In the next couple of weeks, expect the media to start talking of yokozuna Asashoryu and his latest bout with the sniffles, being bunged up or perhaps having fallen victim to a mystery allergy -- again!
Kaio will, of course, be quoted again as saying how hard it is for him to move -- what with his dodgy 34-year-old back and all. You may get Kotooshu bemoaning the leg injury that contributed to him looking only a tad above average during 2006 and you will -- the weeks between basho just wouldn't be the same without it -- have ozeki Tochiazuma in consultation with his dad, his oyakata, over how to deal with his own latest knocked knee -- again!
In the case of Tochi, as he is set to go under the knife this week we know at present that at least he is a definite down and out. Meanwhile, with the yokozuna, sumo's top dog since late 2003, who really, uh, nose? He has these nasal calamities so often now that the words "attention" and "seeking" come to mind.