There's only one Darren Fletcher! Anyway I would give a chance to Pereira to take it, we need that tenacity and energy in midfield against everton, him and Blind could be a good pair to shield the defense tih tehir crisp passing and controlling the game Mata in front of them and Januzaj with diMaria on the wings, or we could playdiamond with Pereira as box to box with diMaria also helping in the midfield..
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I was referring to the "our morale is at rock bottom" and "every game is a CL Final" as being overly dramatic. I'm well aware of our form.
Ah I thought Carrick was fit and nearing availability? Has been training for around 2 weeks I think.
Very disappointing to see he's out for a few weeks. He's been very impressive so far IMO, and clearly a definite starter when fit. He'll be a loss. Hopefully the international break absorbs most of his injury time.
Big, big loss for us.
Van Gaal will really need to show his worth tactically in the Everton game if we're to get anything out of it.
Van Gaal will really need to show his worth tactically in the Everton game if we're to get anything out of it.
Moyes put a curse on the team after he got sacked.
Will be missed no doubt. Still hope we can beat a Thursday-tired Everton without him.
Get well soon Herrera! you will be missed
We'll miss him against Everton. I'm being serious when I say we really need to be beating the teams around us. It's not a disaster if we lose, because I believe we have the quality to get results against the best, however it's good to start with picking up points with potential 4th place rivals.
Bad bad news but as some said better that than back injury.
He was great for us so far.
Who will replace him though. Is Carrick fit.
Maybe it's Anderson's big chance to shine.
He was great for us so far.
Who will replace him though. Is Carrick fit.
Maybe it's Anderson's big chance to shine.
He's going to be one of these made of glass types isn't he. That's about the third different injury already, 2months in.
Please don't let him join Club Smalling/Jones/Evans
Please don't let him join Club Smalling/Jones/Evans
This is a fecking joke.
The last we heard was LVG saying that he was back running on grass, but not doing any ball work. I think that was about two weeks ago.
So I doubt he'll be ready for a good few weeks yet.
We really do have the shittiest luck with injuries!
Every other top four team gets to field a full strength midfield every week. We're lucky to field one every month. It's ridiculous.
Carrick's going to do his usual "slow start" routine whenever he does come back and with him completely missing pre-season I'm expecting him to be even more off the pace than usual.
LvG has brought on Valencia to play on the right side of the diamond before so I guess that could be an option.
LvG has brought on Valencia to play on the right side of the diamond before so I guess that could be an option.
He's never been especially injury prone before as far as I know. Would be ridiculous if he suddenly started picking them up all the time after joining us
Yeah but at least they have the personnel to cope. Our backup options are absolute dirt aside from a 33 year old Carrick and a Fletcher that's way off the pace. Neither of them offer anything close to what Herrera has offered us so far this season.
That's our fault though! You said every other top team can play their best midfield every week. That's not true, just that they've made sure they have the squad to cope.
Well that's half what I meant. They can all field functioning midfields week in week out then. Ours constantly has a bunch of players that can't play together for shit, which is what's going to happen this weekend. Herrera getting injured is a major blow.
Yeah Valencia on the right side of the diamond is the most solid option we could use for this weekend, simply because you know that he will definitely put a shift and he is economical with the ball though he is fecking useless going forward but with ADM and Mata in, that shouldn't be a problem. The worst we can do is to put an out of sorts Fletcher or an unfit Carrick, given the demands of the role. With Tony you know that no one is going to be steamrolling past our midfield!
Huge blow losing Herrera, let's just it's for a relatively short period.
At least two week will be eaten up by the international break. First time I have been grateful for one of those.
How the times change, ha!
They really don't. Flamini is a negative hatchet-man, and Arteta has declined in the same manner Carrick has. Their midfield turns as dire as ours once Ramsey is out, even with Wilshere's bright start to the season.
Two of them are way above Everton, they are woeful this season, you will smash them, they probably wont even have landed from Russia by the same you play.
Just a shame that Herrera is out injured.
In my eyes, LvG is going to pick Fletcher as his replacement and rightly so. We overused him in the first weeks due to the injuries we had and his performance level dropped massively. I don't think he can play week in week out but he certainly has something to offer, if he is used in the right way. The game against Everton is under the right circumstances for him. He had some time to regenerate, trained consistently and had that short cameo against West Ham.
In my eyes, LvG is going to pick Fletcher as his replacement and rightly so. We overused him in the first weeks due to the injuries we had and his performance level dropped massively. I don't think he can play week in week out but he certainly has something to offer, if he is used in the right way. The game against Everton is under the right circumstances for him. He had some time to regenerate, trained consistently and had that short cameo against West Ham.
Had to skip about 5 pages of people crying (rightly so, mind) about Herreras injury so didn't get to see the Carrick situation if it was mentioned, isn't he due back? I'd happily take a unfit carrick and give him 60 minutes in the hope we can sub him off while leading.
As for Herrera why can't he play on pain killers? A fractured rib isn't exactly ability or career threatening.
As for Herrera why can't he play on pain killers? A fractured rib isn't exactly ability or career threatening.
He needs rest for the healing to occur
Those games without Herrera will be difficult, the guy makes us tick now.
Don't know how practical this is, but you'd have thought it could be done fairly easily, seems LvG just doesn't take any chances with injured players, is highly frustrating that we are suffering so badly with injuries, just hope our lack of games benefits us injury wise as we get into the latter part of the season, because it only seems to be hindering us atm.
Adjusting to a new league - it happens. No one close-lined him every 10 minutes in Spain.
Jesus christ we can't catch a fecking break at the moment..
Presumably because if gets hit hard in the ribs again that fracture can become much much worse. Wouldn't even necessarily have to be a player doing, a bad fall could exacerbate the injury. It's a shame he can't play but it's better to have him out for a few games than risk it
Probably the last player we wanted to lose to an injury.
Injuries have to heal, it's as simple as that. Professionals need to listen to their body and to play on pain killers is a stupid thing to do. It's something different in a final or a decisive game in a championship, but it shouldn't be a common thing. We already have injury prone players and to play them not fully fit won't help the situation we are in, especially long term.
A fractured rib is a restricting thing to have. Had one myself and it's hard to breath under physical pressure, limits your agility and is of course really touch sensitive. Of course it depends on how many ribs are fractured and how bad, but for a contact sport on a professional level, it won't matter too much I believe.
A fractured rib is a restricting thing to have. Had one myself and it's hard to breath under physical pressure, limits your agility and is of course really touch sensitive. Of course it depends on how many ribs are fractured and how bad, but for a contact sport on a professional level, it won't matter too much I believe.
Funny how Herrera now is a bigger loss than Rooney.
Agree, Valencia is the best option against Everton. He will put in a good defensive shift and allow ADM and Mata to be more attacking. Also he will keep Baines quiet, which is half of the battle against Everton.
Well we still have RVP, Falcao and Mata to play behind them. Our options after Herrera are pretty bad, a much bigger drop in quality.
What a blow. Herrera and Di Maria are irreplaceable as the 'shuttlers' on the side of a 4-4-2 diamond. Even putting aside the huge drop in quality, none of Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson or Fellaini have the energy or mobility to perform those roles adequately.
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