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ivaldo

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I hope it doesn't have a long term effect on his throw-ins!
 

LR7

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I said to my Dad during the City game that his wrist must have REALLY hurt if Valencia outwardly looked to be in so much pain. Really unlucky that he's fractured it. Positive is that Darmian looked in good form yesterday, hopefully he can maintain that level, in Valencias absence.

Our annual injury crisis is drawing closer
It only becomes an official crisis when Carrick has to put in his annual shift at CB! :nervous:
 

Di Maria's angel

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Fractures normally take anywhere between 4-6 weeks to heal. Just wondering whether he'd play in his cast?
 

Leftback99

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Rumoured to be out for 6 weeks. Season goes from bad to worse.
 

Adam-Utd

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TBF he's doing squats with a shoulder pad, so no real strain is on his arm there. Still though shows how dedicated he is, I like that.
 

NinjaFletch

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TBF he's doing squats with a shoulder pad, so no real strain is on his arm there. Still though shows how dedicated he is, I like that.
The shoulder pad isn't really a relevant issue. If you squat properly there shouldn't be much weight going through your arms anyway and he's got virtually nothing on the bar anyway.

Saying that I've never seen anyone do an exercise like that before they look like really aggressive quarter reps. Is there a reason he's doing that @Zarlak?
 

Adam-Utd

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The shoulder pad isn't really a relevant issue. If you squat properly there shouldn't be much weight going through your arms anyway and he's got virtually nothing on the bar anyway.

Saying that I've never seen anyone do an exercise like that before they look like really aggressive quarter reps. Is there a reason he's doing that @Zarlak?
Obviously not, but if it's a bar with no support then your arms are still having to hold it tight, at least with that shoulder pad he can keep it steady without much arm support.
 

Zarlak

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Truth like rain don't give a feck who it falls on.
The shoulder pad isn't really a relevant issue. If you squat properly there shouldn't be much weight going through your arms anyway and he's got virtually nothing on the bar anyway.

Saying that I've never seen anyone do an exercise like that before they look like really aggressive quarter reps. Is there a reason he's doing that @Zarlak?
They're called squat lockouts. People use them to improve their overall squat, as it gets the body used to feeling really heavy loads on your back without you having to actually go all the way down with a weight you can't handle. The idea is that you do this as well as your normal squats and not instead of, and along with full squats with lower weight they help a little with how much you end up squatting overall. Kind of like how you can get someone to use forced negatives on the pull up as a way to get their body ready for regular pull ups faster. That doesn't really make sense here because he has next to no weight on the bar. It could also be used when coming back from injury with lighter loads to start getting your body used to the feeling of having the weight on your back again before you progress to full squats for the first time and bust a previously injured knee or something. They're not really useful for anything outside of that.
 

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They're called squat lockouts. People use them to improve their overall squat, as it gets the body used to feeling really heavy loads on your back without you having to actually go all the way down with a weight you can't handle. The idea is that you do this as well as your normal squats and not instead of, and along with full squats with lower weight they help a little with how much you end up squatting overall. Kind of like how you can get someone to use forced negatives on the pull up as a way to get their body ready for regular pull ups faster. That doesn't really make sense here because he has next to no weight on the bar. It could also be used when coming back from injury with lighter loads to start getting your body used to the feeling of having the weight on your back again before you progress to full squats for the first time and bust a previously injured knee or something. They're not really useful for anything outside of that.
So potentially it could be something they're doing to try and keep his body ticking over as much as possible, amongst others, whilst he's injured so he comes back in as best shape as he can and doesn't lose too much time?
 

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So potentially it could be something they're doing to try and keep his body ticking over as much as possible, amongst others, whilst he's injured so he comes back in as best shape as he can and doesn't lose too much time?
Possibly, to be honest I've never done them so can't really attest to how effective they are. This could also equally be something his trainer read in a magazine that isn't applicable to him at all but he thought it sounded like a good idea.
 

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Watching that squat technique makes me feel ill.. How is football still this far behind other sports? Compare that technique to an American Footballer, no wonder footballers get injured on the reg.
 

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Possibly, to be honest I've never done them so can't really attest to how effective they are. This could also equally be something his trainer read in a magazine that isn't applicable to him at all but he thought it sounded like a good idea.
You'd hope that the club would employ a better calibre of trainers than that, but that really wouldn't surprise me.
 

DWelbz19

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Maybe he's just travelled with the squad? It'd be great if he did recover this quickly though.
 

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No injuries can stop Tony V to play. I mean he is even willing to play with just one eye.
 

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Need him back asap to assault the oppositions shin pads!
 

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What an absolute stud this man is :lol:
I'd love for him to be the captain. Many times we're playing bad he's the only one forcing players to rise up and go forward and not to mention he always gives 100% when on the pitch. I swear if it wasn't for his bad English he would be the perfect captain.
 

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Never thought I'd say this but great to see him back. Their lack of Bellerin and our inclusion of Valencia could be a defining aspect of this match.
 
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