Martinez Injury | Out for the season with metatarsal fracture

Seems to a common injury. Hope he gets back to full form again. Best signing since RvN.
The metatarsal bones are often broken by association football players. These and other recent cases have been attributed to the lightweight design of modern football boots, which provide less protection to the foot. In 2010 some soccer players began testing a new sock that incorporated a rubber silicone pad over the foot to provide protection to the top of the foot.[7] Stress fractures are thought to account for 16% of injuries related to sports participation, and the metatarsals are the bones most often involved. These fractures are sometimes called march fractures, based on their traditional association with military recruits after long marches. The second and third metatarsals are fixed while walking, thus these metatarsals are common sites of injury. The fifth metatarsal may be fractured if the foot is oversupinated during locomotion.[8]
 
Had the same injury myself when playing...spiral fractured my 5th metatarsal on my right foot

no surgery required but was in a boot for 6 weeks and back by 8 weeks

bloody shit hurt like fuk when it happened...the pop was so loud i actually thought it was the bottom of my boot blowing out
 
Belisarius said:
I think the Sevilla guys lifted him up before the medical staff arrived. I don't think they typically run out until someone on the field signals for them to do so. Maybe they were a bit slow on the uptake.
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Ah right. Must admit I can't remember the exact sequence of events but seeing the pic of him being carried off while a United medic hovered in the background made me think he was leaving the scene rather than arriving, which you'd expect.Thanks.
 
Out for the season sounds really bad, but the season is literally 6-7 weeks or so left.
The good news it's nothing super serious that'd take 6months or more.

In a way, ruling him out is the best bet, as we've seen in the past with Rooney and Beckham that rushing these metatarsal injuries is absolutely not worth the risk.
 
Sandikan said:
Out for the season sounds really bad, but the season is literally 6-7 weeks or so left.
The good news it's nothing super serious that'd take 6months or more.

In a way, ruling him out is the best bet, as we've seen in the past with Rooney and Beckham that rushing these metatarsal injuries is absolutely not worth the risk.
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We should be thankful there’s no summer comp for him to rush back for, all he has to do is take it easy and get back to fitness now, plenty of time over the summer.
 
crossy1686 said:
Check the Bailly thread, there’s a video of him almost killing some guy in the most reckless 50/50 way you’d expect from him
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Had to go check it out.



Bloody crazy. You deserve more than a 3 match ban for doing that.
 
Semigoodlookin said:
It was hilarious here last night. Redcafe physicians handing out career-ending diagnoses like WebMD dishes out cancer predictions. The hubris of some of the posters, speaking in absolutes as only a true internet nobody can. Regarding Martinez, it is neither good nor bad. He is out for the season which sucks but luckily escaped the Achilles injury that some here were salivating over him having.
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:lol: Imagine being so up your own arse you think people are happy about our best player being injured?
 
ayushreddevil9 said:
Anybody know if this is that sort of injury where the player just never returns the same?
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It's not if treated properly and unless he has other damage to tendons/ligaments that weren't disclosed, he should be the same players.

The only think that could be bad is if his stress fracture was in part caused by a lower bone density, meaning it could happen again. But there's no sign of that as far as we know.
 
Oldyella said:
If I recall, didn't he rush back for internationals and didn't look right until the next season?
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Was the 2006 WC wasn’t it? Did he have two metatarsal injuries? I thought he had one towards the end of SAF reign.
 
Oly Francis said:
It's not if treated properly and unless he has other damage to tendons/ligaments that weren't disclosed, he should be the same players.

The only think that could be bad is if his stress fracture was in part caused by a lower bone density, meaning it could happen again. But there's no sign of that as far as we know.
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Thank you
 
Favourite player. Hope he comes back as if nothing happened. Guy introduced me to fine dining and I'm not ready to go back to gruel
 
Time for Maguire and Shaw to step up at CB. I don't know why but I feel Maguire may have actually turned a corner. He is still painfully ponderous in possession but seems a bit more confident in getting out of trouble when under pressure. He is also a decent passer of the ball when he is in full flow.
 
It's a metatarsal injury ffs. People questioning if it could effect his career. This place sometimes.
 
Just had to happen during the final stages of the season.
 
Huge blow to our hopes of EL or top 4. What utter shite timing. Still ahead of where I expected us to be last summer though, so hoping we can at least secure top 4 as a priority. EL or FA are big shouts now.
 
crossy1686 said:
How did I over react to other people saying he’s done his achilles?

Other people over reacted to me saying he’s done at this level IF he has done his Achilles because they didn’t want it to be true.

Take your gas lighting elsewhere.
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“take your gaslighting elsewhere” haha wow. Way to double down on the drama queen vibes
 
DRJosh said:
Time for Maguire and Shaw to step up at CB. I don't know why but I feel Maguire may have actually turned a corner. He is still painfully ponderous in possession but seems a bit more confident in getting out of trouble when under pressure. He is also a decent passer of the ball when he is in full flow.
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Maguire's biggest issue has always been his stinking luck, though. How many own goals from deflection off him already...
 
Out medical team and doctors ought to be fined and fired. What’s up with all these recurring injury crises season after season.
 
Tap said:
Out medical team and doctors ought to be fined and fired. What’s up with all these recurring injury crises season after season.
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Amazing how much wrong you can get in such a short post.

The medical team and doctors can only help with recovery. It’s the physios and coaches who need to work with the players to prevent injuries with post game recovery exercises and improving their body mechanics, or working on strengthening their injury prone areas.

Also plenty of our injuries have been down to bad luck with our players getting hit hard by opposing players, how the feck are the medical team supposed to prevent that? We send them out with a bat to hit any opposing players who look like they’re gonna go in for a hard tackle?
 
Don't panic guys captain success is available.
 
elmo said:
Amazing how much wrong you can get in such a short post.

The medical team and doctors can only help with recovery. It’s the physios and coaches who need to work with the players to prevent injuries with post game recovery exercises and improving their body mechanics, or working on strengthening their injury prone areas.

Also plenty of our injuries have been down to bad luck with our players getting hit hard by opposing players, how the feck are the medical team supposed to prevent that? We send them out with a bat to hit any opposing players who look like they’re gonna go in for a hard tackle?
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To add to that, a hell of a lot is down to how many matches we have had to play and the limit quality in our squad to fight on all fronts, hence why Fernandez has played more minutes than anyone in all of Europe etc. added to that the lack of recovery time leads to injuries obtained that most likely wouldn’t have happened if we didn’t have to play 3 matches in 6 days for example.

ridiculous post by @Tap
 
How much more bad luck can we have this season? If ever there was a season that highlighted the need for a big squad, this is it.
 
Leicester won the league with Huth and Morgan.

Surely Maguire and Lindelof can secure top 4 and a cup final.
 
People thinking Licha will be back for the FA and EL finals make me laugh. Making the finals will be a huge ask now. Top 4 must be priority
 
Stookie said:
How much more bad luck can we have this season? If ever there was a season that highlighted the need for a big squad, this is it.
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I’ve been saying this for ages, there a reason international tournaments have recently gone from a 23-26 man squad and UEFA increased the named subs to 12 and the PL will soon follow this. You can now make 5 subs in games and this is huge because it allows you to manage your squads better, yellow, red cards, injuries etc. Throughout most of the season, united for various reasons have had between 4 and 7 players always unavailable for selection through injuries or other misdemeanours.

That’s why we need a squad of 28 players and subsequently 11 will have to be homegrown or from under 21 squad. The squads needs ; Three Goalkeepers, Ten Defenders, Seven Midfield players and Eight Attacking striker options. United with a wage bill last year of £382M should easily be able to afford that.

Two players for every position, when you realise that the club put so much faith in football mercenaries like Alexis Sanchez, Pogba, Zlatan, Ronaldo, Cavani etc you see what our issues have been; D De Gea is a great keeper but no keeper not even the best in the world which De Gea is not is worth £200k per week, let alone £375k per week. When you see an honest player like AWB who earns £120k per week, and works hard for his team you see the obvious disparity and resentment the morons running the club have caused, that’s why we don’t need any big time Charlie’s in the summer and ego maniacs like Dean Henderson, he needs to be out the door but good solid lads like S Mctominay need a break from some of the fanbase as he will come good as a BTB midfielder not as a CDM.

My 28 man squad next year including 11 HG players ;(3GK)
D De Gea, D Raya*, T Heaton(HG), (10D) , AWB(HG), D, Dalot, L Shaw(HG),T Malacia, A Frimpong*(HG), R Varane, K Min Jae*, Ndicka*, L Martinez, T Mengi(HG)
Midfield(7) , Casemeiro, S Mctominay(HG), Ericsen, Sabitzer*, Bruno, A Rabiot *
McCalister*
Attack (8) Antony, A Dialo(HG), H Kane(HG), M Rashford (HG), A Martial, J Sancho(HG), A Garnaucho(HG), W Zaha(HG)*

Looking at 3 Free transfers of N’dicka, Rabiot and Zaha with a spend of £250-260m on Raya, Frimpong, K M Jae, Macalister, Kane.

We can sell Henderson, Maguire, Lindelof, Teles, Bailey, Fred, Greenwood (after a loan abroad), Elanga for maybe £100-120M
 
Nero said:
It's a metatarsal injury ffs. People questioning if it could effect his career. This place sometimes.
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Yeah it’s an odd place. Despite this being much better news than first thought some are now suggesting a metatarsal injury will ruin his career.

He’s going to be injured for a maximum of 8 weeks. Probably nearer 6.
 
Tap said:
Out medical team and doctors ought to be fined and fired. What’s up with all these recurring injury crises season after season.
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I think its more to do with over playing. Victim of our own success in 4 competitions this year and inferior back up players that have limited rotation.

Martinez is a big loss but im relieved its an injury that will mend quite quickly and he will be as good as new next season.
 
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