Duncan Castles is a pretty good doctor then.
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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?
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Poor lad.
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Don’t think it’s going to be a ‘couple’ of months. Unfortunate for him and City but good news for the rest.
Sorry but something like this is never good news. I dont care who you support, this is a 23 YO kid whos made it big and suffered a big set back.
Never doubt big Dunc.
He quite clearly doesn't run his account. It's ran by the same PR team as Batshuayi's.
Good news because he is a cracking player who is going to be missed. It’s obvious why I said it and thus the unfortunate bit in the beginning.
Big blow for City that. Arguably the most important player in their squad due to the lack of quality cover in his position.
Decision by Guardiola to go into the season with just the three senior full backs looking extremely stupid atm.
Decision by Guardiola to go into the season with just the three senior full backs looking extremely stupid atm.
That’s a big blow for City. What’s ACL rupture normally, depending on severity anywhere between 5-9 months?
Will we get to see the supposed greatness of the City academy unleashed? We've been told for a while that their academy is among the best in the business.
Massive blow, shame for Mendy. Seems like a decent enough lad. Hope he makes a quick recovery.
Same injury as Rojo and Zlatan?
Yup, more or less. Ligament injuries are the worst. At least 8 months out.
I think they will find adequate solutions to cover until next season so it's not as grim as you make out but sucks for player, club & Pep no doubt. Mendy always seemed the only obvious fullback Pep had to, for certain, sign this summer. Now injured and out for a significant window of time, he goes the way of Ilkay last season. Tough break
It's an area they needed to upgrade over Danilo anyway and Martin was targeted earlier in the summer which makes coming back to him in January seem a strong possibility. I think their biggest concern in terms of depth will be when, and it's a certainty it will come to pass, Kun goes cold
And I think he actually has a doctorate.
Great news for United.
Someone getting injured is never a good news. Football is a game.
As you say Pep is charged with finding solutions to problems that arise. Some from within the squad (he namechecked 4 players who can substitute in at LB) and some from outside.
He's trying to give Sterling time at support striker to cover the possibility of Aguero or Jesus getting injured or losing form.
He does in Primatology.
can people stop mentioning this as great news. just keep it to yourself ffs
Well he sure showed Duncan Castles, didn’t he? What a burn!
Wish him a speed recovery! Get on well mate!
Not really if Duncan Castles was proved correct.
He said City were worried it might be an ACL rupture, which would mean 9 months out. Turns out it’s an ACL rupture, which means 9 months out.
Surely Pogue was using heavy sarcasm? I mean ...He said "what a burn"
Duncan Castles is a melt who deserved some backlash
I want to say good, it’ll mean less of those stupid tweets and videos etc you see retweeted all over Twitter but in truth it probably means more of them on the way 
Cheers. Appreciate your sporting spirit.
The really annoying thing about this injury is that it was a ridiculously unnecessary challenge.
I've only seen it once and was about 50 metres away but he was trying to atone for an error and mistimed a recovering tackle and put his body on the line to do it.
There was no immediate danger and he should have trusted his colleagues to clear up the mess rather than gamble.
I heard him say the same thing so yeah I don't think they will be hurt in terms of cover but like with Gundogan Pep loses a significant amount of time with a key piece to his puzzle. And anyway you slice it, it's lost time to gel and gain the rhythm that could be special but we'll see
Beglin needs to crawl under a rock and stay under said rock.
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feck sake , y'all are a nice Christian bunch aren't yah.I want to say good, it’ll mean less of those stupid tweets and videos etc you see retweeted all over Twitter but in truth it probably means more of them on the way
Happy a 23 year old fecked his ACL so he can potentially tweet less He said great news for United. There was nothing personal in it but having a competitor lose one of their best defenders is good for other teams. I'm sure most people, myself included, wouldn't wish injuries on any player and wish them a speedy recovery but there was nothing malicious in the comment.
So Delph at left back this season then?
So Delph at left back this season then?
probably sane at LWB
People like you say that, but how are we in comparison!?
On the right, we have a converted winger as first choice right back, who even a guy like Mourinho who doesn't like rotation to much is already having to leave out here and there to stop him burning out.
On the left, we have a young "wonderkid" left back who has has completely gone off the grid for 2 years for all manner of reasons.
We have another concerted winger.
A utility player
An average guy in Darmian who can just about cross the half way line every so often.
Who has the better full backs?! Is it really much different if they have to play Delph or Sane there every so often?