smalling and evans, yes I agree.
Rafael, bar last year, was available for most games.
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Season Average Rating
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- Clean sheets
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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smalling and evans, yes I agree.
Rafael, bar last year, was available for most games.
Well then we should maybe consider signing fit defenders rather than sticking to injury prone defenders.
Don't think any of them had injury records when we signed them tbf. See Herrera. Barely injured last 2/3 seasons and has missed half of our games so far. Same with Shaw.
Some is down to injury proneness, training regime and style of play. Some down to luck really.
What? And how do you know that? Pretty sure Jones had a serious injury at Blackburn. Smelling didn't play enough games to get injured.
Injury prone to say the least, Im getting tired of the whole back 4 constantly missing games its ridiculous.
So, took a look at transfermarkt and his injury breakdown and since 12/13 season ( including it that is ) he's been out injured ( not adding cards absences ) for about 240 days. Not sure whether they've noted all the injuries and so on.
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It would be classic if Jones ran into Falcao in training and that's why both are out.
This. It's utterly pathetic and WAY too frequent, either players or physios need to start being replaced.
Smalling has said in a interview during the week that Jones plays in training like in a match
What's the injury this time?
How did he get injured? for such a big lad he's brittle.
How many games was he back for then? One? Stupid
No i was wrong.....it wasn't Smalling.....W.Keane has said that
Who is the most competitive in training?
One of them has to be Phil Jones. He doesn't hold back – he just puts his head where it hurts all the time. He definitely flies into every tackle. All the lads are determined, to be honest, but he sometimes looks even more determined because he puts his foot in where some people would hesitate. He's my pick.
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...e=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=ManUtd
Hm. Fine line between "determined" and "out of control", I guess.
No idea how he got himself injured this time, be it said - but it's hard not to see Phil's undeniable injury proneness as wholly unrelated to his gung-ho style.
I say this as an Anglophile-love British understatement. As a Yank I'll put it this way-he's a moron.
Something we will have to learn is to STOP training that hard. FFS, there are managers out there who don't mind taking training sessions with not that much intensity and yet provide a good preparation for matches.
Seriously, go feck yourself, Jones. How can anybody be so stupid as a footballer?
Seriously, go feck yourself, Jones. How can anybody be so stupid as a footballer?
Yeah it's a bit worrying at this point. He's young etc. and all that but "if I put in 100% then more often than not everything'll be okay" only takes you so far.
Injured again? He could become a top centreback if he didnt spent so much time being injured. It such a shame.
Jones injured again? Really?
What the actual feck..
What the actual feck..
Wouldn't be surprised. Wouldn't be the first time he injured one of our own. Really needs to start remodeling his game a bit and realize not everything needs to be a two footed last ditch tackle.
Shin Splints then.
The more it goes, the more I hope Louis will give him enough serious warnings and then not even have him among the subs for a few games whenever he's fit if Jones doesn't heed those warnings.
It's time he either gets the memo or prepares to pack his bags away for good.
KeninDC said it best: he's a moron.
Truth.Not sure you can do much about shin splints, they just seem to happen. Unfortunate for him, but its way too soon to write him off. He's only 22 and is a good player, just so far injury prone.
Maybe he came back too quickly. Who knows? I worry about his body if he can't stay healthy at 22.
Do you honestly believe any single top manager, that is not Fergie, would allow himself to carry on with that kind of walking wounded for that long while he appears to be also a risk for his teammates in training? There are managers out there who would have no qualms at selling that kind of player simply because of too many injuries or they are simply not intelligent.
There are plenty of injury prone players playing for top clubs... You just have to have faith that they'll get over the injuries. He's only 22, a good 5 years away from his prime probably, so he has plenty of time on his side. Van Persie was injury prone for years and then became one of the best strikers in the world. You don't just give up on someone because they have poor injury luck. There is a point where its fair to say the injury problems won't change (like being well past that point for Anderson) but definitely not when Jones is only 22.
James Ducker summed it up pretty well in a tweet today. It really is becoming a joke now. He was injured yet again today. I'm sorry but he's got to go. He's made out of glass, we can't rely on him and it's the same story with Smalling and Evans. Get rid of all of them.
Rafael has had a good injury record? Thats your claim?
The exact opposite actually. With every injury more and more people write him off altogether.
If the training stuff is true then he should consider toning it down a bit. Surely after the fifth or sixth time you got injured in a relatively short space you'd change your approach to training.
He's got shin splints. You don't get shin splints from being too enthusiastic in the tackle.
Yeah, people are on auto-pilot in this thread with the reasoning about this latest "injury", though I suppose that's understandable given his track record.
I think it's the first time I've heard a professional footballer being out because of shin splints.
I absolutely hate shin splints.
It's an odd one alright. And yes, they suck.
It's pretty weird to be fair.
Of course everyone hates them but I've also only ever known overweight unfit people after their first time running in years to get them lol.
Perfectly put. It's people like me who goes running twice a year who you expect to get shin splints. Not Manchester United players.Kieron Dyer used to struggle with shin splints 
Rafael has had a good injury record? Thats your claim?
I shall repeat for you my dear child.
"Rafael, bar last year, was available for most games."
Comprende?