Im a little worried, I mean Nevilles could be explained, so could Anchiebes, Goslings also, even MAYBE Yaks. But Arteta and then Jags, it just sent alarm bells.
Maybe it was just unlucky, we shall see. You would hope if there where any worries at all there would have been changes.
The coaching licence holders and the sports scientists the club employ have no doubt looked at the injuries.
Arteta, Jagielka, Neville, Pienaar and Gosling.
60% of that list were impact injuries to the knee (the last three). 40% were twists.
Yakubu. Impact injury.
Anichebe. Impact injury. (twice including his latest one).
Saha was recently rested as he had achilles tendinitis - which carries a risk of rupture. (three of Aston Villa's players have similar problems at the moment - including Milner).
Cahill thigh strain from impact. Rested.
Rodwell, hamstring. Rested.
You can't say it's fatigue because they get regularly assessed and do get rested when signs show themselves!!
They also reduce hight impact training on joints by swimming or lower impact training. I mean do people think our coaching staff are inept or what????
Its easy to see an injury and point at the training methods when you don't know the training methods. Its just convenient.
How anyone can turn round after Gosling's collision and say "is it the training?" is completely beyond me. :blink: I mean really!?
Its like some people see these injuries and think - oh gotta be something wrong at Finch Farm. Convenient.
This is football. Particularly when we're the most fouled team in the league and the refs arn't protecting our players enough.
Neville's injury and Pienaar were a disgrace, and didn't see Gosling as my view at Wolves was literally looking at Gosling's back going in but people have already said it was a impact.
But Neville's injury and Pienaar's headbutt to the knee were both card offences for dangerous play. Neither got punished.