Injuries 2024/25 | Stones, Grealish, Akanji, KDB back in training
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urban genie
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According to citys tweet tonight
ake
akanji
ederson
ortega
lewis
grealish
walker
foden
silva
nunes
Gvardiol
Kovacic
Doku
fucking joke we are letting them
Ake, Akanji, Grealish, Walker, Silva and Doku should be going nowhere. Withdraw them all and make sure there fit for Spur
ake
akanji
ederson
ortega
lewis
grealish
walker
foden
silva
nunes
Gvardiol
Kovacic
Doku
fucking joke we are letting them
Ake, Akanji, Grealish, Walker, Silva and Doku should be going nowhere. Withdraw them all and make sure there fit for Spur
WesthoughtonJohn
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We don't have a choice these days - they have to go and be assessed by the National team doc.
It's criminal - and most of the above should be telling the doc "I've got x/y/z wrong with me"
bluedave1894
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Don't they have to report to be assessed if the injury is new. I'm sure I've read that Aki hadn't been included in the Dutch squad.
urban genie
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He has withdrawn, City sent him
yes FIFA recomend call ups are assesed by the national teams medics, still you can withdraw them as the rags did with ganacho last time and sent medical files over rather than fly him over to be assessed.
Any fool of a national mamamger can see our players are not fit.
I have an outlandish theory, which is probably almost certainly not true, that the injuries to Dias, Stones and Ake are actually relatively minor. They could have played in the last few games if they really had to, but Pep decided not to so they could pull out of international duty. He’ll use the next two weeks to work on a new defensive system for the rest of the season in training to mitigate the loss of Rodri, and we’ll see all three appear against Spurs. Wishful thinking, I know.
citizen_maine
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I love an outlandish theory
bobbyowenquiff
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The ridiculous expansion of international football (most of it meaningless games) is undermining domestic leagues. I can't believe the clubs have allowed themselves to be bullied into this absurd situation. The players are paid by the clubs and the clubs make virtually all the money which circulates around the entire sport. FIFA and UEFA are commercial rivals who are just milking the clubs for their own purposes. This farce can only hasten the arrival of some sort of Super League. The clubs own the product (content) and have to have more control over their own products. International football used to be an elite level which was seen as the pinnacle of the sport. The number of matches was restricted and that's why it was elite. Now it is mostly pub-league football.
