14-09-2014, 10:46
(14-09-2014, 07:10)consilio Wrote: Or the players have been more injury prone
Buxton went pretty much without injuries until MM got rid of the Injury Prevention Team. Since they went, he has missed more games than he has played. While Gardner was a risk, we have had other players with no injury record that have had injuries galore - Antonio, Lee, Reda etc.
Another factor is that it has seemed to be the Manager's decision as to when a player is fit. Three times last season (once under DJ & twice under SG), Antonio was rushed back to play when he wasn't fit. His other half even tweeted before the Blackpool match at S6 that he shouldn't be playing before the match. Surely that cannot be right.
It does seem that there is less rush to get unfit players playing this season with Lee & Hutch being allowed time to recover although again it appears that Lee had an injury & played , making it worse.
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