Just announced that he will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to resolve his ulcerative colitis condition.
Good luck Fletch.
Good luck Fletch.
Darren Fletcher
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Out for the rest of the season, has had surgery, hope he comes back sorted next year 
Wondered why he hadn't featured even on the bench for ages. Can't see him returning in all honesty.
Oh for fecks sake!
Darren Fletcher will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to resolve his ulcerative colitis condition, Manchester United have confirmed. The Scottish international has made two brief appearances for United this season.
Gutted. Hopefully we'll see him back soon.
The club seem eager to insist that this surgery is planned.
Id be inclined to think his career as a top player is over.
I hope im wrong
I hope im wrong
All my love, kisses and etc to Fletcher. May you have a lovely, glorious post-playing life.
But we're a club that moves forward. So Fergie. No more excuses. We. Need. An. Energetic. Midfielder. Now.
But we're a club that moves forward. So Fergie. No more excuses. We. Need. An. Energetic. Midfielder. Now.
That's awful news, you have to feel for the lad.
Huh ? He wasn't even in contention in the summer and we still didn't buy one except Powell.
Good timing!
Think we will give him the best chance there is to recover, before giving up like with Hargreaves.
Should discard him from counting as a active midfielder till/if he comes back though.
Should discard him from counting as a active midfielder till/if he comes back though.
Thanks, I guess. I just wanted to hear an update, and I guess I asked at the right time.
Wish Fletcher all the best though.
Best of luck to him. Most important that he can get it to a place where it doesn't affect his day to day life.
Big loss, if Carrick gets injured we're in trouble.
The worst part is I for one am not bothered by it now, just a regular occurence on the caf. Can't see to understand why people need to bring it up over and over again. We get the fecking picture.
Every thread must be filed with a plea to sign midfielders. Pathetic.
Best wishes and get well soon Darren.
Have to agree it is not looking good for his career at this time. Perhaps the surgery will help, certainly hope it does.
Have to agree it is not looking good for his career at this time. Perhaps the surgery will help, certainly hope it does.
If this is the optimal time for an operation that was always planned then it might not be as bad as people are making out. Get him back for a full pre-season and hopefully he'll be fit for the next campaign.
For anybody with any knowledge. In concern to his health which is obviously the most important thing at the moment, will this operation "cure" him or will the condition always require managing?
A shame but I kind of expected it to happen at any time. Hopefully this sorts it for good.
You're fecked for life. My mum has it. Some days she can't move for the pain. Other days are like rampant diarrhoea twenty times a day. I'm surprised he came back at all.
I said to my father only yesterday watching the game that I feared Fletcher had had some form of relapse/re-occurrence of his condition since he wasn't involved recently, including last night.
Such an unfair thing to happen to one of the decent guys in the game
Such an unfair thing to happen to one of the decent guys in the game
Feel really sorry for fletch once again very sad that this is happened to him, just like Hargreaves once he finally got recognition for his quality he's effectively had a massive setback in his career.
Hopefully this puts an end to it.
The condition will always require managing. Depends what operation he is getting he might be getting the large part of the bowel (inflamed part) removed and the smaller part attached straight to the his back passage. Then he will have to alter his diet and eat smaller meals more times a day. Plus with this condition certain vit uptake will suffer etc etc makes it very hard for him. It's a chronic condition managed by steroids and diet. When inflamed he can pass blood and feel like he needs to go to toilet and do a number 2. But problem being the more he goes the more inflamed his bowel lining becomes and the more he feels he needs to go to the toilet (although there is nothing in his bowel) It will make him exhausted and constantly drained. Hard condition to live with never mind be an athlete. Will never have the energy levels needed in my opinion to be the player he was (sad for him and us).
Why is everyone writing him off? If the surgery is successful won't he be better off?
Wish him all the best, although I thought his illness was more of a lifelong condition rather than something that could be cured!
I hope we see a return to fitness, but he'll have a fight on his hands to get back to peak condition!
I hope we see a return to fitness, but he'll have a fight on his hands to get back to peak condition!
He'll be better off than he is at the moment considering it keeps flaring up and it is affecting his life. But he won't be back to what he was before he got the condition. Also he may need a colostomy back initially (not always) not ideal for an athlete.
It's a really tricky one with Fletcher. Fergie will want to be loyal, but how long do you give it if he's not showing any signs of getting close to the old level? You can't have passengers at this level, cripes even Scholes and Giggs are attracting loads and loads of moans, and Fletcher doesn't have their pedigree to fall back on.
I think we'll have a decision in the summer. Either decide whether he'll get to full capacity, or a parting of the ways.
Once you start limiting who a player can play against the end is in sight.
Not being able to play on heavy pitches would rule half the season out!
I think we'll have a decision in the summer. Either decide whether he'll get to full capacity, or a parting of the ways.
Once you start limiting who a player can play against the end is in sight.
Not being able to play on heavy pitches would rule half the season out!
Good luck Fletch!
We seem to be back where I thought we were one year ago. The club and SAF are doing the whole paternalistic thing of standing by him, not writing him off, etc., which is great to see.
Let's hope he gets well and can get on with his life.
That's how dedicated club servants should be treated. Other than the age-old scenario of an injury to Carrick we should be fine.
I reckon the players would also rather have it this way and pull through as a team than get into a panic over the need for a replacement. If it were them they wouldn't want it any other way.
It's not tricky, you buy another player who can do what he does and keep him in the squad. If he recovers, great, we've got another option in CM, God knows we need one, if he doesn't, we're not short. The policy we're pursuing at the moment, relying on him as an important squad member even though he's clearly not been good enough since late 2010 is sentimental to the point of idiocy.
Not wanting to sound insensitive but at what point can you claim on a players insurance?
Good luck Fletch!
I'm hopeful. I wish you the very best Mr Fletcher, hope you'll be pain free after this
Don't think Sir Alex feels there is a desperate need for a replacement. Or else he would have bought one in already in the summer.