Mention injuries to Jimmy Calderwood and you're likely to get a wry smile from the Aberdeen manager, who spent the better part of last season rueing the absence of several key performers.
As a result, Aberdeen spent large parts of the campaign in the lower reaches of the SPL table before finally finishing in sixth spot. Calderwood could have been forgiven for a bout of fatalism after a season spent scrutinising the injury list, but instead he acted quickly to sign defensive midfielder, Karim Touzani, from Twente Enschede.
"I don't think we would have stood a chance of getting Karim had it not been for the injury," says Calderwood of Touzani, who was set to join PSV Eindhoven in 2002 until he fractured his leg.