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When he says difficult decisions will have to be made in the Summer to avoid a repeat of the injury crisis this season. 

 

Get rid of half the squad? 

Reduce the age of the squad?

Sack another medical team?

Or send them all to boot camp and running up and down the Alps to get them fit? 

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3 minutes ago, Owl 44 said:

When he says difficult decisions will have to be made in the Summer to avoid a repeat of the injury crisis this season. 

 

Get rid of half the squad? 

Reduce the age of the squad?

Sack another medical team?

Or send them all to boot camp and running up and down the Alps to get them fit? 

The fourth option is an easy one to make, it's an absolute must .

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Jos wants to identify the underlying cause of these injuries. It’s too many to just be bad luck, something is (or was) systematically wrong. 

 

I’m not ITK and this is second hand info, but a old colleague I trust told me he’d been talking to one of the physio staff recently (not sure if from the old or new team). 

 

He said that they always prepared detailed rehab plans which Carlos never once followed - he just got them playing after a couple of days back in training. 

 

Chimes with what Hutch was saying recently about Jos easing him back slowly, when Carlos always left it to him to declare himself fit. 

 

Would explain a few things if true. 

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CC didn't need a squad of ultra fit players, just tip tappy types...He did not believe work horses would secure promotion, to some extent I agree.

But for the machine to work properly a few needed to be dead fit and make sure the bearings are well oiled...unfortunately he didn't grease up the component parts and had no maintenance plan.lol

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Westwood - groin injury - operation -suffered setback - out 5 months

Jack Hunt - knee injury - two spells out - longest 1-2 months

Morgan Fox - hamstring - out 2 months

Tom Lees - groin injury - operation - out 5 months

Joost Van Aken - hamstring - suffered setback - now needs operation - out 4 months

Sam Hutchinson - fractured leg and hernia operation - only played 7 games all season

Barry Bannan - hip injury - suffered setback - out 4 months

Ross Wallace - knee injury - operation - out 4 months

Kieran Lee - hip injury - 2nd operation - out 6 months

George Boyd - shoulder injury - 2 operations - out 4 months

Fernando Forestieri - acl injury - operation - out 7 months

Steven Fletcher - knee injury - operation - out 5 months

Gary Hooper - groin/hip injury - out 4 months

Sean Clare - ankle injury - operation - out 2 months

Marco Matias - ? - suffered setback - out 2 months 

Almen Abdi - every part of his body - out for most of season 

 

That doesn't even include short term injuries to some of other players who have missed games like Palmer, Joao, etc.

 

Unbelievable when you see it written down.

That's 10 players needing operations and 11 players out for 4 months plus.

Something certainly does need to change.

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2 minutes ago, @owlstalk said:



Offload the players that are always injured

^^^^^this I would have thought. Difficult when it comes to players like the Hutch.

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4 minutes ago, debram said:

But well paid, dont add up, hes a genius or very good con man to have pulled it off

Abdi was fantastic for Watford, Watford fans insist he was better than FF. His nickname was "the professor" because of how precise he was. 

 

Hope we actually get to see him at the best, was so excited when we signed him. Did Carlos ruin him?

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3 minutes ago, Owl 44 said:

Easier said than done. They're all under contract. Who's going to buy them?

 

That should be easy enough.

 

We just need to find a club that's recently been bought by a rich chap with no idea about football. 

Then we need to persuade him to get some expert advice by signing up some agents to do his scouting for him.  Agents who... have several of our players of their list of assests.

:ph34r::ph34r::ph34r::ph34r:

 

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7 minutes ago, Owl 44 said:

Westwood - groin injury - operation -suffered setback - out 5 months

Jack Hunt - knee injury - two spells out - longest 1-2 months

Morgan Fox - hamstring - out 2 months

Tom Lees - groin injury - operation - out 5 months

Joost Van Aken - hamstring - suffered setback - now needs operation - out 4 months

Sam Hutchinson - fractured leg and hernia operation - only played 7 games all season

Barry Bannan - hip injury - suffered setback - out 4 months

Ross Wallace - knee injury - operation - out 4 months

Kieran Lee - hip injury - 2nd operation - out 6 months

George Boyd - shoulder injury - 2 operations - out 4 months

Fernando Forestieri - acl injury - operation - out 7 months

Steven Fletcher - knee injury - operation - out 5 months

Gary Hooper - groin/hip injury - out 4 months

Sean Clare - ankle injury - operation - out 2 months

Marco Matias - ? - suffered setback - out 2 months 

Almen Abdi - every part of his body - out for most of season 

 

That doesn't even include short term injuries to some of other players who have missed games like Palmer, Joao, etc.

 

Unbelievable when you see it written down.

That's 10 players needing operations and 11 players out for 4 months plus.

Something certainly does need to change.

Wow a total of 6 years injuries, are we insured against the loss ? That's getting on for £7 million in spaffed wages !

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1 hour ago, shtommer said:

Jos wants to identify the underlying cause of these injuries. It’s too many to just be bad luck, something is (or was) systematically wrong. 

 

I’m not ITK and this is second hand info, but a old colleague I trust told me he’d been talking to one of the physio staff recently (not sure if from the old or new team). 

 

He said that they always prepared detailed rehab plans which Carlos never once followed - he just got them playing after a couple of days back in training. 

 

Chimes with what Hutch was saying recently about Jos easing him back slowly, when Carlos always left it to him to declare himself fit. 

 

Would explain a few things if true. 

Maybe, but eased Hutch and Van Aken back in very slowly and they still broke again.

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