Rotherham United player sidelined by injury number three
SUMMER signing Marvin Kaleta is undergoing tests today after suffering another problem in the injury-hit start to his Rotherham United career.
The young wing-back has shown real potential when he has been available, but fitness issues have restricted him to just 15 appearances and only five League One starts.
After hamstring and groin complaints, he now had another hamstring concern and the Millers are about to learn the severity of the condition.
“We had to bring him off last week (against Huddersfield Town),” manager Matt Hamshaw told the Advertiser. “He just had a point of tenderness in his hamstring. He'll get a scan.”
Kaleta missed six weeks when he damaged his hamstring at Mansfield Town on September 7 and then hurt his groin in his comeback outing against Lincoln City on November 10 and was sidelined for a further month.
The 21-year-old was a spectator at the Toughsheet Community Stadium last night when Rotherham fell to a stoppage-time winner and lost for the fourth straight game to slip into the drop zone.
“We missed him, because he's an outlet for us to travel up the pitch,” Hamshaw said.
Meanwhile, the boss vented his frustration over the 2-1 defeat against fourth-placed Bolton whose opening goal on the stroke of half-time drew mass protests from the visitors.
Wanderers wide man Thierry Gale was in an offside position and impeded Rotherham defender Hamish Douglas as Josh Sheehan steered a low shot into the net.
“I don't know what offside is anymore,” Hamshaw said. “The interpretation of the rule is that if you make contact or if you block a view, you're offside.
“Their player clearly runs across Hamish who's going to clear the ball. He's coming from an offside position.
“We don't have VAR, we don't have the Premier League gadgets. I don't know what more I can say.”
The Millers head to Blackpool on Monday evening and then have home games against Peterborough United (January 1) and Mansfield Town (January 4).