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Xavi Simons

K.D.D.D.D.Soc said:
Ah an other social media expert, may well be true but I'll wait until the club or Donald Trump make a statement about the extent of the injury.
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Well I’ll take the conjecture of a qualified physiotherapist who happens to post their analysis on social media (and has been proved correct about Kulusevski’s “knock” being a serious patella injury which would keep him out for at least 10 months) over our bungling medical department currently.

But you keep wasting your time posting on GG about how the modern world is so much worse than back in your day :rolleyes:
 
carl said:
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Yet another Tottenham player who'll be missing the World Cup through injury 😔 Hopefully he and Deki shall be fit in time for Euro 2028 🙏

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Bedfordspurs said:
And it’s not the manager causing the issues
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Who’d have thought that making footballers play high intensity games twice a week all year round after squeezing in extra tourneys during the summer holidays would result in this spate of ACL injuries eh….

www.givemesport.com

Every ACL injury in the Premier League this season

More than TEN players have suffered the most devastating injury this season 😭
www.givemesport.com www.givemesport.com
 
Gutter Boy said:
Not ACLs. They are always over-extensions, never stress related. It's like blaming a broken leg on overuse.
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Not strictly true at all.
An overrun and underrested body will perform differently. Your posture, quad strength/hip strength will be different. Your whole system might be slightly off-kilter. How you move (biomechanically) can alter how you plant/land. My son was over-training with two teams may years ago; I suggested he tell both coaches and ask to only do one session a week with each of them. He didn't. He was tired playing and went into a challenge without proper balance/strength, was caught, the knee was flexed (foot in a plant position). Had he been rested and ontop of his physical game, he would've gone into the challenge differently. It's well-known that tired hamstrings and quads can contribute.
ACLs also give due to jarring pivots/cuts, landing poorly and direct impact bending the knee. Hyperextension is only one cause.

EDIT: I am not hypothesizing on Xavi at all. In fact, this is all based on my son's ACL...
 
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SteveAWOL said:
Who’d have thought that making footballers play high intensity games twice a week all year round after squeezing in extra tourneys during the summer holidays would result in this spate of ACL injuries eh….

www.givemesport.com

Every ACL injury in the Premier League this season

More than TEN players have suffered the most devastating injury this season 😭
www.givemesport.com www.givemesport.com
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Exactly.
Been saying this for a long time now...
 
thfcsteff said:
Not strictly true at all.
An overrun and underrested body will perform differently. Your posture, quad strength/hip strength will be different. Your whole system might be slightly off-kilter. How you move (biomechanically) can alter how you plant/land. My son was over-training with two teams may years ago; I suggested he tell both coaches and ask to only do one session a week with each of them. He didn't. He was tired playing and went into a challenge without proper balance/strength, was caught, the knee was flexed (foot in a plant position). Had he been rested and ontop of his physical game, he would've gone into the challenge differently. It's well-known that tired hamstrings and quads can contribute.
ACLs also give due to jarring pivots/cuts, landing poorly and direct impact bending the knee. Hyperextension is only one cause.
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If only we had Maddison or Kulusevski available to offer a rotation option for the manager.

Hopefully Lange (or whomever is in charge of recruitment this summer) shall sign some replacements for our creative trio (plus cover for Kudus and Odobert) instead of hoping that they’ll all make miraculous recoveries in time for pre-season 🙏
 
SteveAWOL said:
If only we had Maddison or Kulusevski available to offer a rotation option for the manager.

Hopefully Lange (or whomever is in charge of recruitment this summer) shall sign some replacements for our creative trio (plus cover for Kudus and Odobert) instead of hoping that they’ll all make miraculous recoveries in time for pre-season 🙏
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A few years ago I said that I thought the way the game was going we were looking at closer to 35 man match day squads, careers lasting 10 years max as opposed to 14-15, and a greater number of subs allowed. If the game continues to flog players then it is the only way...
 
thfcsteff said:
A few years ago I said that I thought the way the game was going we were looking at closer to 35 man match day squads, careers lasting 10 years max as opposed to 14-15, and a greater number of subs allowed. If the game continues to flog players then it is the only way...
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If only ENIC had listened to Pochettino a decade ago instead of deluding themselves that using the same threadbare furniture in their £billion new home would bring back the glory days…
 
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