Stephen Ireland injury

[Dazvillain]

Just seen some tweet comments about him having a suspected broken arm ! Anybody at the game notice anything happen which could have resulted in this type of injury ? How long out could that be or can he play in some kind of lightweight cast ?

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Paul Lambert doesn't know the extent of Stephen Ireland's injury yet, but it's suspected he has a broken arm.

Speaking to the Birmingham Mail before the player left in a sling, Lambert explained he would be going for an x-ray either tonight or tomorrow to determine the extent of the problem.

'It's his arm he's having a problem with at the minute. I don't know if it would be a fracture, that's the fear of it. I think there will be an x-ray and the doctor and physios will let me know what's happening

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[Yossarian]

So it wasn't a tactical error bringing him off.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

So it wasn't a tactical error bringing him off.

As anybody watching the game would have known.

[peter w]

So it wasn't a tactical error bringing him off.

As anybody watching the game would have known.

You don't need to watch the game to know that a 48th minute substitution is anything other than an injury.

[gervilla]

So it wasn't a tactical error bringing him off.

As anybody watching the game would have known.

 

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

So it wasn't a tactical error bringing him off.

As anybody watching the game would have known.

 

Literally "LOL" ;-)

[Yossarian]

So it wasn't a tactical error bringing him off.

As anybody watching the game would have known.

I saw the game. I saw the match thread. I saw some comments saying that it was a mistake to bring Ireland off.

[Toronto Villa]

That's really disappointing. I think Ireland offers far more than he's often given credit for and acts as a great link man in numerous moves. We'll definitely miss him if he's out for any significant length of time.

[ozzjim]

Did him coming off instigate us going long which has been said a few times? If so, we need to make sure we don't start too when he is not on the pitch.

[olaftab]

There was plenty of long stuff in the first half.

[onje_villa]

Did him coming off instigate us going long which has been said a few times? If so, we need to make sure we don't start too when he is not on the pitch.

To be fair we were going long all game.
I was giving him a bit of stick at half time as time and time again his final ball or touch wasn't up to the standards we all know he can achieve.
However, him going off definitely weakened us, in shape as much as anything.
I suppose if he was getting in the right positions, he was doing a lot right, I still think his final product could be (and hopefully will be) lots better.

[mozza]

If he did get injured - it wasn't from putting in a tackle ............in fact he pulled out of a 50/50 that
enraged quite a few of the travelling support -

having said that he wasn't the only one below par yesterday -

[PaulWinch again]

Ireland was the only player trying to link the play, but we started off going long and if Benteke is playing that has to be stamped out immediately. Our improvement in Newcastle and Swansea games was down to short passing and keeping it on the deck. Bannan and Clark were the principle culprits of hoofing it yesterday, and they must stop.

[silhillvilla]

Yeh that 50/50 he bottled was annoying. I also thought he spent the first 25 minutes giving the ball away again. Then he had a decent 20 mins including the assist.