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Injuries
Matty done his ACL.
CJ clean break of metatarsal, had op to pin it.
Matty done his ACL.
CJ clean break of metatarsal, had op to pin it.
Ouch.Injuries
Matty done his ACL.
CJ clean break of metatarsal, had op to pin it.
I have a bad feeling about Madine - bear bones now CJ gone - Embleton will miss 2 games at least Demtri is blossomingMarv been back on the grass a week.
Husband should be back training too.
Madine - another scan, injury settling down.
NHS website:
Recovering from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee surgery can take up to a year.
Letting Kemp go/not replacing him in January is looking a bit sillier by the day.
Fortunately I do think we have one of the deeper squads in the division, but even so we've got so many more games left to play.
We'll be back playing Turton in CM by the end of the season.
Totally agree on all of that. Scored a decent goal yesterday. He would definitely have been with a point on a permanent signing. Perhaps he was homesick?I liked Kemp, very decent player with good potential. There's been some strange decisions to say the least.
At least he's playing for the only London club I like..
Totally agree on all of that. Scored a decent goal yesterday. He would definitely have been with a point on a permanent signing. Perhaps he was homesick?
I think so, even a very best case you are looking at December, but even then it would only be sub appearances as he was getting back up to speed.As some of you know, I really like my NFL and ACL injuries there are fairly common. Although they can take a long time to recover from, you can certainly recover from them. However, you are then at a much higher risk of injuring the ACL in your other knee.
Looking at the recovery time, if we're still in L1 next season then it poses us a bit of a problem given the squad limit drops from 22 to 20 players (for non U21s). Do we just not register him until the January window?
A player who turns 21 this calendar year is counted as a U21 which does allow a tiny little bit more flexibility but we're still up against it - we'd definitely have to ship out the likes of Howe, Thorniley and Sarkic to a) comply with the rule and b) give us the flexibility to sign some players who aren't U21. It also shows the renewed importance of developing our youth academy I guess.I think so, even a very best case you are looking at December, but even then it would only be sub appearances as he was getting back up to speed.
20 players for next year would be a real challenge, we’d have to look at getting some genuine u-20s in because they would be so valuable.
A player who turns 21 this calendar year is counted as a U21 which does allow a tiny little bit more flexibility but we're still up against it - we'd definitely have to ship out the likes of Howe, Thorniley and Sarkic to a) comply with the rule and b) give us the flexibility to sign some players who aren't U21. It also shows the renewed importance of developing our youth academy I guess.
I do find the 20 player rule bizarre. It's 22 this season with the salary cap (which gets dropped next season), so why not just leave it at 22 next season as that, effectively, gives you the flexibility to have 2 players per position?
Meanwhile it's a 25 player limit in the Championship which widens the gulf between that league and L1 (and if you get relegated from the Championship the squad cap immediately goes from 25 to 22, and then 20 the season after).
We may even end up with someone like Ward being a victim of the cap.
A player who turns 21 this calendar year is counted as a U21 which does allow a tiny little bit more flexibility but we're still up against it - we'd definitely have to ship out the likes of Howe, Thorniley and Sarkic to a) comply with the rule and b) give us the flexibility to sign some players who aren't U21. It also shows the renewed importance of developing our youth academy I guess.
I do find the 20 player rule bizarre. It's 22 this season with the salary cap (which gets dropped next season), so why not just leave it at 22 next season as that, effectively, gives you the flexibility to have 2 players per position?
Meanwhile it's a 25 player limit in the Championship which widens the gulf between that league and L1 (and if you get relegated from the Championship the squad cap immediately goes from 25 to 22, and then 20 the season after).
We may even end up with someone like Ward being a victim of the cap.