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Yeah, I'm sure he was desperate for it happen, so he could sit on his arse and steal a wage........ The bloke is very probably distraught and will have to start facing up to the very real possibility that he will have to retire from from the game, The lack of empathy and understanding here is astonishing. Yes, his signing was a gamble and it is no real surprise what has happened but come on, show some class.

 

Feel for him. I like him as a player, he's clearly got good ability and sounds like a good lad when you listen to his interviews.

But with his previous injury record, he should never have been signed in the first place. We cannot afford to carry players who only manage 15-20 games a season.

 

At least its happened with a week of the window left. No pissing about or worrying about 'sustainability'. We need a quality front man in.

 

I don't think his form has been as good as before the first twang of the hamstring in September. He continually gives needless free kicks away and goes down to easily. Yes he has good touches but often drifts out of the game. We need a forward similar to Hanson who can bully the defenders and let them know they've been in a game. One who can hold the ball up and bring others into play. If we don't have that we're going cough up possession time and time again.

Feel for the lad, but we've had too many like this over the years and need to learn quickly that the risks are far outweighing the rewards.

 

He's been nursing the legs since he came back, I've noticed every game there are balls that if fit he wouldnt hesitate to go for but his mind knows how fragile his hamstrings are. Even the run preceding the injury yesterday, you could see he didn't really want to make the run but his football instinct took over.
Feel sorry for him, he's a good player when free from injury.

 

Really feel sorry for him. Whenever I’ve heard him interviewed he’s been very positive and upbeat. He must be devastated that it’s happened again.

 

File that with "we won't tolerate mediocrity at this club". Empty words from Mr PR man.

 

That's not the point though. We were told we weren't going to be signing crocked players anymore and then went ahead and did it again. Twice. With Angol and Eisa.

 

We knew this was gonna happen at some point at the start of the window so why start messing about now ???

 

77 appearances in his last two seasons doesn't sound like a player with a long injury history.

 

What on this planet has that got to with it ?

 

We can’t get basic tactics and formation right so I doubt anyone cares about advanced in-depth medical science.

 

Can't see the club risking another year especially with someone who has a fair bit of previous. Feel sorry for him, we took a gamble on him and it hasn't worked.

 

People are saying it wasn't his fault but it was unfortunately... he pulled up 5-10 minutes before but tried to hide it as though he hadn't, strolling around and pretending to close defenders down. If he'd been honest and gone off at the time we'd have had his replacement on longer and he wouldn't have pulled up whilst getting our best chance. As it is now he's caused himself a much worse tear and potentially ended his career. Yesterday I was really angry at how unprofessional he was (because it was unprofessional) but having had time to reflect on it I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that maybe it was just denial on his part because he didn't want to be injured yet again, knowing what it might mean for his career

 

Oh go away!!

 

Apparently this injury is not on his suspect leg but we have been picking up injuries like this for the last three years and it’s down to conditioning and preparation

 

Oh shut up will you

 

We need 2 in

 

I'm pretty sure Sparks said something pre season along the lines of us not signing players anymore that can't play every game, or something along those lines.

So that worked out well.

 

I am all for taking a gamble on a player of his ability as long as there is a good back up option