Injury Updates

[Pingu the Penguin]

hes needs a fair bit of practice with a cows arse and a banjo first!

He will come good!

 

[I'm With Stupid]

How do you replace them when they leave because you won’t let them play for their countries? Because top players won’t play for you or sign for you if you do that.

Like I said, I’m not a big fan either but what the players want is the main issue here. You have got to take the the rough with the smooth. One player comes back injured, eighteen don’t. Footballers get injured anyway and who is to say they wouldn’t have had a similar or worse injury in training?

Well the issue is that there often isn't the same incentive for a national team to protect players. So if a player isn't 100% fit, the country may just play them anyway, because even if they get injured, there might not be another international match for months, so they don't really give a shit. Meanwhile the club is without a player for a few weeks missing several important games. This is exactly what happened in the Torres case. Unfortunately for Spain, they've managed to aggravate his injury so much that he'll miss their next games as well.

But maybe we need a rule where a player injured on international duty misses the next international game regardless of whether they're fit or not. Like how a club who refuses to release players because of injury can't use them for 5 days.

It's also worth mentioning that while an international federation does have to pay compensation to the club for injured players, this only counts in tournaments, not in qualifying (which is particularly stupid, because it's the qualifying matches that are most likely to impact the season). That's something you could change right there, especially for the bigger, richer federations. I don't know if the Nations League counts as a major tournament for this purpose.

 

[SatOnTheWall]

It’s difficult, isn’t it?

 

[Father Paul]

People moaning about internationals, more probability getting injured in Training. These things happened, it’s a Contact sport .

I think the point that is angering a lot of people, myself included, is that our players are been forced into games when not fit enough to play with the obvious consequences.

 

[Father Paul]

Well the issue is that there often isn't the same incentive for a national team to protect players. So if a player isn't 100% fit, the country may just play them anyway, because even if they get injured, there might not be another international match for months, so they don't really give a shit. Meanwhile the club is without a player for a few weeks missing several important games. This is exactly what happened in the Torres case. Unfortunately for Spain, they've managed to aggravate his injury so much that he'll miss their next games as well.

But maybe we need a rule where a player injured on international duty misses the next international game regardless of whether they're fit or not. Like how a club who refuses to release players because of injury can't use them for 5 days.

It's also worth mentioning that while an international federation does have to pay compensation to the club for injured players, this only counts in tournaments, not in qualifying (which is particularly stupid, because it's the qualifying matches that are most likely to impact the season). That's something you could change right there, especially for the bigger, richer federations. I don't know if the Nations League counts as a major tournament for this purpose.

You mention compensation but I wonder is that a token amount or a substantial part of a players wages and of course there is no compensation for a player missing important games because of a national managers selfish behaviour. At the end of the day I suppose both KDB and Torres did not have to play while injured if they so desired.

 

[SatOnTheWall]

I think the point that is angering a lot of people, myself included, is that our players are been forced into games when not fit enough to play with the obvious consequences.

You are assuming they have been forced to play but the evidence is there to be seen, mate. They clearly want to play for their countries.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

I think the point that is angering a lot of people, myself included, is that our players are been forced into games when not fit enough to play with the obvious consequences.

You are assuming they have been forced to play but the evidence is there to be seen, mate. They clearly want to play for their countries.

Torres wasn't forced into anything. He was quoted as saying he would play in the final regardless of his injury.

Just like Vinny in the past and Kev currently have never been forced to play for Belgium whilst not being fit. They do it willingly.

 

[ancoats]

FIFA are looking at the number of games - THEY WANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER - World Cup every TWO YEARS

i think that idea is good if you take away the euro's and nation league and role them in one world cup

 

[Fat Jim]

That means Sterling through the middle will be happening a few times in the next month. Fuck sake, oh for a bloody striker

surely will be jesus

 

[citizen_maine]

why not ? if it was the keepers all out you bring in a cover based on the same thing
i also said sign somebody fully

Keeper is a specialist position that can't be covered by another player in your squad. If you replace a player 'fully' because they're out injured, what happens to them when they've recovered and you've no longer got a space for them?