Benjamin Mendy (Back In Training)

[blueinsa]

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Im hardly going to repeat what it said am i?

 

[zandvoort blue]

Pep.......give Philipp Lahm a bell. Rumour is he might be tempted with a return to football. Has played left back.

 

[SkyBlueTX]

Just heard from the OS app that it is ACL. Fuck. Wish him the best.

 

[Phil1]

Huge blow in the position that is probably the most important to how Pep wants us to play. Such a fucking unnecessary challenge as well. Makes things much harder for us going forward. We will adapt of course, just a shame we have to so early in the season.

 

[lasereyes]

It is extremely difficult to accurately diagnose an ACL injury acutely on clinical grounds. Swelling and muscle spasm secondary to pain make any examination tests very difficult to carry out and interpret. Tests such as Lachman's and Pivot Shift are valuable once the acute symptoms have resolved i.e. 2 weeks plus.
On a separate note the pitch at the Etihad must be cursed. Just how many serious injuries have we witnessed our players suffer over recent years?
Really feel for Mendy. Hope Delph lasts us till Jan but I have little confidence he will.

As I said, Lachman is not 100% - but it is pretty reliable and can be used very soon after the injury to get a preliminary idea of whether an ACL tear is possible. My orthopedist used it <24 hours after my injury - and based on solely that, ordered an MRI which confirmed his and my worst fears.

 

[Odd socks]

Disappointed but if he comes back like KDB then it will be worth the wait

 

[adr2.8i]

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Some twitter keyboard warrior decided to call mendy a rude word which I won't repeat.

 

[Jazzcat]

I could swear someone is jinxing this club, and they're doing it way too efficiently.
A little light in CB's? Well lose some Kompany while you're at it.
No adequate cover for LB? Hey presto, say goodbye to Mendy and his bendy knee.
It's unreal.

 

[Burtonblue]

You can only gauge an idea from initial examination and ligament testing. History of how the injury occurred and how rapidly the knee swells after injury are more accurate predictive indicators of a cruciate rupture (at least in my humble experience!)
Anyway he's out for 9 months :-(

 

[Ballymagash Blue]

He's just posted "Coming back soon" on his instagram???

He might mean coming back to Manchester soon :-(