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Hurst confirms that he needs the op and he'll be out for a matter of months.
Also confirms that we will have him for the whole season so there's no recall clause.
Big blow for us and John, wishing him a speedy recovery and hope he comes back even better!
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Let's hope we can get reinforcements in quickly then. Any news on Pepple? I heard he was at the game Saturday..
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It’s the right move getting his injury sorted , I said after he went off after 30 seconds at Orient that he should have had the Operation rather than risk him long term damage . Hurst will get someone in soon and we’ll still have him for most of the season
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It’s the right move getting his injury sorted , I said after he went off after 30 seconds at Orient that he should have had the Operation rather than risk him long term damage . Hurst will get someone in soon and we’ll still have him for most of the season
This is easy in hindsight of course but he really should have had that op in the close season. He'd have been back fit by September. But would we have found someone willing to pay a fee for him if he was already on the treatment table? It's done now though
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Forgive me if I sound like I’ve been hammering the weapons grade copium, but I’m not too heartbroken over this. We all assumed it was possible, if not likely, after it was first mentioned in April, and since then we’ve managed to get a promotion and big fee for him. If he had the op back then we’d still be in the conference, but now facing a few months without him and with no money to find a replacement.
I also think it’s good that we’re being forced to move away from a system basically built around allowing McAtee to be most effective. When Maher’s fit I’d like to see us play with 3 at the back and Glennon & Efete as wingbacks. That might allow us a bit more freedom to go with 2 up top, giving Taylor someone a bit closer to work with. Whether it happens or not is a different question, maybe unlikely, but I do think we were overly reliant on a single system working well, and McAtee was central to that.
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Forgive me if I sound like I’ve been hammering the weapons grade copium, but I’m not too heartbroken over this. We all assumed it was possible, if not likely, after it was first mentioned in April, and since then we’ve managed to get a promotion and big fee for him. If he had the op back then we’d still be in the conference, but now facing a few months without him and with no money to find a replacement.
I also think it’s good that we’re being forced to move away from a system basically built around allowing McAtee to be most effective. When Maher’s fit I’d like to see us play with 3 at the back and Glennon & Efete as wingbacks. That might allow us a bit more freedom to go with 2 up top, giving Taylor someone a bit closer to work with. Whether it happens or not is a different question, maybe unlikely, but I do think we were overly reliant on a single system working well, and McAtee was central to that.
This! We don’t know how long his agent had been speaking to Luton (and others) and maybe the gamble about the op was taken with this in mind. We got promoted because of him and also have to learn to manage without him. What game time we get out of him now is a bonus.
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What I would be questioning is how he managed to pass the medical? If he had the problem with his shoulder beforehand, how could he pass it?
The medical includes these tests
Muscle/Skeleton Stability
This test involves searching for weak spots in the players musculoskeletal system, focussing on usual weak spots such as the lower back and pelvic regions, which are often where hamstring problems, both current and future can stem from and be spotted.
Isokinetic
This sort of test monitors how the bodies muscles work together, to spot any weaknesses or imbalances, which could be a result of neglect because of an injury lay-off and could indicate a predisposition to injury in the future.
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Can we all stop banging on about he should have had the op during pre-season? Clearly from what Hurst has said we were told by people who know a lot more about these things than us that he didn't need an operation. If he needed one, of course we'd have made that happen, it'd be crazy not to.
But do we really think we're going to force a player to have an operation that we're advised he doesn't need.... And that a player is going to agree to having an operation that wasn't needed? No one on here has any clue about the complexities of the injury, why it was caused and the advice given etc so why we feel qualified to offer medical advice I don't know.
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What I would be questioning is how he managed to pass the medical? If he had the problem with his shoulder beforehand, how could he pass it?
The medical includes these tests
Muscle/Skeleton Stability
This test involves searching for weak spots in the players musculoskeletal system, focussing on usual weak spots such as the lower back and pelvic regions, which are often where hamstring problems, both current and future can stem from and be spotted.
Isokinetic
This sort of test monitors how the bodies muscles work together, to spot any weaknesses or imbalances, which could be a result of neglect because of an injury lay-off and could indicate a predisposition to injury in the future.
Well, probably because it’s a known problem and is fixable and not deemed serious in terms of his mobility or value. If it had been an ACL or Achilles injury, that’s different. That’s my reckoning anyway. He’s not going to Luton until next summer so no reason to scupper the deal. What’s your take on it?
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This is easy in hindsight of course but he really should have had that op in the close season. He'd have been back fit by September. But would we have found someone willing to pay a fee for him if he was already on the treatment table? It's done now though
As I understand it he will be out for around 4 months. Even if he had the op the day after the final you are talking mid October at best. But he and the remainder of the squad deserved their very short break after last season’s efforts so had he had gone for his op during the early part of July we may have seen him two or three weeks earlier than is now expected.
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What I would be questioning is how he managed to pass the medical? If he had the problem with his shoulder beforehand, how could he pass it?
The medical includes these tests
Muscle/Skeleton Stability
This test involves searching for weak spots in the players musculoskeletal system, focussing on usual weak spots such as the lower back and pelvic regions, which are often where hamstring problems, both current and future can stem from and be spotted.
Isokinetic
This sort of test monitors how the bodies muscles work together, to spot any weaknesses or imbalances, which could be a result of neglect because of an injury lay-off and could indicate a predisposition to injury in the future.
The idea of passing and failing a medical comes more from media than what is actually the case in Football. You don't really fail a medical, they are assessing the player for any risks and then giving their report to the people with the money to decide if they want to take that on. They'll have access to the medical history and assessments from doctors and will have decided on the risks going forward with the transfer. Nobody doing a medical has any say or not on if the player is signed and it's not a formal test they need to pass to be signed. They clearly got the full info on the shoulder issues and where it's going so they'll know about the plan ahead for it and have decided things are fine.
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Forgive me if I sound like I’ve been hammering the weapons grade copium, but I’m not too heartbroken over this. We all assumed it was possible, if not likely, after it was first mentioned in April, and since then we’ve managed to get a promotion and big fee for him. If he had the op back then we’d still be in the conference, but now facing a few months without him and with no money to find a replacement.
I also think it’s good that we’re being forced to move away from a system basically built around allowing McAtee to be most effective. When Maher’s fit I’d like to see us play with 3 at the back and Glennon & Efete as wingbacks. That might allow us a bit more freedom to go with 2 up top, giving Taylor someone a bit closer to work with. Whether it happens or not is a different question, maybe unlikely, but I do think we were overly reliant on a single system working well, and McAtee was central to that.
Excellent post. Efete and Glennon would seem to have the attributes to play as wing-backs. Has Hurst ever played a back 3? Also agree about developing a system that isn't over reliant on one player. The link play between Taylor and McAtee is a delight to watch but doubtful we will see it again before November. Hurst appears to have some very clever technical players to add to JMD. Possibly a 4-2-3-1? This has been a popular formation throughout football over the last few years. Hurst must have known that, one way or another, this was always going to be the last season we would have McAtee so I don't doubt he was forward planning this summer.
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Forgive me if I sound like I’ve been hammering the weapons grade copium, but I’m not too heartbroken over this. We all assumed it was possible, if not likely, after it was first mentioned in April, and since then we’ve managed to get a promotion and big fee for him. If he had the op back then we’d still be in the conference, but now facing a few months without him and with no money to find a replacement.
I also think it’s good that we’re being forced to move away from a system basically built around allowing McAtee to be most effective. When Maher’s fit I’d like to see us play with 3 at the back and Glennon & Efete as wingbacks. That might allow us a bit more freedom to go with 2 up top, giving Taylor someone a bit closer to work with. Whether it happens or not is a different question, maybe unlikely, but I do think we were overly reliant on a single system working well, and McAtee was central to that.
Very good summary.
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What I would be questioning is how he managed to pass the medical? If he had the problem with his shoulder beforehand, how could he pass it?
The medical includes these tests
Muscle/Skeleton Stability
This test involves searching for weak spots in the players musculoskeletal system, focussing on usual weak spots such as the lower back and pelvic regions, which are often where hamstring problems, both current and future can stem from and be spotted.
Isokinetic
This sort of test monitors how the bodies muscles work together, to spot any weaknesses or imbalances, which could be a result of neglect because of an injury lay-off and could indicate a predisposition to injury in the future.
He failed his medical, I read it somewhere but don't ask me where that was.
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4 months seems a long time to be out for a shoulder op. He will be able maintain cardio fitness and leg strength. Assume it will be some kind of keyhole op to tighten ligaments. Any road up I’m sure our team will keep him in shape in the mean time.
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Well, probably because it’s a known problem and is fixable and not deemed serious in terms of his mobility or value. If it had been an ACL or Achilles injury, that’s different. That’s my reckoning anyway. He’s not going to Luton until next summer so no reason to scupper the deal. What’s your take on it?
You can’t scupper the deal, they have bought him
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Can we all stop banging on about he should have had the op during pre-season? Clearly from what Hurst has said we were told by people who know a lot more about these things than us that he didn't need an operation. If he needed on, of course we'd have made that happen, it'd be crazy not to.
But do we really think we're going to force a player to have an operation that we're advised he doesn't need.... And that a player is going to agree to having an operation that wasn't needed? No one on here has any clue about the complexities of the injury, why it was caused and the advice given etc so why we feel qualified to offer medical advice I don't know.
Quite right. Gary Croft spoke during the Orient commentary of having the same issue himself. He said he never had an operation he simply built up strength through conditioning work. I think he went on to say the problem then only ever recurred once during the rest of his career - so an operation is not necessarily essential.
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You'd hope that he won't be out as long as if the surgery had been required directly after a traumatic injury. He'll obviously have been doing conditioning work since the original injury so ought to be well-set for the recovery after surgery. It could potentially mean he's out of action a few weeks less than otherwise, which would be helpful.
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What I would be questioning is how he managed to pass the medical? If he had the problem with his shoulder beforehand, how could he pass it?
The medical includes these tests
Muscle/Skeleton Stability
This test involves searching for weak spots in the players musculoskeletal system, focussing on usual weak spots such as the lower back and pelvic regions, which are often where hamstring problems, both current and future can stem from and be spotted.
Isokinetic
This sort of test monitors how the bodies muscles work together, to spot any weaknesses or imbalances, which could be a result of neglect because of an injury lay-off and could indicate a predisposition to injury in the future.
Just because you have a shoulder problem does necessary mean you fail the medical, just means that they is a risk involved and Luton must have be happy with the results. Luton probably wanted him to have the operation ASAP to avoid further injury to the shoulder.
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There’s always been questions about medicals at football clubs. Plenty have signed players knowing they’re injured or carry certain injuries because they want their man.
Think the wally off socceram, what’s his name? Erm…Bullard, he was a crock but Hull desperately wanted him, their head medical geezer wasn’t even at the ground for the medical…he was stood next to me having a pint, his words were ‘no point me being there, I’d say we don’t want him and shouldn’t sign him, the club think otherwise’.
Mcatee was having this operation regardless, this way means we’ve still got him when fit again and we managed to obtain some cash for him.
I suspect he could be back a little quicker. After all, he’s an extremely fit lad…
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Forgive me if I sound like I’ve been hammering the weapons grade copium, but I’m not too heartbroken over this. We all assumed it was possible, if not likely, after it was first mentioned in April, and since then we’ve managed to get a promotion and big fee for him. If he had the op back then we’d still be in the conference, but now facing a few months without him and with no money to find a replacement.
I also think it’s good that we’re being forced to move away from a system basically built around allowing McAtee to be most effective. When Maher’s fit I’d like to see us play with 3 at the back and Glennon & Efete as wingbacks. That might allow us a bit more freedom to go with 2 up top, giving Taylor someone a bit closer to work with. Whether it happens or not is a different question, maybe unlikely, but I do think we were overly reliant on a single system working well, and McAtee was central to that.
Great post. I'd go one further and say we're not only overly reliant on that system, we're actually defined by it. Last season was a great example of it. When McAtee was first injured Fox was deployed in that role, in an attempt to recreate what McAtee offered. Against Orient, without the ability to play McAtee in that role (having to play further forward) the rest of the team didn't seem quite sure how to go about play. To the point that McAtee ended up abandoning the No 9 role and then coming deeper and wider to get to the play, which resulted in us having the absolute sum of zero in the final third other than the occasional burst from Kiernan. It's as much about the reliance and dependence on the Taylor/McAtee pairing as it is the individuals involved. 3 at the back makes the most sense to me. We've a glut of excellent options at centre-back and an equally rich array of attacking full-back options. The areas, for me anyway, where we lack options is a) a central focal point, be it as a No 10 or a No 9 and b) wingers in the 4-4-2 sense. We've got a fair few who look like they can play further up field wide in the attack but not your traditional wingers. 4-4-2, or any variation of makes little sense to me at the minute. It heavily leans towards a 3-4-3 type with Glennon and Efete stretching teams from wide and two of JMD/Kiernan/Khan/Wearne operating really high up the pitch. The only issue with that is that it very quickly and easily becomes 5-4-1 and/or your midfield gets over run. On Saturday, Green operated really deep. To the point he was virtually a third centre-back. Efete and Glennon both positioned themselves ahead of him so we're sort of playing a wingback type system anyway. I liked the energy in the midfield so would be reluctant to change that, plus with Green dropping so deep you really need another two in there (two of Morris/Holohan/Cliton). The problem is the gap between midfield and attack, both centrally and from wide. I thought Kiernan was pretty effective when he went more central and both JMD and Wearne showed they can stretch play if allowed. intercourse knows. I've convinced myself for and against every formation in the five minutes it took to write the above. Who'd be a manager, eh?
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Ironic though that Luton, the team relegated to NL because their points deduction (in the year we scraped avoiding elegation to NL because of it ) are now where they are and in a position to buy our best player and loan us another, i can still remember us sticking 7 past them at BP! Times change i suppose, at least we are rid of the main reason there is a gap between the clubs and hopefully we will soon close that gap.
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Ironic though that Luton, the team relegated to NL because their points deduction (in the year we scraped avoiding elegation to NL because of it ) are now where they are and in a position to buy our best player and loan us another, i can still remember us sticking 7 past them at BP! Times change i suppose, at least we are rid of the main reason there is a gap between the clubs and hopefully we will soon close that gap.
You can resent what they’ve done or you can aspire to emulate it. Luton are a traditionally unfashionable club from a much maligned town, mismanaged out of the football league by those at the wheel, but now find themselves thriving due to their modest but resilient and passionate fan base, and even more crucially progressive new owners. Perhaps we’re not as far away from ‘Luton’ as you might think…
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The idea of passing and failing a medical comes more from media than what is actually the case in Football. You don't really fail a medical, they are assessing the player for any risks and then giving their report to the people with the money to decide if they want to take that on. They'll have access to the medical history and assessments from doctors and will have decided on the risks going forward with the transfer. Nobody doing a medical has any say or not on if the player is signed and it's not a formal test they need to pass to be signed. They clearly got the full info on the shoulder issues and where it's going so they'll know about the plan ahead for it and have decided things are fine.
This. People repeatedly talking of failing a medical should read the above post. I watched something recently, from a podcast type thing, where someone in a medical role clarified that players don't pass or fail a medical. As the post above explains, it's more like a risk assessment report with info provided to the people involved in recruitment, who then decide how they use that information and whether to take on the level of risk (and how it effects any finances in the deal and when they might look to sell on the player). Edit: found links Short version with the relevant part (but on Facebook videos) - https://fb.watch/eO0R70-4ae/Full episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/_dexioc0MOw
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Perhaps we’re not as far away from ‘Luton’ as you might think…
Hmmm....Flight FR1878 is now landing at London Humberside Airport
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You can resent what they’ve done or you can aspire to emulate it. Luton are a traditionally unfashionable club from a much maligned town, mismanaged out of the football league by those at the wheel, but now find themselves thriving due to their modest but resilient and passionate fan base, and even more crucially progressive new owners.
Perhaps we’re not as far away from ‘Luton’ as you might think…
Feel you could be right Poojah, there are similarities between both clubs, i dont resent Luton, quite the contrary, i admire what they have achieved and pray we can emulate it in time.
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A bit ironic if we have a great season and get promotion and Luton get relegated, at least we would know who the forwards we would be playing against.
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Didn't we average about a point a game without McAtee last season? And two with him in the side?
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