Vinnie’s last game was August 31st. What was supposed to be just a knock has made him miss almost 2 months of action.
I love him and a fully fit VK is still the best CB in the league for me but I think its getting close to the time where one way or another the club will call time on him. I just don't see Pep hanging around for him.
Problem is he hasn't been fit for 3 seasons almost... nobody questions the guy and what he has done for this club, he rightly sits on a perch with silva, yaya, kun and zab, sadly his body just isn't up to it anymore.. I personally don't think he should be coming back in regardless, it sends the wrong message to both stones and otamendi, they rightly hold the shirts, we are finding consistency in the pairing and this shouldn't be compromised for 4/5 games stints!!
I think previously it's been said that it's scar tissue due to repetitive injuries. As it builds up , because it is less flexible , you are more likely to get a repeat of the injury. Don't know if there is any reliable treatment for it when you consider the forces professional athletes put on their muscles.I just don't understand his injuries though. If it were joint, ligament or tendon problems... i'd fully understand, those 3 things can be super complicated to correct.. but it's not, it's always, always muscular. It seems to me as though somewhere, something key and fundamental about how his body chooses to move is wrong. It's as though his body is just super compensating all the time through his calf. Something in his rehab is wrong somewhere, the medical staff must be pulling their hair out trying to unravel the problem. I feel for them all, poor bastards!
I'd love it if he did jack it in at international level. But he won't do it. He's proud of representing his country.He should officially give up on international football. If he doesn't recover from injuries then he should be offered a role at the club - if he wants one. Coaching, business, ambassador etc, etc. Anything just to keep him here.
This. Time to move on. We've finally a steady partnership forming and if he was fit now he'd replace Mangala for the foreseeable.Out to pasture, always City, long live the King, onwards x
Good shout :-)What a welcome *bump*
Welcome back captain <3
Well that will be handy if he get sa ban with the rags and spurs coming upGood to see him back and improved as the game went on. The challenge on Vardy has attracted attention, but I thought in the opening 20 he looked understandably rusty. Stones was having to get him to push up on the defensive line when we were defending freekicks- unlike Otamendi he tends to drop deeper too soon- and he was slow on a couple of occasions to peel wide when the ball went back to Ederson. That said, he quickly settled and his forward passes were generally effective once he moved to the right. Three bookings already this season, however, and his habit of clattering an opponent makes me think he'll manage a suspension before Christmas despite having played very few games.