Injuries 2024/25 | 8 players injured | Grealish, KDB & Walker unlikely to return until after international break

[Gray]

Pretty sure the management will/have reviewed the events with regards to recruitment as the season has unfolded.

What they never do is make kneejerk decision's especially with such issues as recruitment.

Planning for injuries is impossible, so having a squad that under most circumstances will be able to cover will have been the plan.

A reluctance on Pep's part to have a large squad is also a factor, and hindsight is always easier to apply.

The current number of injuries/absences for whatever reasons does appear to be out of the norm.

An unexpected bonus could be an opportunity for some of our kids .

Get Jacob Wright in he looks promising.

 

[OB1]

Pretty sure the management will/have reviewed the events with regards to recruitment as the season has unfolded.

What they never do is make kneejerk decision's especially with such issues as recruitment.

Planning for injuries is impossible, so having a squad that under most circumstances will be able to cover will have been the plan.

A reluctance on Pep's part to have a large squad is also a factor, and hindsight is always easier to apply.

The current number of injuries/absences for whatever reasons does appear to be out of the norm.

An unexpected bonus could be an opportunity for some of our kids .

I said multiple times that I wanted Pep to be persuaded to have a larger squad but forcing something on him would be unwise as he is the key person in our current success.

Even if we had one or two more players, this would still be an "injury crisis" and one that was hard to legislate for; although given that our players probably play more games than most, the chances of problems maybe should have driven the squad towards a slightly bigger squad.

Hopefully, all concerned will agree that a bit more depth needs to be added in January.

 

[CC1]

Plenty would disagree with that sentiment .

:-)

 

[SebastianBlue]

Pretty sure the management will/have reviewed the events with regards to recruitment as the season has unfolded.

What they never do is make kneejerk decision's especially with such issues as recruitment.

Planning for injuries is impossible, so having a squad that under most circumstances will be able to cover will have been the plan.

A reluctance on Pep's part to have a large squad is also a factor, and hindsight is always easier to apply.

The current number of injuries/absences for whatever reasons does appear to be out of the norm.

An unexpected bonus could be an opportunity for some of our kids .

A reasonable, rational, insightful post regarding the topic of the thread that contains no hyperbole, vitriol, or nonsensical proclamations?

 

[Gray]

With Pep if he is given a player who does not shape up in training then they just do not get picked. Any players brought in in January must be able to go straight into the starting XI.

 

[bluenova]

I said multiple times that I wanted Pep to be persuaded to have a larger squad but forcing something on him would be unwise as he is the key person in our current success.

Even if we had one or two more players, this would still be an "injury crisis" and one that was hard to legislate for; although given that our players probably play more games than most, the chances of problems maybe should have driven the squad towards a slightly bigger squad.

Hopefully, all concerned will agree that a bit more depth needs to be added in January.

Compared with last season, are we not a few up anyway?

Savio in for Alvarez.
Gundogan will play more than Gomez did.
McAtee is then an extra player.
Bobb was expected to be a much bigger part of the squad.
Rico is clearly one of Pep's first team regulars now.
And then we've had Nunes stepping up in the past few games.

Between them, that's arguable the equivalent of 2-3 more players available.

With anything like normal levels of fitness, we'd be quickly back to the "when will X ever get a chance" debates.

 

[CC1]

Compared with last season, are we not a few up anyway?

Savio in for Alvarez.
Gundogan will play more than Gomez did.
McAtee is then an extra player.
Bobb was expected to be a much bigger part of the squad.
Rico is clearly one of Pep's first team regulars now.
And then we've had Nunes stepping up in the past few games.

Between them, that's arguable the equivalent of 2-3 more players available.

With anything like normal levels of fitness, we'd be quickly back to the "when will X ever get a chance" debates.

Agreed. No way we could have planned for the current injury crisis - no club could

 

[Shalala]

Agreed. No way we could have planned for the current injury crisis - no club could

Chelsea might have, lol

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

'Ghost' injuries for the rest, get them off Int. duty.

 

[wolviedinho]

Pretty sure the management will/have reviewed the events with regards to recruitment as the season has unfolded.

What they never do is make kneejerk decision's especially with such issues as recruitment.

Planning for injuries is impossible, so having a squad that under most circumstances will be able to cover will have been the plan.

A reluctance on Pep's part to have a large squad is also a factor, and hindsight is always easier to apply.

The current number of injuries/absences for whatever reasons does appear to be out of the norm.

An unexpected bonus could be an opportunity for some of our kids .

A simple straightforward answer. No need for drama. The club is run exceptionally well not to panic in any situation.

The owners have been here since 2008 and would have learned an awful lot in that time. We have plenty of obstacles but panic buying is something we need to avoid. It very rarely works out. I would rather the kids step up until we identify the correct player needed.

I do hope we strengthen midfield in January. The lack of transfer options is an issue we will do well to remedy.