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Injuries

thfcsteff said:
No not especially. Of course there is something to it, but the notion that Angeball is the only reason hamstring injuries occur is simply not true. Here's a graphic from Opta from Feb 2025 which I believe is a little more accurate to the one you posted. And here's a link to a decent overview of the reasons behind hamstring injuries in today's game (this is something which has been discussed many times, specifically with regards to the overload on players game wise for multiple breakless seasons)...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/02/hamstring-injuries-research-premier-league



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so i asked Aria AI to summarise that article and it seems to point to player overuse as a general cause, better training and rehab as mitigation strategies and we are above the norm in the number of hamstring injuries.
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metalgear said:
so i asked Aria AI to summarise that article and it seems to point to player overuse as a general cause, better training and rehab as mitigation strategies and we are above the norm in the number of hamstring injuries.
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With the greatest of respect to you mate (we are friends) I hope you also read the story and drew your own conclusions. Personally, the moment Ai becomes a primary decipher of articles and features for me will be a sad one (you'll sympathise with my POV given my background and career)...
 
thfcsteff said:
With the greatest of respect to you mate (we are friends) I hope you also read the story and drew your own conclusions. Personally, the moment Ai becomes a primary decipher of articles and features for me will be a sad one (you'll sympathise with my POV given my background and career)...
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Amen to that.
 
thfcsteff said:
With the greatest of respect to you mate (we are friends) I hope you also read the story and drew your own conclusions. Personally, the moment Ai becomes a primary decipher of articles and features for me will be a sad one (you'll sympathise with my POV given my background and career)...
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yes, friend, i did and it was an article that provided no solutions. aria ai was able to pull in a few more articles (see source below) which generally concluded that fatigue and overuse of muscles are the main direct and indirect reasons for hamstring injuries (and others too).
 
metalgear said:
yes, friend, i did and it was an article that provided no solutions. aria ai was able to pull in a few more articles (see source below) which generally concluded that fatigue and overuse of muscles are the main direct and indirect reasons for hamstring injuries (and others too).
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I think this is well known? What solution are you looking for beyond football in general understanding the ludicrous workload being placed on top players with all the extra tournaments?
 
Be interesting to see which players can't join up with pre-season due to injury. We saw Dragusin and Madds at the training centre this week in the Frank vid, presumedly working through the summer to get fit.

Are they the only two though? What about Kulu? Saw some wedding photos so assume he's on honeymoon. I thought he was going to be touch and go for the start of the season with that knee injury.

I would say that it's a huge opportunity for some of the other creative players like Donley, Devine and even Odobert to impress in AM if our main 2 are on a delayed pre-season schedule.
 
Muttley said:
Be interesting to see which players can't join up with pre-season due to injury. We saw Dragusin and Madds at the training centre this week in the Frank vid, presumedly working through the summer to get fit.

Are they the only two though? What about Kulu? Saw some wedding photos so assume he's on honeymoon. I thought he was going to be touch and go for the start of the season with that knee injury.

I would say that it's a huge opportunity for some of the other creative players like Donley, Devine and even Odobert to impress in AM if our main 2 are on a delayed pre-season schedule.
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Bergvall was there for a while but is now having a break ahead of pre-season
 
markysimmo said:
Bergvall was there for a while but is now having a break ahead of pre-season
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I thought his was a short term injury despite the protective boot. There was even some people speculating he would make it back for the final.

I'm hoping he has a full pre-season. Still can't quite pick his best position but double pivot midfields may just suit him.
 
Muttley said:
I thought his was a short term injury despite the protective boot. There was even some people speculating he would make it back for the final.

I'm hoping he has a full pre-season. Still can't quite pick his best position but double pivot midfields may just suit him.
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Yes, there was speculation he might make the final, but was quite a way off making it; when the final whistle went, he ran/hobbled onto the pitch with extremely stiff steps.
But yeah I think he will start preseason.
 
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