[Mike Smalling]

Playing out from the back missing both Shaw and Martinez is so painful.

 

[ShinjiNinja26]

It’s a blow but we’ve got players that can cover. Shaw SHOULD be back soon and we’ve got Lindelof there as well who will be less exposed playing in a 3 at the back system. I also think Mazraouri is capable of playing as one of the wide CB’s.

 

[BuzzKillington]

I like him but I’m not sure I like him enough to put up with all the injuries. I’d like to see the club start moving sicknotes out, I feel like we have too many.

 

[Oranges038]

I think it’s more bad luck than him being injury prone- his last couple of injuries have been through contact rather than recurring problems.

Yeah, they're it's not constant muscle tears.

It's just down to his combative style of play, he'll get these every now and again. As long as there's no hip flexor or other internal damage there it shouldn't have any long term impact.

Hopefully it's only bruising and a couple of weeks out is all he needs.

 

[DJ_21]

He’ll be Amorims Inacio.

 

[DJ_21]

I like him but I’m not sure I like him enough to put up with all the injuries. I’d like to see the club start moving sicknotes out, I feel like we have too many.

A lot harder to move on players that are forever injured. That’s why we had to stick with Phil Jones.

 

[Bright_Eyes]

We're going to need 8 or 9 CBs in the squad if we wanna play 343 next season

 

[BaguetteBoy]

Feck.

Thought he didn’t travel at all.
If impact injury shouldn’t some rest sort it out.

 

[Valencia Shin Crosses]

Gettting a bit tired of this guy. Was top class his debut season until the injury, but now it seems he's constantly dealing with something and he hasn't gotten back to that elite level for us that he was at since.

Also not sure he fits ultimately in the PL as a wide CB. He's not great in space and tends to do his best work on the ball/box defending/ or aggressively anticpating before attackers can run at him. If you want to play in a back 3 you need to have physical beasts on the wide areas at this level.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Just what we need. He’s a fine player but regularly injured.

How long is he out for?

 

[Telsim]

Very disappointing he is injured again. The team is going nowhere without a regular back line. The constant shifting and changing isn't sustainable if the goal is Top 4, not to mention anything more, and especially with 3 there. And Martinez is in the middle of it. He is becoming far too unreliable. His contract has a long way to go, so it will be difficult to move him, but the team will need yet another CB in the summer I feel like.

 

[Who's Kissing Cameras?]

Still think he’s class and will do well under Amorim. He’s so good on the ball and I don’t worry about his pace. — he’s quick, even if he’s not Ivan Cordoba (how much would he be worth today?).

Cordoba would be 80m+ in today’s game. He was fecking rapid.

 

[poleglass red]

he was starting to look better in recent games. I did notice in our last 2 games though, he spent a fair amount of time down on ground with different knocks in both games. I love his aggressive style but everytime he goes down, you worry he's injured and will miss games.

 

[TheReligion]

It’s an impact injury.

Stop worrying.