Diego Carlos

[Axl Rose]

Good stuff, Drummond.

Without going on Google and doing my own research, was Diego signed by Emery when he was at Sevilla? Or did he join after Emery had left.

[Lastfootstamper]

Carlos signed in 2019, Emery was gone three years before then.

[Axl Rose]

Cheers mate! Just catching up on life!

[Toronto Villa]

Big man putting in the gym time to get back to playing as quickly as possible

https://twitter.com/avfcfaithful_/status/1589244857096499200?s=46&t=MQY8sGgoXOcuLBl6cDZJCg

[Chap]

That’s impressive👍

[Dogtanian]

That hurts my back just looking at it.

[olaftab]

Fake stuff. Those weights are made out of polystyrene😂

[placeforparks]

bump. saw he was on the dubai trip last month, and he was light running on a treadmill at bodymoor (but in some kind of pressure chamber?)

fingers crossed he will be back before the end of the season.

[paul_e]

bump. saw he was on the dubai trip last month, and he was light running on a treadmill at bodymoor (but in some kind of pressure chamber?)

fingers crossed he will be back before the end of the season.

All the rumours around right now are that he'll be in full training early next month so I wouldn't be surprised if we see him on the bench by the end of Feb if things keep going to plan.

[john e]

What was his injury again ?

[Toronto Villa]

What was his injury again ?

ruptured left achilles

[usav]

Back in the day that was at least a full 12 months out.

[OCD]

If he kept his toes up more he would get some great hamstring activation.

[john e]

What was his injury again ?

ruptured left achilles

Ok thanks
bad one then, is it one of them where you don’t really know if he will be the same player again like Wesley

[paul_e]

What was his injury again ?

ruptured left achilles

Ok thanks
bad one then, is it one of them where you don’t really know if he will be the same player again like Wesley

Not really, most people that do their achilles com back without problems after 6-9months and if there are any problems they tend to give pretty clear warning signs so, at that level, the player will be told exactly what to expect for and to stop if they feel anything off (from what I remember the biggest risks are a tightening where it feels difficult to put your foot down flat and a sharp pain where it feels like needles in the back of your heel, never done it myself but I did a fair bit of physio with a guy who had it).

The sort of injury Wesley got can take years to fully recover and if you push it too soon you can get long setbacks. The biggest problem is the mental strain that it adds where you just can't trust it. I stopped playing rugby for a decade after mine because for over 2 years every time I tried to train it just felt wrong and I couldn't trust myself to break into a full sprint or sidestep. It's different for a professional who's trying to rebuild their career (rather than an amateur who's stopping to protect their career) but it's still really tough.