Minor injuries

[Sussex Nomad]

There's a few moans at the players here,

It's a very gentle knock, that's me out for three weeks.

 

[sir albion]

Must say we get so many knocks its unreal,seems at least two a week.

 

[Falkor]

I'd love to be say 25 and a pro footy player, out for a year and picking up say a quarter million pounds for doing f*** all. I have never known an industry like it where a lollipop thrown in the direction of your thigh gives you two weeks off.

Most players will have a clause in there contract with regards to injuries like this, I believe Dyer at West Ham lost a certain amount of pay after a certain time out

 

[Goring Gull]

Football is just another workplace despite what the deluded fan may say. It's a job and in the same way you get your workshy office sicknote you get the same in Football.

 

[public school boy]

My friend Morris needs a new Big end!!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I played with a minor muscle problem about 12 months ago... It resulted in me not being able to play for close to 7 months..

There's many a good player who played with pain killing injections years ago who have had to have joints replaced now before their time. Peter Ward is just one example.

 

[Falkor]

that said stonner is racing in the GP today with torn ankle ligaments and a fractured ankle, thats pretty good going

 

[Deven]

I do have some issues about the second one but not going to share the time. I think
they can consider it disgusting and I might be banned from the community lolz..
let me discuss it with some friend.

 

[Deven]

I do have some issues about the second one but not going to share the time. I think
they can consider it disgusting and I might be banned from the community lolz..
let me discuss it with some friend.

Camberwell Gym

 

[Brovion]

Non league players are not anywhere near the fitness level of a pro player, so can play with minor tweaks as they are never going to test their bodies to the limit. Pro push their bodies tot he limit every week (well some do) so if any part of the body is injured, then they cannot perform to the top level (or something like that)

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Indeed. It's also why non-league and park players can play after a skinful of beer, but for top players, the finely-tuned athletes, drinking alcohol is like putting diesel in a Formula One car. And yes I know back in the 1970s Ron Harris and Jack Charlton would each drink thirteen pints of light and bitter in the dressing room before the match and then go out and pull each other's legs off, but the game's changed now.

 

[Elliott22]

Non league players are not anywhere near the fitness level of a pro player, so can play with minor tweaks as they are never going to test their bodies to the limit. Pro push their bodies tot he limit every week (well some do) so if any part of the body is injured.....

 

[owenthemonkey]

this is a f***ing stupid post. League football is an elite level sport and teams need players to be 100% fit to win. They are highly tuned athletes comapared to the 60's,70's, 80's and even 90's. Injuries happen a lot more due to the intensity of the training and the lighter technologically advanced footwear.