Latest Injury (and Recovery!) Mews

Lukerz

Problem is the squad is so small that people like Lanzini and Arnie have played games recently they could’ve done with being rested in. That’s what happens when you have a 21 man squad. 2/3 injuries mean players who you might want to rest over Xmas/Jan then have to play and start tightening and fatiguing muscles which then only take a bit more and just go (like Lanzini for 120 mins in the cup) and Arnie when he came on and had to play extra time.

Lukerz

There’e a reason you get allocated 25 squad places. You’re gonna need them.

OldCastleSwift

Lukerz ;ok Lanzini's injury was always going to happen. In fact, I'm sure someone called it on here before the game ;hmm

Depth squad has often been a problem for us. Last season we had the numbers, but not the quality. This time round we seem to have neither.

TheMadcapLaughs

The one we let go that we definitely should have kept hold of is Feghouli. When I first saw him I thought he was hopeless but he improved over his short stay here and more importantly had a bit of pace about him and seemed to put the effort in. It looked like it meant something to him. In an ideal World he was never going to be good enough or take us to this next level, but we could certainly do with him now.

Hammerex

OldCastleSwift said:

How is Andy Carroll not on that list ;lol

They don't count him as he has an annual season ticket.

grey_til_I_dye

You're welcome.

Yeoldhammer

Reckon we could play Masuaku up front ?

OutcastLondoner

Yeoldhammer said:

Reckon we could play Masuaku up front ?

Maybe but then it'll never reach him because he's the only player left to drive forward.

Yeoldhammer

With no Arnie and Lanzini we are going to see some pretty dire hoof ball.

OutcastLondoner

Hernandez will thrive on that.

MrsGrey

A bunch of stuff that's not 'injury news' but more about transfers needed has been moved to the Transfers thread (in case you were wondering what happened to your post.)

OldCastleSwift

https://whufc.com/news/articles/2018/january/23-january/new-head-fitness-nick-davies-relishing-hammers-return

Good luck fella ;sofa

Giant_Hammer

Well he's only got to get them to be able to reach their coffee cups from the physio table by themselves and he's had a result. ;weep

welovethehammers

OutcastLondoner said:

Hernandez will thrive on that.

Ogbonna long ball to Kouyate who could play as a target man up front, who then flicks it on to Hernandez to knock it in.

Whitehorsehammer

I imagine that finding a training ground in the very congested East London/South Essex area, so not too far for the players to travel each day, is very hard. Leaving the cost aside, to find somewhere with enough acres (not sure how many), the right planning use, good access and security, must be very difficult, if not almost impossible.

ASLEFshrugged

From the Standard

"Michail Antonio has done some training this week and we’re hoping he might not be too far away from a return, while Jose Fonte is also back in training. He has been out for 12 weeks, however, so he may need a couple of practice matches before he is ready."

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11685/11225504/pedro-obiang-suffers-suspected-medial-ligament-damage-in-west-ham-fa-cup-loss

Obiovusly will have to wait untill after the scan but isn't looking good

If it is Medial damage thats minimum 3 weeks but you're more likely looking at 6 weeks

McHammer

He was standing watching at the end ratger than straight to hospital. Slightly encouraged by that!

steve

perhaps they should do a head exam on him ,why on earth would he want to stand and watch what ever we were doing out there .words like sorry boss think I should stay in the dressing room would have been my getout

MrsGrey

Obiang didn't need to go to hospital, apparently.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42848424

According to that (scroll down for our injury list near the bottom)

Noble, Reid, Antonio and Ayew are due back from injury 'late January'.

IronHerb

Hope that's the 30th and not the 31st.

puddleglumhammers

Here is a team of our injured players, excluding a goalkeeper, in our 3 4 1 2 formation of course.

Fonte Reid Fernandes
Antonio Noble Obiang Ayew
Lanzini
Arnautovic Sakho

with Carroll as sub

Hammerdublin

puddleglumhammers said:

with Carroll as an impact sub

Fixed it for ya.

Yeoldhammer

So

Carroll / Arnie / Lanzini / Obiang - all out for a while

Kouyate / Noble / Reid / Antonio / Ayew - Should all be back soon

Fernandes / Fonte - Anyone know ?

MrsGrey

In the training pic yesterday, Fonte + Antonio were with the other players 'running'.

IronHerb

Fonte, Antonio, Noble, Kouyate and Rice are in tonights squad.

Yeoldhammer

has there been an update on Fernandes I know he was suppose to be out for a while but I thought Jan / Feb was his expected return date ? ;hmm

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Ex reporting that the full extent of obinags onjury should be known tomorrow

'Apparantly' the club fear he may be out fir the season

McHammer

Medial rather than cruciate for Obiang. So good news.

Lukerz

Whufc _bulletin says there is good news regarding Lanzini as he is now expected back earlier than was first thought. Could make the Liverpool game on the 24th. Arnie is also back running in training, and is targeting the same game. There is an international break to this month so two weeks without a game.