Seems logical to me. The physical demands on the players would be enormous if they ever hope to execute this kamikaze-ball with any degree of success. Particularly in those key areas in the middle of the pitch, the CBs and midfielders have to cover so much ground.We don't play with the ball like a big club, and we don't sit back organised and compact like a small club. City players know exactly the amount of energy they're going to use before starting a game. They whole thing is a bit like a training exercise for them. We step onto the field and god knows what's going to happen. I reckon the injuries follow. Chaos on the pitch, followed by injuries. Makes sense to me.
It’s a bit sensationalist. I took a glance at other clubs in the top 8 and they’re much the same, with some exceptions."Man Utd have started 31 different back lines in 43 matches this season:
1.AWB, Varane, Martinez, Shaw
2.AWB, Varane, Martinez, Dalot
3.AWB, Lindelof, Martinez, Dalot
4.Dalot, Lindelof, Martinez, Reguilon
5.AWB, Lindelof, Martinez, Reguilon
6.Dalot, Lindelof, Evans, Reguilon
7.AWB, Lindelof, Evans, Reguilon
8.Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Amrabat
9.Dalot, Varane, Lindelof, Amrabat
10.Dalot, Maguire, Evans, Lindelof
11.Dalot, Varane, Evans, Lindelof
12.Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Reguilon
13.Dalot, Maguire, Lindelof, Reguilon
14.Dalot, Maguire, Lindelof, Shaw
15.AWB, Maguire, Lindelof, Shaw
16.AWB, Maguire, Shaw, Dalot
17.Dalot Maguire, Shaw, Reguilon
18.Dalot, Maguire, Varane, Shaw
19.Dalot, Evans, Varane, Shaw
20.AWB, Maguire, Evans, Dalot
21.AWB, Kambwala, Evans, Shaw
22.AWB, Varane, Evans, Dalot
23.Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Shaw
24.Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw
25.Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Shaw
26.Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Lindelof
27.Dalot, Lindelof, Varane, Amrabat
28.Dalot, Varane, Evans, Lindelof
29.Dalot, Lindelof, Varane, AWB
30.AWB, Maguire, Varane, Dalot
31.Dalot, Kambwala, Maguire, AWB
From RB, RCB, LCB, LB
Tried my best to keep this in chronological order of this season.
This Doesn’t include times where injuries have caused backline to change in game. E.g Kambwala coming on at RB, or Bruno playing CB in FA cup vs Pool.
Injuries in defence this season, have definitely not helped. "
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Yup. We need to buy a centre-back to replace him in the summer. So frustrating.Varane is cooked.
Selling clubs know stuff. Who would have guessed.Yup. We need to buy a centre-back to replace him in the summer. So frustrating.
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AbsolutelyCan't remember ever seeing this insane amount of injuries over a season before. I find it hard to believe it's purely down to bad luck. There must be something wrong with the way we train.
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Risk without the rewardDon’t know why we bother with training. It’s not as if the team has developed a style of play, knows how to defend or score goals.
The only thing we seem to achieve at training is injuries.
Yup. We need a new manager like someone stuck in the Sahara needs water.Don’t know why we bother with training. It’s not as if the team has developed a style of play, knows how to defend or score goals.
The only thing we seem to achieve at training is injuries.
If we train anything like we play, than undoubtedly yes.Can't remember ever seeing this insane amount of injuries over a season before. I find it hard to believe it's purely down to bad luck. There must be something wrong with the way we train.
If we train like we play then no-one would ever get injured.If we train anything like we play, than undoubtedly yes.
He was also injured for the entirety of his best season at the club, but was on painkilling injections throughout the campaign. I wonder if we might've just stopped using such treatments altogether, leading to more matches being missed.Ooof! Hard to believe every single one of our players is injury prone. When someone like Maguire gets injured (who was quite reliable before ETH). We've had consistent injury problems all season.
I’d be surprised if he doesn’t.Wouldn't be surprised if even Bruno gets injured at this point.
I know Lindelof was that season because of a bad back. Are you thinking of him or was Maguire playing through injury as well that season (20/21)?He was also injured for the entirety of his best season at the club, but was on painkilling injections throughout the campaign. I wonder if we might've just stopped using such treatments altogether, leading to more matches being missed.
Lindelöf’s missed 3.8 games per season on average during the last five seasons before this. Exclude covid & illness and it’s 2.8 per season. Wouldn’t call that injury prone.It's not a coaching thing. It's that Varane and Lindelof are injury prone, Martinez has had terrible luck with that hammer falling on his knee, Evans is 37 and Kambwala has picked up a knock.
Not even one - despite travelling, Maguire hasn't trained all weekOh my feckING GOD. Only one fit bloody centre-back! What on earth is happening?
Lindelof has never really been injury prone. A couple of games here and there, but he's already missed almost as many games this season as he did in all his previous seasons here put together.It's not a coaching thing. It's that Varane and Lindelof are injury prone, Martinez has had terrible luck with that hammer falling on his knee, Evans is 37 and Kambwala has picked up a knock.
Apparently the first two months of 2020 he was on them for a hip problem, with Anka also claiming that he finished that season on painkilling injections for another unspecified injury. So not quite the whole of 19/20 as I initially said, but the business half.I know Lindelof was that season because of a bad back. Are you thinking of him or was Maguire playing through injury as well that season (20/21)?
Lindelöf’s missed 3.8 games per season on average during the last five seasons before this. Exclude covid & illness and it’s 2.8 per season. Wouldn’t call that injury prone.
Fairs. So that's the only exception, not an indictment of training or coaching.Lindelof has never really been injury prone. A couple of games here and there, but he's already missed almost as many games this season as he did in all his previous seasons here put together.
