We have a couple of players who have trained at Bolton, so I've gotten a couple of reports on how he is. I'm hoping that I get over to England in the next couple of months to try to see him play. They've seen some tape of games, so they know the field's not gonna be perfect. It's not going to be a big shock to us. You just need to use your experience and deal with whatever the conditions might be.
Every player has to be replacable.
If that's not your mentality, we would have a very difficult time playing. We've played a number of games without Claudio. Clearly the player we will look to fill Claudio's position is Tab Ramos. He's coming off a very good MLS season, he's a very experienced player at this level, and he should be able to deal with the demands of this game. He's a player we feel can get the job done at the center of the midfield.