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Reece James

He is out for first 3 games anyway - so hopefully it has zero impact on the team.

However there are a couple of players that need to be playing for their future this season, and that is in terms of both quality and quantity. James, Chilly, Fofana, Nkunku and Lavia all need to be fit and available for at least 25-30 games this season. If they are not, then I think time to move them on.

 
Sconnie Blue said:
‘Surgery discomfort’. Thought it was a new tear. 
 

Not so serious then. Makes sense given he’s played a lot of football and hasn’t done anything this intense since his surgery. 
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Hopefully that is all it is, but even with Nkunku last season, the sources to the club downplayed the severeness of the injuries then turned out it was worse than suspected both times.

 
Sconnie Blue said:
‘Surgery discomfort’. Thought it was a new tear. 
 

Not so serious then. Makes sense given he’s played a lot of football and hasn’t done anything this intense since his surgery. 
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Possibly scar tissue then. It's a horrible thing, I had it when i did my collateral ligament. My treatment was basically a physio rubbing the scar tissue for 10 minutes at a time to break it down, the pain was ridiculous. I'm pretty sure there's a much less medieval treatment now ha ha...

 
dkw said:
Possibly scar tissue then. It's a horrible thing, I had it when i did my collateral ligament. My treatment was basically a physio rubbing the scar tissue for 10 minutes at a time to break it down, the pain was ridiculous. I'm pretty sure there's a much less medieval treatment now ha ha...
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You and your odd massage requests.....

....did you ever manage to get hold of one of those 'milking' tables?

 
Tbh I would sell him in a heartbeat. He will never be the player he should have been. Sell him to real. Gust gets in and plays to his form Reece won’t get passed him 

 
dkw said:
Possibly scar tissue then. It's a horrible thing, I had it when i did my collateral ligament. My treatment was basically a physio rubbing the scar tissue for 10 minutes at a time to break it down, the pain was ridiculous. I'm pretty sure there's a much less medieval treatment now ha ha...
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I had a broken and splintered finger last year. After surgery the methods for breaking down scar tissue was...

The the physio rubbing and digging her fingers into the lump left after surgery!

And yes painful!

 
STATS said:
Hopefully that is all it is, but even with Nkunku last season, the sources to the club downplayed the severeness of the injuries then turned out it was worse than suspected both times.
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They downplayed Jackson's "twisted" ankle too recently...

 
As hard as it is, and as fond as we are of some of these lads, the only way that this club can move forwards is by identifying those that can physically compete so that they can improve technically as individuals and tactically as a group. Those that cannot maintain physical fitness at some point have to be cut loose.


If you set Palmer aside for the moment (thankfully), the majority of our most favoured and important players are looking like they are made of glass. James, Fofana, Lavia, Nkunku, That's a great spine of any team...when fit, but we cannot afford to constantly have workarounds as these important players constantly breakdown.

Its been a very up and down start to the season and the transfer window has added and extra element of noise about the club. As the dust settles surely the decision to push both Ugochukwu and Santos out on loan leaving the injury prone Lavia as out only qualified DM, must be viewed as almost a criminal level of negligence.

 
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Sadly he is our Ledley King.

 
yaz said:
Schrödinger's right-back: he's simultaneously the best and the worst right-back in the league. We'll never know as long as he's injured.
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Not for me.. Everyone keeps calling him the best based on his exploits 3 seasons ago, game has moved on. Definitely on the chopping board come next summer, won’t be surprised if he turns out to be another Chilwell where no club wants to touch him.

 
ducavis said:
Not for me.. Everyone keeps calling him the best based on his exploits 3 seasons ago, game has moved on. Definitely on the chopping board come next summer, won’t be surprised if he turns out to be another Chilwell where no club wants to touch him.
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I have to agree with this. He was world class in the champions league run - but aside from a few standouts, he has been mediocre for the small handful of games he has been fully fit since then.

My problem is that I don’t know if this is due to stagnation/decline, a loss of confidence in himself (physical or ability) or simply if he has never had a prolonged run of fitness to get back to where he was.

As ever - it’s probably a toxic mix of all 3

But for sure, if he can’t stay fit - then it is pointless keeping him. 

 
I already posted my opinion of Reece, but with a few "ifs" and "maybe's". Unfortunately I feel i can remove those now.

It's really hard to post this but I agree with some of you that unfortunately his time at the club should come to an end in January or latest next summer.

He's just not capable of keeping up with the workload/speed/etc in the PL with all his injuries, past and present. I hope we move him to a much easier league and one where he can shine as the great footballer he is/was but also one less intense on his injuries.

Great servant of the club when around but that's getting less and less and deserves to enjoy the game without worrying of being back in the nurses office every time he steps onto the pitch.

We need to get him fit and play him very sparingly till we get to the January or summer transfer market. Hopefully he will still command a high price by then.

 
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