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George Wood is injured!!!

This was the headline in The Times's sports section. It was eye-catching. Those three exclamation points had a scary feel to them.

But no one disagreed with or misunderstood the headline. Any England fan should know the fact that George Wood had not once missed a game due to injury in the twelve years he'd been playing in the professional league. His only previous "injury" was a bleeding forehead after he collided with Makelele in the Champions League final in 07-08.