Mus Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Stupid question but what with our record on this I would like to think that the club thoroughly vets players before signing. Can imagine agents ringing the club saying 'oh yes he's been out for years with a bad knee, but he's fine now' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Yes, we send them to a vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlofOliveGrove Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Standard practice to do a medical..........you'd hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffjohnsonmyhero Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Andy Hinchcliffe failed his medical at spurs ,We signed him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe P. Coltrane Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Blind pew conducts our medicals... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striggy Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) The thing is, what is injury prone? Unless a player has an underlying medical condition that is identifiable that leads to weak bones, muscle problems etc, then all he will have is a record that he was unlucky enough to get injured and has now recovered. A hamstring tear every 6 months may be a giveaway, but an impact injury every 6 months just means they have been kicked a lot, is that injury prone? Edited January 10, 2020 by Striggy "nobody told me there would be days like these!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Claw Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 abdi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowl Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Some player put themselves in harms way every game with hard tackles or doing what Fletcher does. Others like Reach rarely tackle or get in the mix where they might get hurt. Hardly surprising some get injured more than others. I know theres more to it than that but it just indicates that you need to look closely at the type of player and the type of injury. You also get players who will try to come back before they are properly fit (Lee) they end up with longer term injuries but take the risk to help the team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ferkorf Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 42 minutes ago, wilyfox said: Yes, we send them to a vet. I can think of a few cases where they should have been given the needle aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, The Claw said: abdi Oddly he wasn't really injury prone when we signed him. He played in 32 PL + 6 cup games for Watford the previous season, starting 29 of them and was only absent from their squad twice. Then he came here and after looking quite decent in pre-season he just...broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatter Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Bit like the army medical my dad told me about when he was called up in WW2. ‘Stand on this scale. 12 st 2 .good , 5’10” tall, very good, Cough please, Splendid you’re A1 ‘ And off he went to fight the Germans.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Well we got rid of our full medical team and Carlos brought his own in and we saw what happened there most of the did not know one end of a stethoscope from the other and we had 15 players out injured. I think what we have know is better but missing 4 match over xmas for Fletch with a cold makes me wonder about the validity of some at the club. Fessi jarred his knee in November and two month later has still not returned. I wonder if the modern football is wrapped in a little bit too much cotton wool, as in the real world as me old man used to say suck it up son and get on with it. I still chuckle 4 games for a cold dear god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Mus said: Stupid question but what with our record on this I would like to think that the club thoroughly vets players before signing. Can imagine agents ringing the club saying 'oh yes he's been out for years with a bad knee, but he's fine now' Our medical consists of watching a player being able to walk from his car into the training ground. If he manages that, then we sign him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 20 minutes ago, alanharper said: Oddly he wasn't really injury prone when we signed him. He played in 32 PL + 6 cup games for Watford the previous season, starting 29 of them and was only absent from their squad twice. Then he came here and after looking quite decent in pre-season he just...broke. Obliviously an underlying issue with him hence a first team premier league regular signed for a championship side . He optimises how awfully run we are / have been Over the last few years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 35 minutes ago, The Claw said: abdi I think there was more to Abdi than physical injuries. Something went off there. All very odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcx666 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 The only player I think we have failed a medical for in the las30 years was Gavin Gunning (think it was him), who failed his medical, promptly signed for Birmingham, and after 2 games he promptly fell to pieces and missed the entire season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatter Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, S36 OWL said: Our medical consists of watching a player being able to walk from his car into the training ground. If he manages that, then we sign him. I know for a fact they all have to park 10 minutes away. Ask Grant McCann. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Neg Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 90% of our signings are brokered by this fella. Fact 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justbeanz Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, wilyfox said: Yes, we send them to a vet. Wouldn't surprise me. Jeez some of the donkeys we sign. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrysgame Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 41 minutes ago, alanharper said: Oddly he wasn't really injury prone when we signed him. He played in 32 PL + 6 cup games for Watford the previous season, starting 29 of them and was only absent from their squad twice. Then he came here and after looking quite decent in pre-season he just...broke. Think we only check physical things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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