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Claret and Hugh has learned within the last few minutes that Niclas Füllkrug will be sidelined for at least three months.

kylay wrote: ↑14 Jan 2025, 14:54

onsideman wrote: ↑13 Jan 2025, 11:21 If it's a grade 3 tear then 3 months would be accurate - if not conservative for someone over 30 and who clearly has issues with soft tissue recoveries

If it's grade 3, that's a MIchael-Owen level tear and 3 months would be a bare minimum especially at Fullkrug's age. Needless to say, he would lose a step on an already slow player. I haven't seen anything saying it's that bad nor do injury reports usually indicate that level of detail.

He'll be fortunate not to have surgery on it. Poor cսnt could barely walk on it unassisted and needed carrying down the touchline to the dressing room in the end. Can't see him back before 3 months and they should take extra precaution with him what with his medical history and age. Leg's like snapped elastic bands and effectively the new Danny Ings back-up Striker for the next few seasons now once Ings contract is up this summer. 

onsideman wrote: ↑13 Jan 2025, 11:21 If it's a grade 3 tear then 3 months would be accurate - if not conservative for someone over 30 and who clearly has issues with soft tissue recoveries

Dust off those “Forrest Gump” leg irons. Think they are in the Andy Carroll named “fitness” room. High tech, state of the art , rehab centre built just for Carroll. Complete with full bar, class A drugs, iron lung and crematorium.  

FullCrock is in the best place and the hands of experts including the taxidemermist who got Rodruiguez, Soucek and previous players like Kovac back to full speed

Some good news coming out of the Physio room...

Jarrod Bowen is back training on the grass with club physios way ahead of schedule. The 28 year old is determined to return to action as soon as possible following his time out with a broken bone in his foot 

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RootsRadical wrote: ↑13 Jan 2025, 13:34

Any news of Summerville's injury?

 

Fancy he'll be back early-mid March. Gutted with this one as felt he was going to be an asset until May.

Isn't a hamstring injury always a risk after a previous injury due to the way you may walk with the previous injury which weakens the hamstrings?

Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑13 Jan 2025, 12:11 The main issue with Salthouse, Silkman and / or Mackay (et al) deciding who we buy is that once they've trousered the commission, they don't give a fuck about how their player performs - especially if he's well past his "best before" date and this is a last-time buy..

Why Sullivan even bothers to deal with people dealing in products like that is beyond me.

The main issue with Salthouse, Silkman and / or Mackay (et al) deciding who we buy is that once they've trousered the commission, they don't give a fuck about how their player performs - especially if he's well past his "best before" date and this is a last-time buy..

Why Sullivan even bothers to deal with people dealing in products like that is beyond me.

Ings final year I think? One deadweight offloaded but dont put it past Sullivan, with help from Salthouse, Silkman and / or Mackay to bring in a new millstone this window.  

This signing has been nothing but an unmitigated disaster. It was sheer madness to lay out £27 million for an aging 31 year old striker who had never played outside of Germany before, and I stated so on here at the time.

It will be ridiculous if Fulkrug and Ings are still at the club next season. But nothing would surprise me with this club.

The treatment and medication for hamstring pulls now is much more advanced. However, even with that, I doubt we will see him again before end of Feb. 

onsideman wrote: ↑13 Jan 2025, 11:21 If it's a grade 3 tear then 3 months would be accurate - if not conservative for someone over 30 and who clearly has issues with soft tissue recoveries

If it's a grade 3 tear then 3 months would be accurate - if not conservative for someone over 30 and who clearly has issues with soft tissue recoveries

Three months for a hamstring pull? Cant see it. 

Yes, for all the debates about his fitness - and fitness for purpose - his goals and assists per minutes played was probably better than anyone else in our squad
 

Harsh on him for this one I think.

He was running as fast as he possibly could to put pressure on their back line after the ball left our half. 

It wasn't as necessary as he made it - I'd say he was obviously trying to impress. Early in the game and cold night. Shame. In the few minutes he's played I think he has 2 assists and 2 goals.

As for Antonio saying his diet made a difference...I think it was his effort and application in games that stopped him pulling muscles.

Official site says a number of weeks.

Nice and criptic, that could mean 2-3 weeks up to 100 weeks.

Does anybody at the club actually know how to handle, manage and train a (decent) striker?

The Sullivan Striker Curse…

Strikes again…

The Carthorse needs putting out to pasture. Shocking signing.

One Sunny Day" wrote: ↑12 Jan 2025, 17:00 The guy appears to be made of glass or something. Manages to crock himself for 3 months simply by running unimpeded. If he does play for us again, he'll probably play for 10 minutes before being put out for another 3 months by a leaf being blown into his leg. 

 

The guy appears to be made of glass or something. Manages to crock himself for 3 months simply by running unimpeded. If he does play for us again, he'll probably play for 10 minutes before being put out for another 3 months by a leaf being blown into his leg.