The fact that he walked off and didn't need the stretcher makes me think it's not too serious.
Zlatan's Injury Thread
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I'd rather bring James Wilson back into the fold than Rooney, and that's saying something
Mkhi and Rashford are good enough to carry the burden, 10 each. Rashford has been mainly out wide but has looked promising through the middle lately.
Dunno. I think that's just Zlatan being a hard bastard
Just seen it again and it looked terrible.
It's a shame to see him being injured in the game, but I'm sure that players like rashford and martial will relish the opportunity to start games.
He's done well for us scoring the goals, but he is wasteful. He needs about 4-5 wasted shots to score one goal. We saw plenty of wasted shots by him today. People will go on about the other players aren't scoring, and that's kinda true.
The main reason why it's true is because the way we play. It's intended for ibra to be the one scoring the goals. Also with players like rashford and martial sat on the bench there not on the pitch to get there game shooting practice in. You can practice shots in training all you like, but when your one on one with the keeper, that shooting practice isn't worth anything if the player isn't confident that he's got the keepers number.
He's done well for us scoring the goals, but he is wasteful. He needs about 4-5 wasted shots to score one goal. We saw plenty of wasted shots by him today. People will go on about the other players aren't scoring, and that's kinda true.
The main reason why it's true is because the way we play. It's intended for ibra to be the one scoring the goals. Also with players like rashford and martial sat on the bench there not on the pitch to get there game shooting practice in. You can practice shots in training all you like, but when your one on one with the keeper, that shooting practice isn't worth anything if the player isn't confident that he's got the keepers number.
And if Rashford gets injured, or tired (he will if he plays Thu-Sun-Thu-Sun for the rest of the season), will we use Rooney up front? Martial doesn't seem to have any confidence at the moment. We need every single player available.
They wouldn't though. His finishing is erratic but it's his forward play that gets him those chances. If he's out he'll be missed. A great game on Sunday doesn't mean we can do without our top scorer when our second top scorer is out injured already.
I think it was his last game for us, looked absolutely horrible.
The way he has been lately and the way we have been against Chelsea or even Anderlecht but without him, i think it might not be the biggest loss. In my opinion it's much more bad in terms of loosing squad depth rather than loosing the top goalscorer.
For example i would not want him to start against City, not really. But on the other hand i would very much want to have him on the bench so that Jose would have that option.
For example i would not want him to start against City, not really. But on the other hand i would very much want to have him on the bench so that Jose would have that option.
The thing i remember about Zouma was the sound of his screams which were clearly audible on the tv. Looked in more pain than Zlatan but again that's probably Zlatan being hard as feck
It didn't look that bad. Looked like a really nasty twist but the fact he walked off is a good sign.
We've just seen a forward line of Rashford and Lingard work their socks off.
Let's give a bit of trust in these lads.
Mourinho says it "looks negative".
Rooney will have to come back into the fold.
Rooney will have to come back into the fold.
The bend in Zouma's leg was a lot more pronounced than Zlatans. Hopefully just badly jarred and slight ligament strains rather than a career finisher. Season probably over either way
It's those constant fecking forced long balls in the box. We use him as a lightning rod for our attacks and the guy broke down in the end.
Any chance the injury's not serious?
Any chance the injury's not serious?
I have close to zero faith in Martial at this point. The worst thing is that he doesn't even look arsed.
You'd think so but even if he had done his cruciate ligaments he could still have walked off.
It looked nasty and it may be his last game for us. Surely if hes out for the rest of the season the club wont give him another contract now, as you dont know how that will affect him.
Having hyperextended my knee playing football I could still walk on it. The problems actually came with it swelling and stiffening up in the days to follow. It then took months of hydrotherapy and physiotherapy to get it back working properly again. Admittedly Zlatan will have better immediate care which will hopefully prevent a lot of damage, so hopefully it won't be that bad, but I wouldn't assume just because he could walk on it that it's not serious.
That's the jist of it. An unfit, poor Rooney will get more play time now. There's no other choice with Zlatan and Mata completely out.
I have no problem with that (actually I really hope we do), but no matter how young they are, the fixture list is pretty brutal. Don't see anything positive in Zlatan's injury, we really need the whole squad.
Its Zlatan. He's hard as feck.
Pragmatically speaking, good job he stalled on that extension!
Hate to say it but I think it could be a blessing. He has scored loads of goals but his conversion rate is atrocious. Should easily have had 3 tonight.
Makes Jose's job a little easier as he doesn't have to integrate a misfiring Zlatan into the team.
Makes Jose's job a little easier as he doesn't have to integrate a misfiring Zlatan into the team.
People waving it off are idiots. Ibrahimovic is vital. I hope it's not as serious as it seems
Selective much? What about all Rashford's misses tonight?
I think it's highly unlikely he plays again this season. It looked sickening on the replay. Having said that, Hargreaves said the size of his quads may have 'protected' the knee somewhat but the level of hyperextension suggested a ligament strain as a minimum.
Jose not too optimistic about either his or Rojo's injuries in the post-match interview.
From a little googling on hyperextended knees, if it's a mild to moderate sprain, he might only be out for 2-4 weeks. In more severe cases where surgery is needed you're probably looking at 'Zouma-time'.
http://www.healthline.com/health/fitness-exercise/hyperextended-knee#treatment3
http://www.healthline.com/health/fitness-exercise/hyperextended-knee#treatment3
Yeah, said the same in the match thread (and it was apparently "insane hyperbole" and "hysterical"). If it's a really bad one I don't see United extending his contract and Zlatan doesn't seem like the type to step down a level. Was good seeing him walk off the pitch though.
Looked to be a nasty hyperextension. Best case would be strained ligaments.
Shame to see him go out like that. Horrible game that he could've put to bed multiple times, so in a sense his profligacy led to his injury. Jose is a bit complicit as he could've taken him, but I don't think he ever would do so with the game in the balance.
Shame to see him go out like that. Horrible game that he could've put to bed multiple times, so in a sense his profligacy led to his injury. Jose is a bit complicit as he could've taken him, but I don't think he ever would do so with the game in the balance.
That could be just how he looks lol
I think with martial he just needs game time. If he has got a bit down and list confidence this is the time for Jose to have a word with him, just maybe not publically like he did with Shaw. People were saying the same about Shaw, but he's looked good imo since he came back the last couple of games.
He was making nice runs today and looked a threat. That will build his confidence further and we might be starting to see the player we expected him to become. The same could be the same about Martial. Give him a kick up the butt whilst building his confidence and we could see the player we saw last year.
He is our top scorer, Mata is also out, and we struggle immensely to score goals, so how can it be a blessing to lose Zlatan when we have 8-9 games to play the next 5 weeks?
Regardless of how you feel about the team without him in it in terms of mobility to say he won't be missed is bizarre, and I doubt it will be echoed should we find ourlseves ina europa league final in Stockholm.
He dragged our team through a cup final already this season. I think in the long term yes, we need to aim to build around rashford and ideally a rejuvenated martial, but zlatan isn't flavour of the month now and is being criminally under rated.
He dragged our team through a cup final already this season. I think in the long term yes, we need to aim to build around rashford and ideally a rejuvenated martial, but zlatan isn't flavour of the month now and is being criminally under rated.
Yuk, no thanks!
Indeed. Rashford is a very, very promising talent, but he's 19 years old and has scored 2 Premier League goals in 22 appearances since September. We're in big trouble.
I'm gutted for him, surely he won't play again this season. I would hate for his stint with us to end this way but if it's a serious injury (cruciate) I don't think he'll return next season.
Really hope that isn't a career-ender for him, but I do expect that to be his last game for us - which is obviously a tremendous shame all-round.
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