Injuries 2024/25 | Kovacic ruled out for a month

[Keeper!]

If we took your advice we'd have about three players left after clearing out those you feel are done and we'd be spending an absolute fortune replacing them with players you'd probably take an even bigger dislike to a few games later. He's one of the best players we've ever had. If he can show a return to form and fitness then he deserves a new deal, if he can't then we'll have to let him leave. But for what he's delivered for our club there's no need to rush anything or make a cut throat decision. Being an elite club doesn't mean we can't respect players who have given their best years to us and helped us win so many things along the way.

You can't pay a player 300k a week plus and he is unavailable for more than 1/2 of our fixtures.

KDB and Stones come into that category and with their ages it ain't going to get better.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Love to know our fitness strategy for this season. It seems everyone is getting injured and our fitness levels are shocking. We cant effectively press anymore, is this because of the lack of rotation?

Pep has alluded to that they don’t do match training, the amount of games they have they play, recover come in for a day or two for tactical paly then play again, some havent had a rest for 4 years! I hoping Rodri when he returns will be so full of energy we get at least another 4 years at his peak.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Without any official communication I'm guessing that the Robb recovery time has increased from the initial 3-4 months (mid Aug-Mid Dec) to 5-6 months. Otherwise we'd be seeing him in training by now.

Makes it even more frustrating that we prioritised profit over progress by selling Alvarez at the end of the transfer window.

 

[Gordyola]

Pep has alluded to that they don’t do match training, the amount of games they have they play, recover come in for a day or two for tactical paly then play again, some havent had a rest for 4 years! I hoping Rodri when he returns will be so full of energy we get at least another 4 years at his peak.

Rodri said in an Price of Football interview that he was enjoying the break as its the first one for a long time and he hopes he will return before the end of the season refreshed

 

[grandsolo]

Without any official communication I'm guessing that the Robb recovery time has increased from the initial 3-4 months (mid Aug-Mid Dec) to 5-6 months. Otherwise we'd be seeing him in training by now.

Makes it even more frustrating that we prioritised profit over progress by selling Alvarez at the end of the transfer window.

I heard somewhere Bobb was training. Is this not true?

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

I heard somewhere Bobb was training. Is this not true?

You might be right, but to be honest City's PR is so crap (and not just for injuries) I don't know what's official and what's rehashed twitter rumour

All I know is that 3-4 months ago we were told that his recovery would be 3-4 months

Now I'm reading that it will be longer, but that's only from people on this Forum who might be more clued-up than me.
I've never seen anything official either positive or negative

 

[Keeper!]

I heard somewhere Bobb was training. Is this not true?

Back at the training ground but not training, he won't be anywhere near the team until the spring.

 

[Buckshaw Blue]

You might be right, but to be honest City's PR is so crap (and not just for injuries) I don't know what's official and what's rehashed twitter rumour

All I know is that 3-4 months ago we were told that his recovery would be 3-4 months

Now I'm reading that it will be longer, but that's only from people on this Forum who might be more clued-up than me.
I've never seen anything official either positive or negative

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

i was off work nearly 6 months with a tib and fibula

Yeah, breaking your tibia is no joke, as it's a super supportive weight-bearing bone.

I saw someone post a picture of Bobb at the CFA, so hopefully, he'll be back in a month or so.

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

You might be right, but to be honest City's PR is so crap (and not just for injuries) I don't know what's official and what's rehashed twitter rumour

I like how open Spanish clubs are about their players' injuries. They will release statements detailing exactly what injury their players suffered. It'd odd how different English clubs are in that respect, well, certainly City.