Match Thread | Brentford vs. Manchester City (05/10/25)

[come-on-barney]

Replacement?

A player who can adequately cover the ‘6’

 

[uwerosler28]

Why the Fook are we rushing him back! Ridiculous player management this. No need to play him today, he could have had 2 weeks off injury free & back stronger now he’s recovering again for prob 4 weeks.

More than happy we have Gonzales on

What medical advise do you have to suggest we are rushing him?

 

[M Gaudino]

Why the Fook are we rushing him back! Ridiculous player management this. No need to play him today, he could have had 2 weeks off injury free & back stronger now he’s recovering again for prob 4 weeks.

More than happy we have Gonzales on

rushed? he started back in full training in about april and his injury was a year ago

 

[bluemoon32]

Wouldn't be so bad but we are so reliant on Rodders, ffs

 

[Micky Blue]

How long you usually out with a hammy?

Completely depends on whether its a strain or a tear and If a tear the grade of the tear.

It’s not an injury you rush back from though.

 

[wolviedinho]

Our injury problems are actually a fucking joke . Ffs

This was always the fear with Rodri and acl unfortunately

 

[69FACUPfinal]

Hamstrings seem to vary. Feel for him, do think he's been rushed back too soon.

I will never forgive Arse Partey for that, they knew EXACTLY what they were doing targeting him.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

In answer to people's comments about what we do with O'Reilly when Ait Nouri is fit.

Maybe move him to Rodri's position...

 

[Bluearmy]

ACLs are so hard to come back from, all the structures in the leg are weakened.

Can vouch for that personally

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Back of knee or hamstring?

Looked like he was holding his hammy

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Knee pain has no correlation to him feeling his hamstring. You can literally see the moment it happened in this game. The touch got away from him and he stretched to retrieve it

It might. Any change in gait caused by the ACL injury is going to affect other muscles surrounding that knee.

 

[Coljj]

At least Rosri will miss the international break.

It is a bit concerning how easy he seemed to pull it. Barely stretched and lifted his leg up to pull the ball in.

 

[Newmoston1212]

Everytime we look like we’re going to kick on & look back to our old self something completely knocks us back. Rodri’s done in my opinion unfortunately

 

[Draikin]

Managing players back from injuries isn't Pep forte

 

[avoidconfusion]

This was always the fear with Rodri and acl unfortunately

It’s not just him though look at how many injuries we keep having to key players

 

[ufo]

cunts are hacking and ref is giving free pass

 

[bridgeno1]

How long you usually out with a hammy?

Depends on the grade so 4-12 weeks based on severity. If it is indeed a hammy.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Who is the fitness coach he’s a fuckin Jonah

 

[Bluearmy]

BBC saying Rodders has done his hamstring? Is that right?

Yes

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

There is no way to prevent muscle injuries from happening when a player has been out for so long. They'll just happen. Let's hope it's not torn.