2024/25 Orel Mangala

[Thomasc]

Absolutely cursed this club.

 

[Titus Shambles]

Hopefully it’s just a rubbish rumour as he’s been very good for us.

Probably is made-up rubbish, like most rumours. Will have to wait and see.

Would be worse if the medical staff had absolutely no clue what the injury is or how long he'll be out for, which wouldn't surprise me at this club.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Question is...do we go back at the end of the summer window?

Reduced price?

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Na. Plenty of those who do cruciates walk off.
Remember bolaise done his . Our physios went out checked the wrong knee let him play on.

Run it off lad

 

[Goat]

Question is...do we go back at the end of the summer window?

Reduced price?

Probably wont be fit by then.

 

[Jimishorts]

With the angels now.

 

[arch stanton]

ACL I'd guess given the planted leg and the way his knee bent inwards, that's how I did my right knee years ago.

me similar with ACL #2, did a medial collateral ligament with a similar mechanism of injury so I wouldnt like to bet on which. One is a 9 month rehab (ACL), the other is 6-8 weeks.

 

[stamullenblue]

Awful for him as started to like him and felt he was improving both himself and the team. … If true about Acl we need to send him back and go again ..

 

[davep]

6-9 months I would imagine if it's ACL, depending on various factors. That's about what it took me, and that was on the NHS!

I used to work with a lady who played for Watford, and she said that some of the thinking regarding why this injury seems so prevalent in the women's game was that football boots are predominately designed for male use, not necessarily for the differences in female anatomy in comparison.

She also said there was a lot of discussion around wanting/needing smaller goals for the women's game, but that's a different discussion...

Yeah, was in the sports sections a couple years ago that up til recently womens' boots were just small versions of mens' one, not designed specifically for their bodies. There's lots of research going on in to what causes women to suffer so many of these types of injury currently afaia. Not sure how they're getting on tho.

This. Also, one of the things I have learnt, is that the Nike's women's boots with different stud formation are not guaranteed if they are used on artificial pitches, and most women's games around where I am are on 3G. Many of the girls she plays with rushed to buy them. My daughter now has boots for Soft Ground, Hard Ground and Artificial Grass, ready for her return to action, but I recognise for many people that is an investment they may not be able to afford season-on-season when people are growing.

Everyone should have the right boots for the right surface. I have 3/4 different pairs and I am basically lowest level amateur football!

It’s the 3G pitches that are the issue so many people have done ACL playing on them was only reading about it the other day and the amount of comments saying they had done theirs playing on 3G is mad.

Don't know why 3G would cause ppl to do their knees. Should be in the right boots (astros/moulds poss), and it's not like your foot should get stuck, studs won't dig into the mud like on grass.

If its as bad as people are making out there's no way they'd have let him walk off the pitch.

Na. Plenty of those who do cruciates walk off.
Remember bolaise done his . Our physios went out checked the wrong knee let him play on.

I drove home 20 odd miles after I ruptured my acl!

Run it off lad

 

[billyblue80]

Gutted he has been a good addition

 

[FellisElbow]

I'd also discourage slide tackles,shots of any type on goal and long cross field balls to the other wing.

Anything that places undue stress on the knee.

In fact going forward let just play wheelchair football.

Take allll stress off legs.

We'd end up getting a bunch of ruptured elbow injuries then

 

[edge]

Sad for him and us was starting to play an important role in the team.

 

[Blast_of_Cannock]

At least Zat will be pleased.

 

[Frosty1878]

Don't know why 3G would cause ppl to do their knees. Should be in the right boots (astros/moulds poss), and it's not like your foot should get stuck, studs won't dig into the mud like on grass.

Yes think that’s possibly the issue wrong footwear

 

[Lineker]

Thanks @Eggs. Unfortunately an ever more likely injury. As you can imagine, we have become quite passionate about cause and prevention. As you mention, surfaces and boots plus anatomy all seem likely contributors, and in the six years she has been in their player pathway she has had no regular strength and conditioning training. They now require her to squat 1.5x her bodyweight before she can re-join contact training!!

There does seem to be a spate of these injuries for both men and women at the moment. Something, somewhere must be contributing to the the increased risk.

Women in particular suffer from this more due to being on average a little more knock-kneed than men as well as having more rotational movement when running due to hips etc..

Did mine 15 years ago in my mid-thirties...knee's never been the same, and am passionate on the topic as a result.

I think it is people's larger size these days is a contributing factor. Even if the professional footballers are fit and trim, on average they are taller than in years past as well as carrying more muscle bulk...odds are that the extra 5 pounds has been the straw that broke the camel's back in a few instances. Those muddy surfaces had a lot more give as well.