a low Keith Gillespie cross midway through the first-half when he collided with Chelsea keeper Cech.
"When I went for the ball we hit each other and I knew it was a strong hit," Cech told his club's official website.
"I was happy the ball went the other way and it wasn't a goal but when I saw him lying behind, I saw his leg so I knew it was going to be a problem.
"Of course it was an accident but it is always sad when you see a fellow professional injured on the pitch. It was very unlucky."
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We have to move on and it gives others an opportunity <BR clear=all></DIV></DIV><DIV class=mva><DIV class=mva>Neil Warnock</DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Warnock's side slipped a place to 17th in the table after the 3-0 defeat and are seven points above the relegation zone, with eight matches remaining.
But instead of dwelling on the setback of being without Hulse for the run-in, Warnock focused on the positives.
"We have to move on and it gives others an opportunity," he added.
"We've got Jonathan Stead, Christian Nade and Danny Webber, and then there's Luton Shelton, who is getting better."
<DIV class=arr>Squad selector: Who would you play in attack for the Blades? </DIV>
Hulse has scored eight Premiership goals this term, which is almost a third of the club's total and more than double any of his team-mates.
Webber has struck three times, while Nade and Stead, a January arrival from Sunderland, have two to their name in the league.
Jamaican international Shelton, who also arrived in the January transfer window, is yet to make his United debut after joining from Helsingborg. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<DIV class=cap>Hulse is treated on the pitch before being carried off</DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Sheffield United striker Rob Hulse is set to miss the rest of the season after suffering a suspected broken leg in the Premiership defeat by Chelsea. And boss Neil Warnock revealed Hulse, 27, may miss the start of the next campaign, having gone off after a 22nd-minute collision with Petr Cech.
"Rob's likely to be out for the season, and maybe some of the next," he said.
"It looks like a double fracture and it's disappointing to lose him but we will know more over the next few days."
Hulse, United's leading scorer this season, was stretching to reach a low Keith Gillespie cross midway through the first-half when he collided with Chelsea keeper Cech.
"When I went for the ball we hit each other and I knew it was a strong hit," Cech told his club's official website.
"I was happy the ball went the other way and it wasn't a goal but when I saw him lying behind, I saw his leg so I knew it was going to be a problem.
"Of course it was an accident but it is always sad when you see a fellow professional injured on the pitch. It was very unlucky."
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=208 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=5>
</TD><TD class=sibtbgq><DIV><DIV class=mva> We have to move on and it gives others an opportunity <BR clear=all></DIV></DIV><DIV class=mva><DIV class=mva>Neil Warnock</DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Warnock's side slipped a place to 17th in the table after the 3-0 defeat and are seven points above the relegation zone, with eight matches remaining.
But instead of dwelling on the setback of being without Hulse for the run-in, Warnock focused on the positives.
"We have to move on and it gives others an opportunity," he added.
"We've got Jonathan Stead, Christian Nade and Danny Webber, and then there's Luton Shelton, who is getting better."
<DIV class=arr>Squad selector: Who would you play in attack for the Blades? </DIV>
Hulse has scored eight Premiership goals this term, which is almost a third of the club's total and more than double any of his team-mates.
Webber has struck three times, while Nade and Stead, a January arrival from Sunderland, have two to their name in the league.
Jamaican international Shelton, who also arrived in the January transfer window, is yet to make his United debut after joining from Helsingborg. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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