Darron Gibson

Toffeelover · April 5, 2015

Cannot believe it. Done in training and out for the season. Really can we afford to keep him at the club and on the wages bill?

mythbuster · April 5, 2015

Toffeelover said:
Cannot believe it. Done in training and out for the season. Really can we afford to keep him at the club and on the wages bill?

I would put it down to bad luck more than anything. Anybody can fracture a bone, regardless of if they're injury prone.

Don't think many players struggle with being prone to broken bones

Brennan · April 5, 2015

mythbuster said:
I would put it down to bad luck more than anything. Anybody can fracture a bone, regardless of if they're injury prone.

Don't think many players struggle with being prone to broken bones

It's clearly more than bad luck.

sageyefc · April 5, 2015

Toffeelover said:
Cannot believe it. Done in training and out for the season. Really can we afford to keep him at the club and on the wages bill?

He'll likely have insurance that will cover a portion of the wages .

Personally would try to get him on a Pay as you play or were he gets half his wage regularly and the rest while hes available to play

mythbuster · April 5, 2015

Brennan said:
It's clearly more than bad luck.

I'm not disputing he's injury prone. However, I normally associate injury proneness with muscular injuries, and not broken bones.

He's clearly taken a hefty whack, so I wouldn't class this injury as being anything other than unfortunate.

SH1958 · April 5, 2015

mythbuster said:
I'm not disputing he's injury prone. However, I normally associate injury proneness with muscular injuries, and not broken bones.

He's clearly taken a hefty whack, so I wouldn't class this injury as being anything other than unfortunate.

He did it in training, RM said on Friday in a very innocuous action just in the box, he rolled his ankle and didn't realise anything was wrong.

"Then, this morning, it was swollen and when we checked it he has a fracture in his metatarsal which is really devastating

mythbuster · April 5, 2015

SH1958 said:
He did it in training, RM said on Friday in a very innocuous action just in the box, he rolled his ankle and didn't realise anything was wrong.

"Then, this morning, it was swollen and when we checked it he has a fracture in his metatarsal which is really devastating

Oh, fair enough. Never knew that. You don't just break a bone out of nothing though. There must have been some sort of major impact on his foot for that to happen.

Has he much of a history for broken bones? At what point do you stop labeling players as crocks and accept that some injuries are just unfortunate?

SH1958 · April 5, 2015

mythbuster said:
Oh, fair enough. Never knew that. You don't just break a bone out of nothing though. There must have been some sort of major impact on his foot for that to happen.

Has he much of a history for broken bones? At what point do you stop labeling players as crocks and accept that some injuries are just unfortunate?

mythbuster · April 5, 2015

SH1958 said:
That's his 14th Injury in just over 3 years with us

Injury / Club / Date Injury Reported
Metatarsal Fracture Everton Injuries 2015 April 3rd
Abdominal Strain Everton Injuries 2015 March 25th
Knee Injury Everton Injuries 2014 November 14th
Knee Injury Everton Injuries 2014 October 29th
ACL Knee Injury Everton Injuries 2013 October 15th
Knee Injury Everton Injuries 2013 September 24th
Knee Injury Everton Injuries 2013 August 11th
Hip/Thigh Injury Everton Injuries 2013 April 20th
Hip/Thigh Injury Everton Injuries 2012 December 26th
Thigh Muscle Strain Everton Injuries 2012 September 1st
Hip/Thigh Injury Everton Injuries 2012 August 8th
Hip/Thigh Injury Everton Injuries 2012 June 11th
Knock Everton Injuries 2012 April 28th
Knee Injury Everton Injuries 2012 February 21st
Ankle/Foot Injury Manchester United Injuries 2011 August 17th

I'm not denying he's injury prone mate. I said that in the first post you quoted. However, do you notice that the majority of his injuries are related to muscular problems (Which oddly, or not.

is normally the case with injury prone players) ?

I don't think this injury is in anyway related to any previous problems.

Anyway, the discussion is futile. Apart from flogging him, we're stuck with him. All this nonsense about putting him on a pay as you play deal is just nonsense, seeing as it would be illegal for us to alter his contract.

summerisle · April 7, 2015

Is out for the rest of the season
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor.../everton-midfielder-darron-gibson-not-8997180

Khalekan · April 7, 2015

Brennan said:
It's clearly more than bad luck.

What is it then, Mr. B?

Some Witch Queen in New Orleans sticking pins in a voodoo doll effigy of Gibbo or sommat?

:rant:

Eggs · April 7, 2015

mythbuster said:
I would put it down to bad luck more than anything. Anybody can fracture a bone, regardless of if they're injury prone.

Don't think many players struggle with being prone to broken bones

..it's a difficult one but it is amazing how certain layers are more injury prone. I wonder if it is also something to do with being a bit 'awkward' in both the timing and way a player challenges. Also not having a sound judgement of knowing what to do and when.

I think Phil Jones is an example of this and he is another who spends time out with injuries. I don't think it's totally down to bad luck.