United set to snap up highly rated Arsenal physio Jordan Reece
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Didn’t know we already nicked Gary O’ Driscoll. He’s extremely highly rated. Shocker of a debut season for him!
It didn't work well when we got the Arsenal Doctor so now we go for the physio as well 
Oh yes, more Arsenal physios.
Maybe we can have 200 injuries next year instead of just 100
Maybe we can have 200 injuries next year instead of just 100
He didn't start until December and tbf he was working with what we already had in place. Sounds like United have given the green light on overhauling the medical department this summer. James Ducker has mentioned before that the club are looking to hire a director of performance that will have a background in sports science and will report directly to the new football director.
I'm no medical expert but some of the things people say are accusing staff of medical malpractice.
Maybe it's true but I don't understand why somebody would get so far in the field only to risk ruining their career.
Maybe it's true but I don't understand why somebody would get so far in the field only to risk ruining their career.
Are these “people” random Twitter users or, even worse, members of redcafe?
Are these people in the room right now?
Aye, and when he left Arsenal had virtually all their team available throughout the season. Go figure.
Incompetence rather than malpractice surely?
Quick google says he started last September. I’m sure he’s great though. His CV is second to none. It is quite funny that we poach him from a club with a diabolical injury record, that immediately cleared up when he left, while our own injury record plumbs new depths.
It’s the MUFC curse. We’ve already seen it with loads of players. World class at their former club. Sunday league in red. You can guarantee that all the transfer gurus we hired will lose their Midas touch and sign a load of donkeys in the summer. It’s written in the stars.
Can you really be that incompetent in such a high profile job?
Highly thought of for helping players through long term injury. Seems about right.
Do we have any evidence at all that the medical team are incompetent? Especially after this season, where we’ve been told less than ever before about the type of injuries our players have.
Exactly the sort of news to not get excited about.
Awaits influx of hilarious politician and football manager replies...
We are rinsed with injuries every season, and have been for the last 10 years. Centre back in particular, seems to be an area in which we haven't been able to keep lads fit since the days of Carrick and Fletcher filling in back there.
That certainly doesn't demonstrate competence to me - either in the medical tests we perform before signing a player, or the work we do with them in terms of strength and conditioning once they have signed.
According to this O'Driscoll has been a lifelong United fan, so I don't know why he'd sabotage our players
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jun/17/gary-odriscoll-lions-doctor-arsenal
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jun/17/gary-odriscoll-lions-doctor-arsenal
What are your qualifications?
Watching football and comparing the number of injuries we incur each year to the numbers incurred by our closest rivals.
I don't need to be a doctor to count.
Why do we need medical school when we can just have common sense arm chair pundits?
Yoink.
That’ll do for the summer window, happy days.
So we can have more competent medical professionals. Which is my entire point.
Which has almost nothing to do with the medical team.
He’s the best leg rubber in the business.
Arsenal’s two starting centrebacks have been ever present all season. This new guy better make sure we do as well
Point out on the doll where they touched you.
When our players get injured playing men’s football, our resident bricklayers and teachers will claim that this guy is a useless medical expert.
What nonsense. The medical department will obviously work closely with the coaching staff to ensure methods are best suited to players on a general and indivdual level. They will be almost entirely responsible for the physcial therapy and rehabilitation of players.
We brought in Gary O'Driscoll last year, because an audit into practices determined that the clubs methods were outdated. This latest addition will be a further acknowledgement that improvements are needed. Same goes for the sports science specialist we are looking to recruit.
It isn't controversial to point at more than a decades worth of fitness issues and suggest improvements need to be made, when there are clubs around us playing the same number of games, in the same competitions and incurring less injuries.
RedCafe is really bad for criticising staff members while knowing very little about what they actually do and the responsibilities and realities of their role. “What does [person] actually do” is practically a caf meme at this point.
You referred to the S&C training. Which is very specialised training, with its own experts. Who need little or no input from medical professionals. Arsenal hired Jerry Flannery to do this a few years ago.
Rehabbing from injuries is a different issue. Which will have more medical input. But that’s not what you were referring to in the post I quoted.
This clearly hits a nerve so I understand you feeling a bit precious. I'll try to explain myself a little more clearly and ask you to remember that I haven't criticised an individual, but merely the same department as a whole that the club is clearly in the process of overhauling.
I am not a professional footballer - but I can tell the difference between a good player and a bad one by taking into account a number of factors pertinent to their position.
I am not a professional football coach - but I can tell the difference between a good coach and a bad one, by taking into account things like games won vs games lost over a length of time.
I am not a professional bus driver - but I can tell the difference between a good driver and a bad one by taking into account number of cyclists and signposts knocked down over a ten year period.
You're laughing if you think he or any other strength and conditioning coaches work with little or no input from the medical department. Players have tailored plans there days which delve into incredible detail. The department Gary O'Driscoll has been brought in to oversee will oversee more than just mending legs and rehab.
The quality of the medical staff at this club is impossible to judge - along with scouts and all the other functions. The culture at this club allows the manager to overrule pretty much all of them, and they all take a backseat.
The biggest example of that was when Ole played Rashford in that FA cup game with a back injury, that put him out for another 2 months. You could have the best medical staff in the world but if they're not empowered by the club to make decisions based on their expertise, it's pointless.
The biggest example of that was when Ole played Rashford in that FA cup game with a back injury, that put him out for another 2 months. You could have the best medical staff in the world but if they're not empowered by the club to make decisions based on their expertise, it's pointless.
It didn't work well when we got the Arsenal Doctor so now we go for the physio as well
The Arsenal team who had minimal injury numbers all season in comparison to us.....
Probably 'cos they got a new head doctor!