So if that turns out to be an ACL, added to Holding and Chambers that's 3 in the same team within the space of about 12 months which surely can't be normal. I appreciate this one came as a result of a reckless foul and after a long break, but we seem to suffer so many long term muscle and ligament injuries compared to other teams. Is there something that makes our players more susceptible to this type of injury? Something wrong with training methods, or conditioning? Are players worked too hard in training so they are knackered by the time they get to the game? Or like we do with much of the playing squad are our physio and medical staff inadequate because we won't pay for the best ones? Do we just seem to sign brittle players whose bodies are not up to the physical demands of the modern game? Or is it simply bad luck?
Would be interested in Speedy's take.
