FFS is this even serious.
As has been said by others, technically a different injury to a different structure, and possibly even a different knee. However, my first thought was to the ACL injury as one of the two common approaches to that surgery is a patella tendon graft. It is not unheard of to hear of the athlete later rupturing the grafted tendon.
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What is the worst thing that could happen to us if we said weâre not releasing any more players for international duty until fixtures are back to normal? We have a duty of care to our players that outranks these fucking stupid games.
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Quite possibly where Iâm confusing the two or perhaps Iâm just confused! It is remarkable how players seem to get injured training on international duty disproportionately more regularly than with their clubs. I wonder what (if anything) he had been asked to do? Whether weâd requested a specific training regime. I do think international teams often donât feel the same duty of care to the players as the clubs. One gets injured, can always bring someone else in. Theyâre not the ones who have to fix them, pay them, change around the team with only finite resources, donât need to navigate 50+ games in a season. Feels like theyâre a bit more reckless when it comes to considering player welfare.
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Wijnaldum has played 45 minutes together with the coming 2 matches that will be 225 minutes in 8 days. He will be in the red when we get him back and that is when he is not injured before that. 
I dont know either but was just wondering further on the point you raise, whether the change in training regimes could throw up injuries?
What I didnât realise is that instead of the usual two games, during the international break, teams are being forced to play three games. This is sheer fucking madness, on top of the hectic fixture schedule club teams are faced with.
Yes, they are professional players and itâs their job, which they get very well paid to do. But they are also human beings, no different to the rest of us, with the same joints and muscles that we all have. Eventually, because of over use, they will suffer wear and tear and then serious injury.
What the hell is wrong with the football authorities? They obviously donât give jack shit about the welfare of the players, money comes first.
At the end of this packed, crazy season, the Euros are scheduled to go ahead. Just when are these players supposed to recover, so they are ready to start again for the next season?
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Itâs crazy in normal time but with the pandemic itâs fucking mental.
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3 senior CBs and Fabinho on surface looks sufficient.
But given Matip and Gomez injury history. Along with a condensed schedule. With covid sometimes quarantining players. It was too risky not to have that 4th senior CB.
Add in bad luck and the situation is now that IMO we should sign Ezequiel Garay immediately for the rest of the season.
And Buy another CB in JanuaryâŚ
As at any time Matip can go down injured again⌠Praying he doesnât.
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We should have signed Tiago Silva when he was on a Bosman, canât believe we went to Chelsea.
You cannot ânotâ release players. The international organisations hold their registrations and have control. You have to release them or they can be prevented from playing any football. A player can only âretireâ from International football if his Federation allow it. In other words England can call up any English player from any country and they have to show up for Duty.
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I fully expect Klopp to absolutely fly at and the Premier League, The FA and UEFA. Both barrels. This needs sorting out otherwise this season is going to be like the fucking Somme.
Weâll probably look to pick up a free transfer like Garay over the next week, but weâll now have to go to the market in January.
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If you borrow something from me and return it broken then youâre never borrowing fuck all again,any deviation from this is just plain fucking wrong in my basic opinion.
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If the free agent we pick up is foreign developed itâs pointless we couldnât register and play him. We could if he was domestically âhome grownâ but theyâre all kinda shit AND now old.
If itâs patellar tendinitis, Iâve had that last year playing football. It can definitely happen with no contact like mine. With it I couldnât run for about 3 months. Bending the knee was impossible and every step had a pain to it. Itâs right below the knee cap kinda on the shin. Long process to get back fully fit as it can go again if you start running, even if it feels fully right.
I do personally think, especially with the help of Liverpoolâs staff by March or April. Possibly May though.
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The china syndrome injury meltdown I feared is coming to pass; the more strain you have to put on even fewer players increases exponentially. Just our luck we pick up more injuries this early season pantomime break. Why even invent a nations league?!
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If thatâs the case. Then we are fucked. Unless Fabinho comes back to help steady the ship till January⌠And both Fabinho and Matip can remain fit.
Canât afford to lose ground with Leicester, Spurs and Wolves to come before the window opens.
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Joe Gomez has 12 International caps and 3 international injuries leading to >100 Liverpool games missed
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hahahahahahahaâŚmate innit.
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