Injuries at the club.

[The_77]

4 minutes ago, brucey said:

We need an expert in hamstrings and ACLs, not this guy.

I’m sure he can provide a referral. 

[FoxesWalk]

It’s hard not to conclude that our season is basically a write off 

[Buzzell]

46 minutes ago, turlo said:

Blackwell tried in todays presser. I think he's had a complete breakdown and gone AWOL. 

 

 

So bizarre. I mean if there was a time we needed him to step up, it would be now. Looks like we may never see him play in a Leicester shirt again.

[l444ry]

22 minutes ago, brucey said:

We need an expert in hamstrings and ACLs, not this guy.

From our 17 players currently unavailable only two are offically Hamstring (or ACL) issues apparently. Seems to be linked to Thigh issues. Need an expert to work the difference out.   

Edited 7 January 2022 by l444ry

[Koke]

We used up all our luck in 15/16. 

[sdb]

I wonder if Benkovic's personal issues have been the issue for longer than this weekend?

[PhillippaT]

7 minutes ago, Koke said:

We used up all our luck in 15/16. 

Someone made a deal with a witch doctor didn't they?

[mad biker]

8 minutes ago, Koke said:

We used up all our luck in 15/16. 

Really ? don`t remember any "luck" well maybe a bit of bad but we were good enough to overcome it !

[majaco]

10 minutes ago, Koke said:

We used up all our luck in 15/16. 

We may need to use all our u15s/16s

[Lesta2014]

19 minutes ago, sdb said:

I wonder if Benkovic's personal issues have been the issue for longer than this weekend?

If this is the case hopefully he’s getting the support he needs.

[casablancas]

Time to get big Wes back? Surely got a few games in him. 

[Vardinio'sCat]

So much unsubstantiated garbage on this thread, it is quite illuminating to see who have lost their heads.

 

We're all f****n experts us Brits. I blame Micheal Gove.

[StriderHiryu]

[TJB-fox]

This year is an utter disaster, complete write off for the season. If we manage to finish anything above 14th I’d actually value it as a success. Players bang out of form, whole squad injured, covid, discontent between the fans in regards to our manager - shocking season. 

Better off spending the rest of the year planning for next season to ensure this doesn’t happen again. Whatever has gone wrong this season in regards to injuries needs addressing bigtime. 
 

Could also give the cups a good bash, would definitely prioritise them over the league 

[Spudulike]

23 minutes ago, TJB-fox said:

This year is an utter disaster, complete write off for the season. If we manage to finish anything above 14th I’d actually value it as a success. Players bang out of form, whole squad injured, covid, discontent between the fans in regards to our manager - shocking season. 

Better off spending the rest of the year planning for next season to ensure this doesn’t happen again. Whatever has gone wrong this season in regards to injuries needs addressing bigtime. 
 

Could also give the cups a good bash, would definitely prioritise them over the league 

It didn't feel like an utter disaster when we were clapping the lads off at the end of the epic last home match. I agree with the sentiment though and it all goes back to that tackle in a pre-season friendly when it was all going so well and it seemed that our injury crisis was behind us. 

 

Things will pick up in the next couple of months, players will be coming back and we'll be seeing the JCB's moving in and scaffolding going up. Plenty of things to be optimistic about 

[TJB-fox]

7 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

It didn't feel like an utter disaster when we were clapping the lads off at the end of the epic last home match. I agree with the sentiment though and it all goes back to that tackle in a pre-season friendly when it was all going so well and it seemed that our injury crisis was behind us. 

 

Things will pick up in the next couple of months, players will be coming back and we'll be seeing the JCB's moving in and scaffolding going up. Plenty of things to be optimistic about 

True, it’s unbelievable how one win and three points can transform morale. Roll on next game.

[Tuna]

Tone was set with the Fofana injury. Season was going to be really difficult from that point on.

[brucey]

4 hours ago, sdb said:

I wonder if Benkovic's personal issues have been the issue for longer than this weekend?

Could even be years, Rodgers was asked about it earlier this season but didn't specify the type of issue, whether injury or personal. He last played on Oct 23 in a U23 game. 

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/filip-benkovic-not-played-minute-6017070

[volpeazzurro]

2 hours ago, TJB-fox said:

This year is an utter disaster, complete write off for the season. If we manage to finish anything above 14th I’d actually value it as a success. Players bang out of form, whole squad injured, covid, discontent between the fans in regards to our manager - shocking season. 

Better off spending the rest of the year planning for next season to ensure this doesn’t happen again. Whatever has gone wrong this season in regards to injuries needs addressing bigtime. 
 

Could also give the cups a good bash, would definitely prioritise them over the league 

Just need to avoid relegation. I may have previously been critical of Brendan but I think Pep, Klopp and Ferguson combined would struggle with what we've got left!

[Matt]

A point that's just been made to me (Which i'm shocked I hadn't come to the conclusion of);

 

The style we play, playing it back and forth along the defence, slowly, side to side and backwards, how do you get injuries doing that?!

 

I mean if we were doing all the running, chasing the opposition, pressing, running forwards, at speed then I could perhaps understand some of the injuries but we're far from that, we 'control the game' (Apparently), we let the opposition do the running and pressing (Apparently).

 

I don't care what anyone says, we're not high intensity, we play at snails pace, if people claim Rodgers is high intensity in training, well perhaps there is your problem on two counts, 1) We're knackered and have nothing left come match day and 2) Why we're getting so many injuries.

 

Edited 8 January 2022 by Matt

[Harpenden Fox]

47 minutes ago, Matt said:

A point that's just been made to me (Which i'm shocked I hadn't come to the conclusion of);

 

The style we play, playing it back and forth along the defence, slowly, side to side and backwards, how do you get injuries doing that?!

 

I mean if we were doing all the running, chasing the opposition, pressing, running forwards, at speed then I could perhaps understand some of the injuries but we're far from that, we 'control the game' (Apparently), we let the opposition do the running and pressing (Apparently).

 

I don't care what anyone says, we're not high intensity, we play at snails pace, if people claim Rodgers is high intensity in training, well perhaps there is your problem on two counts, 1) We're knackered and have nothing left come match day and 2) Why we're getting so many injuries.

 

Funnily enough we don’t just move the ball from side to side, do we? Of recent injuries, Vardy was in a chase, Cags was chasing back, Ricky P had his leg broken by an opponent. But don’t let that get in the way of your never ending crusade to criticise everything about LCFC.

 

You really think an elite manager, with all the resources at his disposal, would let his teams arrive at match day knackered?

[Tanya]

1 minute ago, Harpenden Fox said:

Funnily enough we don’t just move the ball from side to side, do we? Of recent injuries, Vardy was in a chase, Cags was chasing back, Ricky P had his leg broken by an opponent. But don’t let that get in the way of your never ending crusade to criticise everything about LCFC.

 

You really think an elite manager, with all the resources at his disposal, would let his teams arrive at match day knackered?

Thank you.

 

Something is seriously amiss and the backroom staff have some questions to answer but let's not resort to mindless slagging off. It's more complicated than that.

[Matt]

27 minutes ago, Harpenden Fox said:

Funnily enough we don’t just move the ball from side to side, do we? Of recent injuries, Vardy was in a chase, Cags was chasing back, Ricky P had his leg broken by an opponent. But don’t let that get in the way of your never ending crusade to criticise everything about LCFC.

 

You really think an elite manager, with all the resources at his disposal, would let his teams arrive at match day knackered?

Ideally of course not, but going of what we've generally seen in the last 12 months, I'm looking for explanations, reasons, excuses (If you must) and...i've got nothing else.

 

For the 3 you've given me, I raise you KDH, Thomas and Castagne all of who have emerged injured this week, baring in mind we havn't even played a game for the past week and a half.

 

By the way when I mention Rodgers name on stuff like this by my own admission I need to start saying 'Management team', it's not Rodgers per se, of course its not, it's medical staff, coaches, e.t.c, they are under an umbrella, Rodgers is the face of it though which is why i've been saying that, but something is amiss, questions need asking (And answering).

 

Edited 8 January 2022 by Matt

[st albans fox]

20 minutes ago, Matt said:

Ideally of course not, but going of what we've generally seen in the last 12 months...i've got nothing else.

 

For the 3 you've given me, I raise you KDH, Thomas and Castagne all of who have emerged injured this week, baring in mind we havn't even played a game for the past week and a half.

 

By the way when I mention Rodgers name on stuff like this by my own admission I need to start saying 'Management team', it's not Rodgers per se, of course its not, it's medical staff, coaches, e.t.c, they are under an umbrella, Rodgers is the face of it though which is why i've been saying that, but something is amiss, questions need asking (And answering).

 

Timmy probably shouldn’t have played against Liverpool 

 

he had only played a half at Man City on the back of not training for some time - so it’s safe to assume that he aggravated something which meant he hasn’t really trained since liverpool 

 

KDH and Luke are strange

 

But we know nothing about their ‘problems’

 

 

[Claudio Fannieri]

The number of injuries we have seen at the club over the last 3 seasons is nothing short of a joke, yes some have been impact injuries from poor challenges like little Wes and Ricky P. But in the main the majority of the injuries have come through players breaking down and for me that is a real concern that the backroom

team are not putting player welfare first. 
 

Since Rodgers joined the club we have changed the playing surface at the KP, moved to a state of the art training complex and revamped the Medical and Sports Science teams, and yet as we stand today our injury list is potentially at the worst it has ever been. 
 

Whether this is due to over working players, training intensity, poor player preparation or any other issues, what does stand out to me is it looks absolutely rank amateur for a professional football club with the resources we have at our disposal to have such a blatant disregard for its playing assets. 
 

I can’t believe Top, Susan Whelan and Rudkin are overly impressed with seeing millions and millions of pounds worth of talent sat in the treatment room every day. What must be going through the minds of the players who know they have a niggle but continued to be played until they suffer a significant injury lay off. 
 

The handling of Vardy is a classic example, was clearly struggling against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup  and yet ends up on the bench vs City and then plays full 90 against Liverpool again when he finally breaks down and is now out for 8 weeks, shocking treatment of our 35 year old striker. 
 

The way players are flogged until they break down or are brought back too early only to suffer further setbacks is a real cause of concern and cannot be great for morale or the relationship with their Manager. 
 

the situation beggars belief and like others have said I have no doubt we will pick up further injuries in the coming weeks. 
 

I really hope the powers at be are taking note of this and a full review of our training, medical and sports science methods are undertaken as it is clearly costing us every season and the value of our assets must be dwindling with every significant injury we pick up.