Exactly. One of the biggest reasons our team has gotten better is because of the trio of the two CB's and Casemiro. Losing one is replaceble and even when that happens it is noticible. Losing two of them is horrible and losing all 3 literally kills the team in the long run.Sounds dramatic but I don't disagree, last year's nightmares coming back with de gea, lindelof and Maguire trying to play out from the back.
It's just a fractured metatarsal, so a bone, it's just about giving it time to heal properly. Not a huge deal. Tendon/ligament injuries and muscle tears are all far worse.Now the seasons just about limping to top 4 really. Martinez is PoTY as things stand for me.
Btw is Martinez’ injury something that affects the player long term / is tough to come back from or do players do it all the time and it’s only about the recovery time.
Shambolicpagne FootballNever thought I’d take the news of a metatarsal break so well.
Maguire and Lindelof for most of the run in then. We are about to play some shambolic stuff.
I’m sure our boy Hoofit Long will get a lot of game time.Playing out from the back with these two and David. Good lord.
Rashford (praise the lord I was wrong) and Casemiro neck and neck just behind Martínez. Jeez he’s a beast though. Next season bodes well if ETH can continue his recruitment drive getting more characters like this into the club. He’s also entering his prime and seems to love the club which cant be understated. I love to see a player compete that hard. If martial did he’d be world classNow the seasons just about limping to top 4 really. Martinez is PoTY as things stand for me.
Btw is Martinez’ injury something that affects the player long term / is tough to come back from or do players do it all the time and it’s only about the recovery time.
How is that a good thing?At least Maguire is suspended at Wembly vs. Brighton...
We finished third and second in the league with Maguire and Lindelof as first choice centre backs previously. There’s enough there for a better manager than Ole to finish top four and win the Europa.Exactly. One of the biggest reasons our team has gotten better is because of the trio of the two CB's and Casemiro. Losing one is replaceble and even when that happens it is noticible. Losing two of them is horrible and losing all 3 literally kills the team in the long run.
We need Casemiro for the last part of the season. Cause he's the only one who could make our other CB's look good and take pressure of them.
Maybe not if it was weakened previously but didn't crack. It might have been an incident from games ago, but putting pressure on it was the final straw.Isn't is a bit strange to fracture a bone just from running? At least unusual.
This. Also no guarantee we won't continue to get more injuries. Shut up shop and focus finishing top 4 is my thinkingWe might limp past Sevilla and Brighton, but I can’t see us having enough to go all the way now. Gloomy as it sounds, we’d do well just to cement 4th from here.
Because har har Maguire is bad har.How is that a good thing?
Difficult is admittedly subjective, but we should be aiming to get a draw at least against spurs without our strongest line up. No, it’s not ideal, but the fixture list in the league is as kind as you could realistically hope for. 4/5 wins and a couple of draws from our remaining 9 games should be enough for top 4 and isn’t a massive ask, even with Maguire at centre half.Brighton and Spurs. And potentially any game in the PL is difficult. We've dropped points to Southampton, Palace, Leeds, Brentford, Villa.
I was ironic, we won’t even have the ‘dreaded’ Maguire and Lindelof against Brighton, and it’s not like these two are a miracle of health either, seems especially like Lindelof have had a lot of issues the last years.How is that a good thing?
Who's heads?Don't see us winning in Seville or at Wembley now tbh.
Everything rests of getting over the line in race for CL.
If we don't finish top 4 then heads need to roll.