Pray not we deserve some injury luck. Semenyo one of the best players in the EPL at the moment
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[Albion] Starting XI for Bournemouth
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macbeth
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you’re still running with this? after FIVE appearances, and not a single full 90? christ alive
- Oct 20, 2022
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Even more so when you consider we have 10, yes 10, players out injured more than any other Club in the League along with Citeh - as many as we had in the second half of last season so a testimony to how TB built up the squad in the summer.
Also, considering Pep was moaning and groaning about their 10 injuries yet we still managed to beat them.
- Oct 17, 2008
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I don’t know how these footballers do it. I get ill whenever I fly, no matter whether I wear a face mask, eat and drink or not, and any flight longer than an hour or two seems to be knock me on my arse for a day. I’ve caught covid the last two times I’ve flown (double jabbed natch).
I appreciate they are fit young men in great health, but still, flying long haul, training, playing in a match, then flying long haul… it must be absolutely exhausting
I appreciate they are fit young men in great health, but still, flying long haul, training, playing in a match, then flying long haul… it must be absolutely exhausting
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Interesting that Dunk is still out.
He pulled up in the warm up against Wolves, with "a small muscle injury" and hasn't been available since.
Uh_huh_him
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aolstudios
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Possibly optimistic but I like it
- Oct 17, 2008
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Seems to happen so often - “just a small injury/strain” - and out for weeks and months. I wonder if the messaging from the club is always overly positive, yet the O’Riley injury sounded (and indeed was) very nasty and I wondered if we’d see him again this season. A surgery and rehab later he’s back scoring on his league debut just a few months later. Incredible
Milano
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O'Riley has had 2 weeks since City. He must be getting close to being able to start.
If Dunk is fit he might start Igor at LB. Pervis is a risk IMO given the travel.
Attacking wise Mitoma, Adringa, Ensico, Gruda and O'Riley could come off the bench. That is awesome.
I posted earlier, FB is going to have a real headache come the Soton game. Not just starting 11, the 20.
ChickenDipper
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Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Yes, I think I agree with this.
I've also seen a couple of videos talking about the no midfield tactic which explained a lot of what I was seeing and not enjoying. The Chelsea game and first half against Spurs were prime examples for me of this not working.
Our matches seem to be all about momentum. When we have it we're very good, and at the start of the season when we didn't we we're pretty abject. It feels like we're starting to control the chaos a little now. When we're not on the front foot we are a little more resilient - Newcastle and Liverpool being the examples that spring to mind and even the first half against City.
So if we can learn to weather the storm when we don't have the momentum and then can unleash chaos on command when we do I'm on board with FH's tactics. It's only a small sample size so far but we seem to be moving in the right direction and I'd hope that will only continue with more games and the new/injured players settling in/back into the team.
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6 weeks+ for even a minor calf strain isn't unusual (I've had LOADS
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Wieffer and moder can't be trusted to start at present in my eyes.
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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They don't need to.
aolstudios
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Me too. Seems trivial but an absolute bugger to fully recover from6 weeks+ for even a minor calf strain isn't unusual (I've had LOADS
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Very, very easy to re-strain it during rehab too..................the soleus (if it is that) is particularly slow to heal and also quite difficult to get to for physio/manipulation too, slowing down recovery even more
aolstudios
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Yep. I'd think I was fighting fit, then 2 minutes into my first game back, there it'd go
