The Pitch and serious injuries

[Raziel]

we are not necesssarily talking about movement which would be microns if measureable but there are other factors like density of the pitch and extra resilience of grass varieties/synthetics, lack of moisture retention and so on.

I think the training pitches are more likely to be the issue.

Challenge there is timing

- Training Ground was 14 years ago
- Stadium 7 years ago

It's really the last 2-3 years that have been the issue, so unless something changed in one/both of those facilities, they are not the root cause.

 

[johnola]

Challenge there is timing

- Training Ground was 14 years ago
- Stadium 7 years ago

It's really the last 2-3 years that have been the issue, so unless something changed in one/both of those facilities, they are not the root cause.

yeah that’s true.

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

Challenge there is timing

- Training Ground was 14 years ago
- Stadium 7 years ago

It's really the last 2-3 years that have been the issue, so unless something changed in one/both of those facilities, they are not the root cause.

It really does seem that simple to me. On top of some of these injuries happening away from home, on tour, international duty.

 

[indospurs]

I think there's just a lot more footy being played, extra long extra time etc

And studs, if your shoe grips too well when you're slipping and turn the leg in the wrong way

I don't think it's any one thing, the pitch might be but not much, of a contributing factor imho - but it's all cumulative

Not enough rest in between

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

I think there's just a lot more footy being played, extra long extra time etc

And studs, if your shoe grips too well when you're slipping and turn the leg in the wrong way

I don't think it's any one thing, the pitch might be but not much, of a contributing factor imho - but it's all cumulative

Not enough rest in between

We’re not the only side playing all those games though, yet we are the only one to have half the squad out for most of the season for the last 3.

 

[tommysvr]

We’re not the only side playing all those games though, yet we are the only one to have half the squad out for most of the season for the last 3.

We're definitely at the extreme end, but the number of injuries across all clubs has been pretty ridiculous in the last few years.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

I don't know the exact breakdown of the type of injuries we have had in the last two seasons or how they compare with the average statics across the league. I assume the medical team would look at this in their investigations for a reason to what appears to be a high level of incidents.
Looking at the pictures of our training facility it seems we have plenty of resources to track players fitness and physicality.
This information should help to identify what the cause of the problem.
It may well be we've just been unlucky with the number of injuries or that their training regime or their early diagnosis of players condition and treatment are wrong.
Whatever it is a major review is essential we cannot have an other seasons where these levels on injury occur.

 

[demotw]

Maybe our pitch is too good lol, too even so when they step onto other pitches it causes issues. Wouldn’t that just be a spurs type thing to happen lol

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

We're definitely at the extreme end, but the number of injuries across all clubs has been pretty ridiculous in the last few years.

Definitely and injuries are part of the game when you have this ridiculous schedule, but the question is why are we suffering about ~25% more than the others over a sustained period? We need to find out why that is so we move back into the pack injury wise and are playing on a level playing field again (puns intended..).

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

ACLs are on the rise in world football, the PL trend is up. Yeh we lead the numbers but I suspect (suspect only because none of us know for sure) that the dynamics of the game have played more of a part in this than the surface.

Players in general in football, over the years have played on multiple changing surfaces during months/years of football, from home pitches to away, to indoor, artificial and hybrids, sometimes using 3 different surfaces in a week and managed ok.

The increase on explosive running, changing of directions, sheer athleticism of the game added with the supplements that mask fatigue is where I would be looking TBH. Going longer, faster with more energy is great, until your body breaks.

 

[indospurs]

We’re not the only side playing all those games though, yet we are the only one to have half the squad out for most of the season for the last 3.

on top of all that - the medical team, my word

 

[Ace Face]

on top of all that - the medical team, my word

 

[Robbo]

Our pitches might not be an issue at all, but like every possible other reason for our injury crisis, they too should be investigated.

We've suffered more ACL injuries than every other PL team combined over the past three years. The club needs to find out if this is just freakish bad luck, or if there are other factors at play that we could do something about.