Kevin Thomson's 傷害 takes the 向こうずね off 特別奇襲隊員s' 平易な 勝利，勝つ at Kilmarnock

By Stephen Mcgowan for MailOnline Updated: 23:29 BST, 9 November 2008

特別奇襲隊員s will anxiously を待つ 実験（する） results on Kevin Thomson's 損失d 膝 after the midfielder was 担架d off in agony during the 4-0 thrashing of Kilmarnock.

There were just five minutes left when home striker David Fernandez fell ひどく on Thomson's 脚 in an 偶発の 衝突／不一致.

The 十分な extent of the 損失 has yet to be 設立するd, however, with Ibrox 経営者／支配人 Walter Smith 辞退するing to 予測（する） any repeat of the ligament trouble which afflicted Thomson as a Hibernian player four years ago.

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Agony: Thomson is grounded as the 特別奇襲隊員s players look on

'Kevin has 新たな展開d his 膝. There is a fair bit of swelling on it, so it's a little bit 早期に for anybody to give a 十分な diagnosis,' said the 特別奇襲隊員s 経営者／支配人.

'It will take a few days until anybody knows the 十分な extent of the 損失. I don't know what it will be.'

Television pictures of the 出来事/事件, however, seemed to 示唆する a serious 傷害.

Fernandez 苦しむd a horror 膝 傷害 playing against Celtic two years ago and was 明確に 関心d for the Ibrox 星／主役にする.

The Kilmarnock striker said: 'I don't really know what happened. As I was trying to 持つ／拘留する the ball, he was over the 最高の，を越す of me. When I fell, I just got up and started running, but I saw him 負かす／撃墜する and Kevin said he had done his 膝. I've been through it and, fingers crossed, I really hope it is not serious.?

'It is part of the game but you don't want anyone to get 負傷させるd like that. It's not nice at all.'

Thomson's misfortune appears to open the door for a return to the 特別奇襲隊員s starting line-up for 船長／主将 Barry Ferguson. Yet Smith 拒絶する／低下するd to 申し込む／申し出 any 保証（人）s in the 影響 of his 味方する's victory.

Kris Boyd 行方不明になるd a first-half 刑罰，罰則 but 特別奇襲隊員s didn't let it 影響する／感情 them and goals after the break from David Weir, Boyd, Kenny Miller and sub Steven Whittaker saw them collect the points.

'Barry will come 支援する in the team when he is ready,' said Smith. 'We've been careful with him to make sure he is ready.

'But Kevin's 傷害 doesn't take away any 窮地 for me. If you lose a player for a few games, it's not good. Kevin was our best player and had been doing 極端に 井戸／弁護士席 in 最近の weeks

'We didn't want to lose him so, hopefully, once it settles 負かす／撃墜する, we will know more and it might not be as bad as we think.

'Barry wasn't 予定 支援する until November 21, anyway, so he has been a bit ahead of schedule.

'He still needs a few games and we will see how he is in the next few days. But you saw today Steven Davis can go in there (central midfield) and play, which is a natural position. There are also other players who can play in that position.'?

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Hot streak: Scorers Kenny Miller and Kris Boyd (left) celebrate

Striker Boyd, who 得点する／非難する／２０d his 13th goal in 特別奇襲隊員s colours against the club he left almost three years ago, 表明するd sympathy for Thomson's 苦境.

'I didn't see much of it at the time,' said Boyd. 'We are disappointed but there is not much I can say at this time because we don't know the extent of the 傷害.

'He will be a big 行方不明になる if he is out for a long time. With Kevin's 傷害, Barry will be 支援する in and it's a shame that's the way it has to happen.

'Barry would be the first one to say that. But he is a class 行為／法令／行動する and will not 弱める us.'

Smith 認める that his players were under par in a first half - when Boyd's 行方不明になるd 刑罰，罰則 誘発する／引き起こすd a glut of wasted chances - 事前の to bursting from the 封鎖するs in the second half to go 2-0 up by the 54th minute.

'The first 15 or 20 minutes of the second half was our best （一定の）期間 in the game,' said the Ibrox boss. 'We didn't start the game 井戸／弁護士席 or play 同様に as we have been in 最近の weeks.

'We had a few 適切な時期s to 得点する／非難する／２０ but we started the second half brighter and had two good goals. We finished 堅固に and we are pleased to 勝利，勝つ the game, but a little bit disappointed by the way we played in the first half.

'We didn't play very 井戸／弁護士席 in the first half although, in 説 that, we 攻撃する，衝突する the 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 and 地位，任命する and 行方不明になるd a 刑罰，罰則.

'So it wasn't as if we we didn't create because we had a few 適切な時期s. But our 所有／入手 of the ball, which has been very good recently, was poor today in the first half. I was glad we were able to 選ぶ ourselves up and get out of that.'

For Kilmarnock 経営者／支配人 Jim Jefferies, there was another 傷害 to 競う with ahead of Wednesday's t 引き裂く to Celtic, a match which Manuel Pascali will 行方不明になる through 中断.

David Lilley and Simon Ford are already out and they were joined yesterday by Jamie Hamill.

'We had a lot of 肯定的なs in the first half but our second-half 防御の 業績／成果 was poor,' bemoaned Jefferies.

'I am hoping my players are 傷つけるing. Some of the boys did 承認する but a lot of them didn't do their 職業s. Some didn't 成し遂げる 井戸／弁護士席 enough but they will get another chance on Wednesday because we don't have that many 選択s with all the 傷害s.'