Ready, Set... Injury - the pre-season crock thread

[Evening Echo]

SOUTHEND United youngster Lewis Gard is pleased with the progress he is making with his long-term knee injury – but will not be setting a date for his comeback just yet.

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[Grapevine]

Great to hear of this. Young Lewis has almost been overlooked while he and more high profile players have been out injured but we need to remember the promise he showed prior to his injury. A first team debut nearly two years ago and some promising signs early last season.

Good luck to him and hopefully he can get fit and recapture that form and force his way back into contention.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Great to hear of this. Young Lewis has almost been overlooked while he and more high profile players have been out injured but we need to remember the promise he showed prior to his injury. A first team debut nearly two years ago and some promising signs early last season.

Good luck to him and hopefully he can get fit and recapture that form and force his way back into contention.

It's such a shame he isn't fit to start training as it must be incredibly difficult to be playing catch-up. He's likely to be half a yard off the pace once he starts and that's going to be the manager's first impression of him.

Pre-season is such an important time for young players to make an impression on a manager, particularly a manager taking pre-season with the team for the first time so that injury on Col Ewe's cabbage patch was a massive blow for him and arguably the team. Hopefully he's learnt a lot about being a pro from rehabbing with his more illustrious team-mates and this set-back will only be temporary.

And that last sentence of yours x 1000.

 

[Evening Echo]

SOUTHEND United striker Stephen Humphrys knows his season-saving strike against Sunderland will count for nothing next term.

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[Ayrshire Blue]

Healthy competition for places is only going to be a good thing. You've constantly gotta be striving to be the best version of you. I'm really looking forward to seeing our forward line fully fit

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Good to see some of the fears on here about his availability to have a full preseason properly allayed. If he’s playing against Reading then, as long as no new injury or complication arises then he will continue and be fully fit and available for selection at Coventry (or Birmingham).

 

[GBJ]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned anywhere else yet, but Chris Phillips reporting that we’ve picked up three injuries already.

Not specific on who yet.

And so it begins....

 

[manor15]

Cox, Hyam and Dieng. The second of which is a total shock.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Hyam's in his final year of his deal, although we have an option for a further year.

 

[Austin the Shrimper]

Here we go again

 

[Austin the Shrimper]

The main reason we needed a lot of new players, can’t see us surviving another injury plagued season

 

[Evening Echo]

SIMON Cox is one of three Southend United players to be struggling with calf injuries.

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[mattytheshrimper]

Honestly how ridiculous is this! Anyone so bored out of their head talking about injuries all the time. Unreal grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Firestorm]

So Zorro and Lolipop start upfront on Saturday.
Robinson on at ht

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

So Zorro and Lolipop start upfront on Saturday.
Robinson on at ht

Who is lollipop? (Two ‘l’s by the way ?)

 

[michael912000]

Who is lollipop? (Two ‘l’s by the way ?)

Goodship (lollipop)

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Goodship (lollipop)

Ah yes it seems obvious now you’ve said it!

 

[Jai]

The main reason we needed a lot of new players, can’t see us surviving another injury plagued season

I agree but who's gonna pay for all these new recruits when our budget is already stretched to the limit?

 

[tallboyblue]

I agree but who's gonna pay for all these new recruits when our budget is already stretched to the limit?

Doesn’t seem to be stretched through does it. Perhaps it is a bit bigger than everyone seems to think.

 

[mfurok]

Who is lollipop? (Two ‘l’s by the way ?)

How many?