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1) Sears ( Knee- ACL)
2) Nsiala ( hamstring)
3) Lankester ( back)
4) Judge ( wrist)
5) Bishop ( Knee - MCL)
6) Nolan? (?) hasn’t played a game yet
7) Edwards (?) hasn’t played a game yet

And every single one of these would be considered first teamers.......have I missed anyone out?

Season starts in 3 weeks. Just when will this perpetual injury crisis end I wonder, and more to the point why do our players sustain these injuries. Is it intrinsic ( their body make up), or extrinsic ( training methods). I know Lambert ordered a review of all these aspects to try and identify the reasons. We must look to minimise these injuries....or types of players recruited?

So PL is saying today that Jack Lankester is out for "Months" Thats bloody changed then !!!!

hallamblue wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:45 pm

...or types of players recruited?

I think this is it, Hallam. Is it me, or does it seem like a lot of our Academy players are rather puny? Maybe we should be recruiting from the north? ...maybe we need a different nutritionist? I remember reading a book about Beattie and it said Sir Bobby made sure the landlady fed the 'Beat' steaks every night! I think our Academy needs to bulk up a bit!

Judging by the latest pre-match conf. the status is now:
1) Sears ( Knee- ACL) - Progressing well, November back to training?
2) Nsiala ( hamstring) - No mention but wasn't it just a few weeks? October back to training?
3) Lankester ( back) - Aggravated in pre-season, 2020?
4) Judge ( wrist) - Already back and maybe starting tomorrow
5) Bishop ( Knee - MCL) - long time. Forgotten about him already
6) Nolan? (?) hasn’t played a game yet - Nearly back September?
7) Edwards (?) hasn’t played a game yet - Nearly back, already in light training - August return?
Dozzell - Now fit and ready for a place on the subs bench

So pretty soon the list will be down to 4 (in bold)

Dubai Blue wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 09, 2019 5:33 pm

Judging by the latest pre-match conf. the status is now:
1) Sears ( Knee- ACL) - Progressing well, November back to training?
2) Nsiala ( hamstring) - No mention but wasn't it just a few weeks? October back to training?
3) Lankester ( back) - Aggravated in pre-season, 2020?
4) Judge ( wrist) - Already back and maybe starting tomorrow
5) Bishop ( Knee - MCL) - long time. Forgotten about him already
6) Nolan? (?) hasn’t played a game yet - Nearly back September?
7) Edwards (?) hasn’t played a game yet - Nearly back, already in light training - August return?
Dozzell - Now fit and ready for a place on the subs bench

So pretty soon the list will be down to 4 (in bold)

Add in Nydam.... his seasons gone.

I would have thought Nsiala would be back in September. I thought it was six weeks and that was four weeks ago.

There’s some weird ones ... Nolan and Edwards. Always feel they’re a week away or nearly there... but that seems to going on for weeks and weeks. And Lankester seems on the away to being a sick-note.

Big positive is Huws getting game time. I’m happy to see him getting some minutes off the bench. Fingers-crossed.... but that’s like a new player.

Lankester to Undergo Surgery on Back Injury
Friday, 9th Aug 2019 17:32
Town forward Jack Lankester is set to undergo surgery on his back injury and will require five months of rehabilitation before the Blues have a clear idea of when he will be able to return.

Having made his first-team debut in October last year, Lankester, 19, suffered a stress fracture of his back in January, which ended his breakthrough season early. In total he made five starts and six sub appearances.

The Bury St Edmunds-based youngster returned in pre-season but suffered another stress fracture in the game against Fortuna Dusseldorf at the Interwetten Cup in Meppen, pictured above.

The academy product, who will be a guest on tomorrow's Life's a Pitch, will go under the knife next week before beginning a lengthy period of rehabilitation.


“Jack had a stress fracture in January. After a period of six months’ rehabilitation and further scans, he was cleared by a specialist to return to pre-season training,” Town physio Matt Byard told the club site.

“Unfortunately Jack suffered a subsequent stress fracture against Fortuna. It’s a completely new injury.



“Having spoken to leading consultants in the UK and the US, they have advised us that a minimally invasive procedure will help his fracture to heal.

“This is specialist approach to the treatment of a stress fracture and he will have surgery next week.

"He will then have a focused rehabilitation period over the coming months.

“He will have a scan after five months and from there we will have a much clearer idea of when he can return to training.”

Lankester's absence for the first half of the season, probably longer, is a further blow for the Blues with Teddy Bishop out for three months with a knee injury and Tristan Nydam sidelined for six months with a broken ankle.

Yet more bad injury news.

He is a talent but will never make it now.