Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Ger Regan on August 09, 2014, 05:27:11 PM
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Thought it might be worthwhile having a single thread to keep tabs on various injuries to squad members throughout the season.
I predict Cole will feature prominently here.
So, anyone with a bit more info than me, fire ahead.
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Benteke & Kozak are both currently injured.
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When is kozak back?
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When is kozak back?
October ish
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When is kozak back?
October ish
At the latest, both of our big guys up front are doing ball work in training, which means they're a fair way along their recovery. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that 1 or both are back in full training in the next week or so, then give 3-4 weeks to get back to full fitness. We could see one of them on the bench after the international break in early september.
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Joe Cole back in training;
Paul Lambert has confirmed Joe Cole is back in training ahead of next week's Barclays Premier League opener against Stoke.
Cole, who joined Villa on a free transfer earlier this summer, has only featured once during pre-season after picking up a thigh injury.
The issue has kept him out of action since the friendly encounter at Mansfield on July 17.
Although Cole travelled to the USA for Villa's Texas tour, he missed both matches against FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo.
He was also unable to take part in the next three games against Chesterfield, Walsall and Parma.
But the 32-year-old midfielder has now resumed training with the rest of his team-mates.
"He is training now with the group, which is good," said the Villa manager.
"I know he has missed a wee bit but he is back training with the group. Everybody seems to be pretty healthy."
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Gabby looked like he pulled up with a dodgy hamstring in the second half today.
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No Gardner yesterday? injured? I think we will be lucky to get 1000 minutes on the pitch for Cole this season.
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Players who are injury prone become more injury prone as they get older, not less. It is cumulative. We should not have gone anywhere near Cole. Above all we need a settled midfield, if Cole plays at all he will be in and out of the side like a yo yo. Lambert has a stubborn streak which means he will keep trying to shoe horn him into the side come what may.
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No Gardner yesterday? injured? I think we will be lucky to get 1000 minutes on the pitch for Cole this season.
If we get 500 minutes I'd be amazed.
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No Gardner yesterday? injured? I think we will be lucky to get 1000 minutes on the pitch for Cole this season.
If we get 500 minutes I'd be amazed.
Gardner came on for the last 10 mins didn't he? How was he?
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Some good news , being reported that benteke may only miss first 3 games.
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Gardner played about 12 mins. He was ok didn't do anything spectacular but looked reasonably fit.
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Some good news , being reported that benteke may only miss first 3 games.
Arguably the three easiest games for us running right through to the end of autumn. If this is true, fantastic news!!!
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I see this as another thread for people to be as down beat and doom and gloom as possible. I could be wrong, but I don't think the Arsenal fans are starting up Injurywatch threads ;)
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One person's doom and gloom is another person's reality check. Taking the whole spectrum of where we are at the moment it is very, very hard not to be gloomy. As for the Arse my daughter has married into a mob of gooners and they are the most miserable bunch of nerks who ever sat in silence through a game of football.
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My point was that all this stuff has already been covered elsewhere and I can't see much reason for a extra thread.
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Its primary purpose is that its a one-stop shop for injury updates. The natural debate that follows will include people being annoyed that said player is injured.
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I think it's a worthy thread. We have two of our biggest players out injured and more players will join them as the season progresses so it's handy to have one thread to monitor their progress.
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I think it's a worthy thread. We have two of our biggest players out injured and more players will join them as the season progresses so it's handy to have one thread to monitor their progress.
Yes but it's got a strong chance of turning into doom and gloom top trumps; "We'll be lucky to get 1000mins from Cole" - "Not even 500" has already been posted on the first page.
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Its primary purpose is that its a one-stop shop for injury updates. The natural debate that follows will include people being annoyed that said player is injured.
Yes, but that can be done elsewhere. It would be handy when you are time limited to be able to read updates without having to wade through all the comments to find them. I understand that discussing it is only natural but surely that can be done in pre-match threads or some such. Or perhaps I am just being picky.
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If people aren't happy, because they think it'll be doom and gloom, don't enter the thread! We have a loan watch thread, why not an injury watch thread? Good idea as far I am concerned.
Benteke to miss just three games, if true, is a massive positive.
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If people aren't happy, because they think it'll be doom and gloom, don't enter the thread! We have a loan watch thread, why not an injury watch thread? Good idea as far I am concerned.
Benteke to miss just three games, if true, is a massive positive.
You are missing the point by a mile. It would be handy to be able to have a place where you can just see which players are injured without having to wade through pages of comments that inevitably veer off topic and that have people predicting that we will be relegated by Bonfire Night. If you just wanted to use it for another opportunity to play the "I'm more depressed than you" game carry on and as you say I'll add it to the growing list of threads I have no interest in because they are all saying the same thing.
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Worthy thread IMHO. An injury list "drive thru" if you like.
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Maybe a mod could edit the opening post with the latest injury news and expected return dates? That way, if you'd like to discuss it you can, if not, you can just view the opening post?
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If people aren't happy, because they think it'll be doom and gloom, don't enter the thread! We have a loan watch thread, why not an injury watch thread? Good idea as far I am concerned.
Benteke to miss just three games, if true, is a massive positive.
You are missing the point by a mile. It would be handy to be able to have a place where you can just see which players are injured without having to wade through pages of comments that inevitably veer off topic and that have people predicting that we will be relegated by Bonfire Night. If you just wanted to use it for another opportunity to play the "I'm more depressed than you" game carry on and as you say I'll add it to the growing list of threads I have no interest in because they are all saying the same thing.
No interest and yet you felt compelled to tell me that. I understand your point Chris but you won't stop people from being gloomy, or, as I like to put it, having an opinion on what is after all, a message board. Perhaps there is a happy medium somewhere?
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Did someone ask for a happy medium?
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Was in a really bad mood after stupid row with missus, reading about Villa obviously wasn't helping and that just made me crack up out loud. Fuckin genius.
Thank you.
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What's the news on Okore? I noticed he was not on the bench yesterday.
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If people aren't happy, because they think it'll be doom and gloom, don't enter the thread! We have a loan watch thread, why not an injury watch thread? Good idea as far I am concerned.
Benteke to miss just three games, if true, is a massive positive.
You are missing the point by a mile. It would be handy to be able to have a place where you can just see which players are injured without having to wade through pages of comments that inevitably veer off topic and that have people predicting that we will be relegated by Bonfire Night. If you just wanted to use it for another opportunity to play the "I'm more depressed than you" game carry on and as you say I'll add it to the growing list of threads I have no interest in because they are all saying the same thing.
Yep, a link to Physio room would do it.
http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php
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You mention of Okore on the physioroom.com.
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What's the news on Okore? I noticed he was not on the bench yesterday.
Said this in the match thread but apparently he trained and is fine so will be ready for our next game.
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I guess with Baker and Clark both still around, there is no need to rush him back. Perhaps a game against Orient?
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At the moment you can't drop Senderos for him. Who'd have thought that when he signed?
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At the moment you can't drop Senderos for him. Who'd have thought that when he signed?
In the league I agree, but isn't the point of having a squad to use other players when you have three games in a week?