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Southgate looks to Mido return

A BOXING day bashing at Birmingham has set the alarm bells ringing at Middlesbrough again.
A Stewart Downing own goal, a Mikael Forssell strike and Gary McSheffrey's late penalty condemned Boro to defeat.
They are now just three points clear of the relegation zone and manager Gareth Southgate has admitted his side are missing their injured Egyptian striker Mido who has been sidelined since October.Southgate would love to have him back in the side as soon as possible but has admitted he cannot set a date for his return.
"He has been out with a stress injury and it is difficult to put a time on his return," said Southgate.
"He is back in training but it is not a ligament injury where you can put a definite time span on it."It is a case of building up in training. We have to make sure that we are doing it at the right level."I cannot see him playing a part in the Christmas period. He is desperately keen to do so but just because we have had a couple of bad results we cannot alter our thinking on what is right for him and us."It is an injury he has had on and off and it flared up again soon after he joined us."This means we have lost three strikers this year and highlights the shortage of experience in that area.

"We are in a position in the table we do not want to be in. But we are realistic of what can be achieved."It is only hard work and endeavour, and better quality than we showed against Birmingham, that will get us through this difficult period.

"And Southgate admitted the Blues had been well worth their win."We didn't deserve anything from the game," he said. "I thought we were very, very poor in the first half and didn't get out of the traps."I've heard people use the phase 'we have turned the corner.

' I knew we hadn't and the evidence is there for everyone to see. There is a tremendous amount of hard work to be done."I think we let ourselves down because 3-0 is a very poor result. Now we have to roll up our sleeves up and work together to get ourselves back on track. We have to go to Portsmouth and do that."

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Mido back on training

Shawky In But No Mido For Egypt

Shawky has been named in Egypt's provisional squad for next month's African Nations Cup in Ghana - but his Boro team-mate Mido has not.
Shawky is included even though he has yet to start a Barclays Premier League game for Boro, while Mido has been out of action since the defeat at Chelsea on October 20 with a pubic bone problem.
However, he is now back in training and there is a chance he will play a part in the competition, especially if Egypt make the latter stages.

Manager Gareth Southgate said: "That could change, but it's unlikely that Mido is going to play before the middle of January so he won't really have played any games, so they will have that in mind."
The tournament begins on January 20 and the final takes place in Accra on February 10.

Boro 1 - West ham 2 .. goals,Highlights

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Southgate defends injured Mido

Gareth Southgate has defended Egyptian striker Mido, who has only played for Middlesbrough eight times since leaving Spurs for £6 million in August.
The ‘Boro manager insists that Mido’s injury has interrupted an otherwise promising season.
"People have suggested Mido has not been a good signing, yet he scored two goals in his first two games and he's been pretty much injured since,” Southgate said.
"There have been bogus stories about him going missing from the training ground, which doesn't help. It's something that has frustrated him and me.

Mido has been injured for two months, and Southgate says his recovery is on schedule.

"I know how much he wants to get back and he's on course, but he has to see if there's any reaction. He's frustrated because he wants to be out there scoring goals and he was thrilled to bits with the way he started here. Now he feels down because he can't contribute.''
However, he still admitted that he is likely to look for forwards in the January transfer window.
"We've been caught a bit short. We could maybe have taken another striker, but it wouldn't have been anyone we would have had long-term faith in.
"I have to carry the can for that, but we've been hit with injuries in that area and, after January, we have to make sure we have plenty of cover.''

Mido waits on Egypt decision

MIDO today revealed that he was open minded about his potential participation in the African Nations Cup.

The Boro striker, who is making a rapid recovery from his pubic bone injury, is likely to be named provisionally in the Egypt squad for the tournament, which runs from January 20-February 10 in Ghana.

If Mido takes part he could be away from Teesside for up to a month, because the Egyptian team will be gathering for preparation work early in January.

Mido told the Evening Gazette: “I have spoken to the Egyptian Federation and to the manager and we agree that it is too early to say what will happen at the moment.

“It would be difficult for me to go to the African Cup if I was not fully fit. I need to be a lot fitter before I can make a decision.

“If I am to play well for my country I need to be ready and able to perform.
“So we will have to wait what happens over the next two or three weeks.”

Mido is gradually building up his fitness with twice daily work-outs at Rockliffe Park.
He is not yet ready to return to full training, but hopes to be back early next year.

His African Nations Cup decision will then ultimately be taken out of his hands.
If he is fully fit, and available, then Egypt would have every right to call him up.

Mido : I will get goals

Mido insist Middlesbrough will not need a new striker in January.
The Egyptian international has been limited to just seven games since his £6million move from Tottenham in the summer.
He is not expected to return from injury until January - but he remains up-beat about Boro's striking issues.

Hope

"When I come back fit, I don't think there will be a need for the club to bring in another striker," he said.

"We have Jeremie [Aliadiere] working his socks off and I believe the goals will come from him.

"Tuncay is also a class striker. He's a guy we can depend on.
"The gaffer will have to decide whether he wants to bring anyone in and how much competition he wants, and I can understand that while I am not fit.

"But I am sure that I can get back soon and start scoring goals for the team.
"People say that we did not replace Yakubu and Viduka, but nobody would be saying that if I wasn't injured.

"Yakubu didn't want to stay, Viduka didn't want to stay and, while they are very good players, if players don't want to stay then you can't keep them.
"It was the same with me at Spurs. I wanted to leave and I was happy to come here.
"I know all about the Premier League, but Aliadiere needed time to settle in and for Tuncay it was a move to a different culture and a different type of football. Tuncay also speaks a different language.
"When [Zinedine] Zidane joined Juventus they were talking about letting him go after six months. Fortunately for them, they stuck with him.
"Tuncay is scoring goals now and that has helped his confidence."

Injury

Mido is hopeful he will be back sooner than expected.
"The medical staff are very pleased with my progress," he told the Evening Gazette.
"I am working really hard on the physical side and doing everything right to get fit. I believe I will be back much sooner than the original estimates. Maybe three weeks, no more, I hope.
"But it's one of those injuries where you can not set a time scale.
"It's in the bone. It's more difficult to deal with than a muscle injury, or a tendon injury.
"I played in some games where I wasn't 100 per cent fit.
"I had no pre-season with Spurs but I went straight into the games here because they needed me. I picked up the injury against Sunderland and I played in games while I was carrying the injury and this made it worse.
"It was probably not the most sensible thing at to do, but at the time both Jeremie Aliadiere and Tuncay were injured and I felt the team needed me.
"I was the most available striker, if you like, even though I was not 100 per cent.
"Some players choose not to play in those situations, some do.
"It's been very frustrating. My injury came at such a bad time. I feel responsible towards the manager and the team.
"The manager brought me here and I want to play football for him and do well. I wish I was on the pitch. I feel that if I was, I would make a big contribution.

"I know that I can score goals when I come back."

Derby 0 - Boro 1 .. Goals,Highlights

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Boro 2 - Arsenal 1 .. Match goals,Highlights

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