Job to miss Hammers clash

Middlesbrough‘s Joseph-Desire Job is out of tomorrow’s Premiership clash with West Ham after fracturing his skull.

The Cameroon international suffered a crack at the base of his skull in a clash of heads with defender Darren Moore in the 1-0 defeat at West Brom last weekend, and has been ordered to rest for at least 10 days.

Full-back Robbie Stockdale is still struggling with a heel problem, but keeper Mark Schwarzer has recovered from a hand injury and Frenchman Franck Queudrue returns from suspension.

PROVISIONAL SQUAD: Schwarzer, Crossley, Parnaby, Vidmar, Queudrue, Southgate, Ehiogu, Cooper, Greening, Geremi, Boateng, Marinelli, Wilson, Johnston, Whelan, Boksic, Maccarone, Nemeth.