Strange 'luck' with injuries this season.

[Gedson100]

STRANGE INJURY PATTERNS aka IT HELPS TO HAVE A SQUAD

OK: season starts PARKER is out for the long term.
Bad? Nope, means SANDRO is first choice whatever and he plays well until he gets injured for the rest of the season just as PARKER returns from long term injury. Neatly slots into SANDRO's position, nobody is sulking on the bench; on we go.

A week in: Fuck. KABOUL is out long term. That's shit, he's our best centre back. And that's £9m we were gonna get from QPR for DAWSON that we ain't getting. Ah well, CAULKER will get games & might settle. Fast forward a few months GALLAS picks up a knock: wait! DAWSON is back in the team, playing well every week & looks top class again, what luck!

Three matches in: ASSOU-EKOTTO out long term. Shit. We've not got any other left backs, have we? NAUGHTON can play there though & he's just come back to the club & might benefit from the games to settle back in; sure enough he does OK. Also VERTONGHEN can cover out there giving CAULKER a few more matches, him being new to the squad and not first on the team sheet...

ADEBAYOR has arrived late & isn't fit to start a match til November, luckily DEFOE is fit thoughout. No sulking on the bench for our Jermain. Fast forward to DEFOE getting injured & ADEBAYOR arrives (just) back to play & gets injured just as DEFOE comes back to fitness. How convenient!

SIGURDSSON's been quiet this season, taken time to find his feet. Must be hard getting 5 minutes every game and having to wait in line behind DEMPSEY. Oh wait, DEMPSEY is injured and SIGURDSSON is getting half an hour. Does well. Now he's starting. DEMPSEY nowhere to be seen.

So yeah.

Our injury problems: legendarily shit and don't seem to be improving much. But, and i'm crossing fingers / touching wood; they've been weirdly copable and haven't harmed us nearly as much as they could have.

Is LENNON out now? Will this be the making of HOLTBY.... I'd not be surprised...

 

[KaribYid]

You know you've probably gone and jinxed us right?

 

[InOffMeLeftShin]

Um would still rather have Kaboul and Sandro fit and the long term injuries are annoying when the squad isn't really deep. But yes some of the timing has been a little lucky.

 

[chinaman]

You make your own luck. So I'd credit AVB with managing to get the best out of everybody.

 

[shyfx2k2]

I actually think our injury problems have got better this season. AVB was talking about how training is designed to reduce injuries and we have definitely seen a reduction in short term injuries (2 weeks to 2 months out). Of course there have been a few but we have not had to play Huddlestone and Livermore at CB at any point this season, unlike previous ones.

 

[mezza84]

Ok, so how can we jinx it? Awesome jinx thread.

Or I am drunk and should go to bed?

 

[beats1]

if we were lucky we would had dempsey injured earlier as his first ten games were shocking, yes i hear ya, he had a minor run of form and got goals and assists.....







but Fuck it I take it all back, he was shite and lucky

FUCK YOU DEMPSEY LOVERS!!!!!

 

[Strikeb4ck]

Well, that's Defoe's leg broken at the weekend.

 

[domw001]

Shutupshutupshutupshutup

*fingers in ears* lalalalalalalalalala....

 

[Jaffer99]

Very good article..

 

[Mouse!]

Do players take steroids while injured?

 

[only1waddle]

It really is about time we had some luck

 

[hughy]

Did anyone else read the names in a Brian Blessed voice?