6 | Nathan Ake - 2024/25

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youngbob said:
We'll be fine. We've been in worse positions with fewer defenders and, as always, Pep has found a solution. Just seen Rico Lewis have a cracking game out on the left for England tonight - no reason why he can't do that for us. Wilson-Esbrand is still with the squad after a decent showing in pre-season and I'm sure if he needed to fill in for a few weeks then he would. We won a Premier League title with 100 points with Fabian Delph at left-back, a domestic treble with a 22-year-old Oleksandr Zincheko at left-back, and we've just won a treble without a recognised left-back in the entire squad. Whereas during the 19-20 season, when we had left-backs coming out of our arse, we posted our second-worst season under Pep. Whatever Nathan's unfortunate injury is, we'll cope without him and we'll be ready to welcome him back when he's fit again.
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I don't understand why some people are so pessimistic. As you so rightly pointed out, we've been in far worse situations than these. A team like Real Madrid achieved the La Liga/Champions League double last year without their two first-choice central defenders (Alaba and Militao). It's in events like these that you see the great teams, and we're a great team, even a very great team.

Only in fairy tales does everything run smoothly from start to finish.
 
Players get injured, always have done always will do. Some in training, some for their clubs, some playing internationals, some by falling down the stairs in their houses. It’s part and parcel of the game and I see no point reading too much into it.
It’s unfortunate but it’s the way it is.
 
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola opened his news conference with an injury update on Netherlands defender Nathan Ake, who he says will be out until the next international break.

Ake was stretchered off with what looked like a hamstring strain in the Netherlands' 2-2 draw at home to Germany.

Guardiola said: "We are unlucky with Nathan - every time he goes there [to play for Netherlands] he comes back injured."
 
bluemoon32 said:
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola opened his news conference with an injury update on Netherlands defender Nathan Ake, who he says will be out until the next international break.

Ake was stretchered off with what looked like a hamstring strain in the Netherlands' 2-2 draw at home to Germany.

Guardiola said: "We are unlucky with Nathan - every time he goes there [to play for Netherlands] he comes back injured."
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So a month, then.
 
Cobwebcat said:
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I hope Nathan is smart enough to take consequences.
He knows his body. If he plays his matches in defence without sprinting like a young God his hammies are fine and he's one of the best 1vs1 defenders in world football.

He has to control his game and avoid long sprints by top positioning, like he did last season for us for a long period without any problem. I couldn't really believe it was possible!

Last Tuesday was concerning to see him reacting so emotionally but I also thought it wasn't the physical pain alone but the disappointment about himself to make such a stupid sprint duel vs Musiala - not in defence but going on a counter - and ending up in a little misstep and hamstring injury.

I guess we won't see such an action by Nathan again as I feel he is smart and able to learn. Hopefully.
 
I'm taking that as a big win. If a player is stretchered off with a muscular injury, it's often a sign of the very worst, I was anticipating months upon months, if he's back by the next internationals we've got a reasonably lucky escape. Something needs to be looked at with the sheer number of injuries picked up in international duty though, im talking football as a whole not specifically us. it's far more than any normal week with their clubs.
 
ninjamonkey said:
Something needs to be looked at with the sheer number of injuries picked up in international duty though, im talking football as a whole not specifically us. it's far more than any normal week with their clubs.
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This totally seems like an article The Athletic would write. Send a message to our friend Sam Lee.

I did find this: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/unpa...h-fact-fiction-techeeta-midec?trk=public_post

Obviously no idea about reliability but this seems to indicate there is also a risk in the immediate aftermath of the break (this seems like something the clubs could mitigate).
 
Clearly a shit break for the fella, but I was expecting worse, to be honest. A month or so out, after seeing him being stretchered off; it could have been triple that length.
 
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