Benjamin Mendy (Back In Training)

[Woody135]

Pretty devastating to the way we have been playing so far this season but we've had injuries before. The team adapts, players step up. If the loss of one player send the whole team off course then it will show how fragile the squad was.

I think we'll be fine and delph danilo and any other january signing will more than cover.

Any calls for a short term recall for sagna? Will be very short of match fitness I assume but is he still not playing anywhere since the release

 

[kaz7]

Will this now have a bearing on whether or not we sign Sanchez in Jan? Funds now needed for replacement LB if out for the season?

Probably no bearing as sanchez won't cost much then,i think the arses won't sell him but you never know i suppose

 

[abu13]

He'll still be back before Kompany

Haha :)

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Fucking depressing.

 

[OB1]

Club says it's a rupture, is that different from a torn ACL. Or is that just wishful thinking on my part. Gutted as he made a massive difference in the games he played so far. We have some really bad luck with injuries. This is a big dent in our title challenge. Pissed off now, off to the Pub. :-(

The terms “tear” and “rupture” are often interchanged when speaking about damage to tendons and other body parts. A common question we are asked is “what are the differences between a tear and a rupture?” Surprisingly, there are no differences between a complete tear and a rupture. However, a tear can be partial or complete.

 

[markbmcfc]

Out of interest how did you do yours. Mendy's the challenge itself was pretty innocuous , does that have any impact on the severity of the tear/rupture or can it be just as bad as something that looks really horrific at the time?

How it's done doesn't matter to be honest, impact injuries could damage surrounding cartilage or other parts of the knee but a rupture is a rupture.

For context, I did my first playing football, high pressing the defence just chasing the ball down, changed direction quickly and my body moved but left knee didnt. Pop. I was a good 5 yards away from anyone. Did my right playing five a side, setting myself to volley a ball until a defender got a slight touch which made me adjust my position quickly and leg just gave way completely. That was a 25% tear and radial tear of my lateral meniscus in two places. Zero impact whatsoever on both occasions.

Pro's have much more knee muscle to protect the ligaments which can help but it's a delicate ligament which doesn't heal. Even if it is a partial, he'd be far better taking the time to having it sorted properly and reconstructed rather that suture a small tear together and the ligament never retain it's original limited strength.

 

[Jazzcat]

Fkin gutted :/

 

[manimanc]

Has anybody read his twitter feed? Apologies if it has already been discussed but he comments on a couple of months, passing the scan and being able to rotate on one leg!
To me that doesn't sound like a season ending injury nor does it sound like a complete rupture!

 

[EricBrooksGhost]

Season ender. Title decider.

https://www.samaritans.org/

 

[deano ou812]

Ffs we never seem to get a break over injuries and it’s what has cost us in the past,two of our defensive options injured at the moment,kompany and Mendy obviously Mendy being long term,and always that worry of gundogan breaking down again added to the fact we only have two actual strikers god forbid if one of them picked up an injury.

 

[bellsouth]

How it's done doesn't matter to be honest, impact injuries could damage surrounding cartilage or other parts of the knee but a rupture is a rupture.

For context, I did my first playing football, high pressing the defence just chasing the ball down, changed direction quickly and my body moved but left knee didnt. Pop. I was a good 5 yards away from anyone. Did my right playing five a side, setting myself to volley a ball until a defender got a slight touch which made me adjust my position quickly and leg just gave way completely. That was a 25% tear and radial tear of my lateral meniscus in two places. Zero impact whatsoever on both occasions.

Pro's have much more knee muscle to protect the ligaments which can help but it's a delicate ligament which doesn't heal. Even if it is a partial, he'd be far better taking the time to having it sorted properly and reconstructed rather that suture a small tear together and the ligament never retain it's original limited strength.

That's great insight, thank you.
I guess no time limit or expectation can be put on it. Let's get someone in January and when Mendy returns whenever that will be it will. E like a new signing, an amazing one at that.
At least he'll have company in the treatment room

 

[chaddblue]

Wait until Sergio gets his long overdue bad injury....

Seriously though, mendy appears remarkably upbeat and optimistic for someone who may have just found out his season is over and he isn't going to the World Cup

Hopefully it's not as bad as the first news makes it sound, especially with him saying 2 months

 

[lasereyes]

Doing a Lachman on an acutely swollen knee is pretty difficult to interpret.

Lachman is not 100%, but for a non-invasive test, it is a reliable indicator.

 

[Marvin]

I hope his op goes well, and we get better news on Friday. Holding out hope that only a few fibres are torn and he'll recover relatively quickly.

 

[Leto]

Gutted, especially for him. Time for Delph to step up. I bet he can.

 

[flb]

Love the guy but we are scoring plenty with him missing , we look far far better in a 443 with a true defensive orientated 4, Delph was very impressive there and rotating with Danilo I really don’t see a problem tbh if it means Sane starts in a front three, he’s got more than enough going forward on that side, it solidifies the defence for me, Sane is fast becoming unstoppable and we may just have stumbled on our true best formation.

3-1 to City on Saturday

 

[lasereyes]

How it's done doesn't matter to be honest, impact injuries could damage surrounding cartilage or other parts of the knee but a rupture is a rupture.

For context, I did my first playing football, high pressing the defence just chasing the ball down, changed direction quickly and my body moved but left knee didnt. Pop. I was a good 5 yards away from anyone. Did my right playing five a side, setting myself to volley a ball until a defender got a slight touch which made me adjust my position quickly and leg just gave way completely. That was a 25% tear and radial tear of my lateral meniscus in two places. Zero impact whatsoever on both occasions.

Pro's have much more knee muscle to protect the ligaments which can help but it's a delicate ligament which doesn't heal. Even if it is a partial, he'd be far better taking the time to having it sorted properly and reconstructed rather that suture a small tear together and the ligament never retain it's original limited strength.

This is 100% spot-on. Partial vs. complete tear doesn't really matter now given he has opted for surgery (which for his long term future is sensible). The recovery period is 6 months very minimum. Very, very unlikely he'll play again this season alas.

 

[mixer]

I hope his op goes well, and we get better news on Friday. Holding out hope that only a few fibres are torn and he'll recover relatively quickly.

If we had ducks they would drown

 

[1961_vintage]

Season ender. Title decider. Without him we are back to being unbalanced... Big risk taken not to sign another LB and its come back to bite us in the arse now. Big time. Oh well...... Maybe Pep has a plan......


The worse bit of all this. What a bloody unnecessary challenge he went for! Totally not needed. Completely!

Oh please. Be more subtle.

 

[Marvin]

If we had ducks they would drown

Well let's wait and see. I get the feeling that it's not as severe as some are thinking.