| Broja 21:31 - Jan 9 with 4986 views | Zx1988 |
Seemingly crocked. Again. Massive bullet dodged there.
Makes it even more baffling that we put so many eggs in that basket for so much of the summer. |  |
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| Broja on 21:32 - Jan 9 with 4919 views | Zx1988 |
Properly crocked as well, it would appear. Gas and air, and stretchered off.
Hope he'll be okay - must be awful to go through this sort of prolonged injury heck. | |
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| Broja on 21:33 - Jan 9 with 4885 views | GlasgowBlue |
Dogged a bullet there. But you are right, we shouldn't have made him our only target until the last minute |  |
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| Broja on 21:35 - Jan 9 with 4784 views | Stenvict |
Snapped his achilles? | |
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| Broja on 21:37 - Jan 9 with 4685 views | DanTheMan |
Looked like a nasty one as well. Everton getting a bit of a thinned squad. |  |
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| Broja on 21:38 - Jan 9 with 4652 views | Zx1988 |
| Broja on 21:37 - Jan 9 by DanTheMan |
Looked like a nasty one as well. Everton getting a bit of a thinned squad. |
Straight to the ambulance and off to hospital, so does seem somewhat nasty.
It's tough not to feel sorry for the lad, but it does serve to make Everton's job that little bit harder. | |
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| Broja on 21:38 - Jan 9 with 4651 views | unstableblue |
| Broja on 21:33 - Jan 9 by GlasgowBlue |
Dogged a bullet there. But you are right, we shouldn't have made him our only target until the last minute |
As the pundits said during his season loan at Saints he was unplayable at times.
Hence why Ipswich and Everton felt a pursuit, and in their case significant risk and patience in bringing him in injured, was worth it
But that was a weird limited contact incident and his resilience looks questionable.
We needed proper back-up for Delap and Hirst from the start through… how many points dropped as a result? |  |
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| Broja on 21:40 - Jan 9 with 4578 views | portmanking |
| Broja on 21:35 - Jan 9 by Stenvict |
Snapped his achilles? |
Yeah, he was clutching the back of his leg rather than his knee.
I'd say snapped Achilles too.
If so, that's probably him done at the top level. Got to be his 4th career threatening injury by his early 20s. | | | |
| Broja on 21:46 - Jan 9 with 4371 views | Nutkins_Return |
| Broja on 21:38 - Jan 9 by unstableblue |
As the pundits said during his season loan at Saints he was unplayable at times.
Hence why Ipswich and Everton felt a pursuit, and in their case significant risk and patience in bringing him in injured, was worth it
But that was a weird limited contact incident and his resilience looks questionable.
We needed proper back-up for Delap and Hirst from the start through… how many points dropped as a result? |
It was an awkward landing with full force on ankle/Achilles which is already suspect. Achilles do just pop and it's a horrible injury. Suspect that's what happened but I guess we'll see.
Another club desperate for a striker!! | |
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| Broja on 22:31 - Jan 9 with 3675 views | WestSussexBlue |
Another very carefully weighed up decision by MA. Good call Mr Ashton.
He’s not the only one being “given the oxygen” it seems. | | | |
| Broja on 22:49 - Jan 9 with 3483 views | WicklowBlue |
| Broja on 21:32 - Jan 9 by Zx1988 |
Properly crocked as well, it would appear. Gas and air, and stretchered off.
Hope he'll be okay - must be awful to go through this sort of prolonged injury heck. |
The poor fella, his career must be hanging in the balance let alone the huge pain he must be suffering. I remember watching Varney collapsing suddenly like he had been shot years ago. Can only imagine the agony of that injury.
One of my work colleagues circa 9 months ago snapped his achilles playing basketball. A really horrific injury at any level. He had surgery, couldn't go out of the house for weeks, then a boot for months and struggled to get a physio for rehab. Took him months to walk properly but is now coming out the other end of the physio but still not confident or able to run....
I wish Broja the very best and hope he can get back to his peak. That is the important human piece not what we dodged etc. [Post edited 9 Jan 22:49]
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| Broja on 22:55 - Jan 9 with 3366 views | Illinoisblue |
| Broja on 21:33 - Jan 9 by GlasgowBlue |
Dogged a bullet there. But you are right, we shouldn't have made him our only target until the last minute |
Altho to be fair we don’t know what else was in our basket, or other club’s baskets. |  |
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| Broja on 22:58 - Jan 9 with 3342 views | WicklowBlue |
| Broja on 22:55 - Jan 9 by Illinoisblue |
Altho to be fair we don’t know what else was in our basket, or other club’s baskets. |
Am I wrong in saying we had multiple targets that just didn't get over the line? So Broja was looked at and we decided it was a no with where he was at that time. I.e. failed the medical | | | |
| Broja on 23:20 - Jan 9 with 3173 views | Churchman |
| Broja on 22:55 - Jan 9 by Illinoisblue |
Altho to be fair we don’t know what else was in our basket, or other club’s baskets. |
I was never in favour of him coming here in the summer because of his injury record and his performances at Fulham. He’d done nothing in two years. It’s all opinions, but I was amazed so many on here thought bringing him in was such a good idea.
I very much doubt he was the only player we were looking at but who knows how it works. This situation is a good indicator on how difficult it is to find forwards.
Chelsea have him on contract until 2028 so obviously tried to mug us off. I don’t blame them for trying it on with little Ipswich. Why wouldn't you? I wish the lad well and hope he recovers to enjoy a full career.
Bullet definitely dodged and well done our medical mob for raising questions and the club drawing a line on it. |  | | |
| Broja on 23:29 - Jan 9 with 3109 views | JakeITFC |
| Broja on 23:20 - Jan 9 by Churchman |
I was never in favour of him coming here in the summer because of his injury record and his performances at Fulham. He’d done nothing in two years. It’s all opinions, but I was amazed so many on here thought bringing him in was such a good idea.
I very much doubt he was the only player we were looking at but who knows how it works. This situation is a good indicator on how difficult it is to find forwards.
Chelsea have him on contract until 2028 so obviously tried to mug us off. I don’t blame them for trying it on with little Ipswich. Why wouldn't you? I wish the lad well and hope he recovers to enjoy a full career.
Bullet definitely dodged and well done our medical mob for raising questions and the club drawing a line on it. |
He’s a really good player, exactly in the mould we need/needed and McKenna has a good record in finding the potential in these types of people.
We did our due diligence and decided that it was too much of a risk and didn’t do it - I thought it was a good idea until that point (as we are obviously not party to that kind of insight). I’ve actually been of the opinion that we might go back for him in the summer should he have proven his fitness but I imagine that ship has sailed now.
What I don’t think we now have is the luxury to have a similar saga for our main forward target in this window, we simply have to take a forward of some description. |  | | |
| Broja on 23:48 - Jan 9 with 2968 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Broja on 22:31 - Jan 9 by WestSussexBlue |
Another very carefully weighed up decision by MA. Good call Mr Ashton.
He’s not the only one being “given the oxygen” it seems. |
I think Ashton tried to sign him with an obligation to buy.
Lucky escape. |  |
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| Broja on 00:01 - Jan 10 with 2878 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Broja on 21:38 - Jan 9 by Zx1988 |
Straight to the ambulance and off to hospital, so does seem somewhat nasty.
It's tough not to feel sorry for the lad, but it does serve to make Everton's job that little bit harder. |
He wasnt taken to hospital. [Post edited 10 Jan 0:01]
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| Broja on 00:04 - Jan 10 with 2862 views | Churchman |
| Broja on 23:29 - Jan 9 by JakeITFC |
He’s a really good player, exactly in the mould we need/needed and McKenna has a good record in finding the potential in these types of people.
We did our due diligence and decided that it was too much of a risk and didn’t do it - I thought it was a good idea until that point (as we are obviously not party to that kind of insight). I’ve actually been of the opinion that we might go back for him in the summer should he have proven his fitness but I imagine that ship has sailed now.
What I don’t think we now have is the luxury to have a similar saga for our main forward target in this window, we simply have to take a forward of some description. |
He was a really good player, exactly in the mould Chelsea needed which is why he was signed up on a long contract. More than two years of injuries later they wanted rid to the extent of when the medical bods raised doubts Chelsea’s response was nah, nothing wrong with him, we know nothing about it. Yeah, right. Nelson got his eye back and Starmer forgot to claim his expenses. A likely tale. Fulham? On loan.No thanks.
I’d be very interested from people who have an understanding of this stuff like Joe and obviously Phil what happened with this.
Yes, we are short on strikers. Ideally a Moore style signing and a prospect would fit the bill as far as I’m concerned - anyone better is unlikely to want to settle for 2nd, 3rd, 4th choice depending on injuries. The first prerequisite is people who will not be adding to our groaning, crowded treatment table. | | | |
| Broja on 10:16 - Jan 10 with 1700 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Broja on 00:04 - Jan 10 by Churchman |
He was a really good player, exactly in the mould Chelsea needed which is why he was signed up on a long contract. More than two years of injuries later they wanted rid to the extent of when the medical bods raised doubts Chelsea’s response was nah, nothing wrong with him, we know nothing about it. Yeah, right. Nelson got his eye back and Starmer forgot to claim his expenses. A likely tale. Fulham? On loan.No thanks.
I’d be very interested from people who have an understanding of this stuff like Joe and obviously Phil what happened with this.
Yes, we are short on strikers. Ideally a Moore style signing and a prospect would fit the bill as far as I’m concerned - anyone better is unlikely to want to settle for 2nd, 3rd, 4th choice depending on injuries. The first prerequisite is people who will not be adding to our groaning, crowded treatment table. |
I watched him for Everton against Man City on Boxing Day and he looked absolute class when he came on. If you could guarantee he stayed fit he would have been a top, top signing for us. Unfortunately it doesn't look like he can, which is sad for him. | | | |
| Broja on 10:36 - Jan 10 with 1572 views | Guthrum |
| Broja on 00:04 - Jan 10 by Churchman |
He was a really good player, exactly in the mould Chelsea needed which is why he was signed up on a long contract. More than two years of injuries later they wanted rid to the extent of when the medical bods raised doubts Chelsea’s response was nah, nothing wrong with him, we know nothing about it. Yeah, right. Nelson got his eye back and Starmer forgot to claim his expenses. A likely tale. Fulham? On loan.No thanks.
I’d be very interested from people who have an understanding of this stuff like Joe and obviously Phil what happened with this.
Yes, we are short on strikers. Ideally a Moore style signing and a prospect would fit the bill as far as I’m concerned - anyone better is unlikely to want to settle for 2nd, 3rd, 4th choice depending on injuries. The first prerequisite is people who will not be adding to our groaning, crowded treatment table. |
We are short-ish on strikers.
Hirst is supposed to be back in a week or two. Which eases the urgency a bit and turns the matter to looking at who would be the best back-up (inc. AAH in that equation) should he or Delap get injured/suspended.
Which, in turn, perhaps downgrades a little the quality of player we are looking for ... unless the slightly fragile Hirst is to be the backup and we're after an off-the-bench-on-60/70-minutes option. |  |
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| Broja on 11:02 - Jan 10 with 1411 views | Vic |
| Broja on 10:36 - Jan 10 by Guthrum |
We are short-ish on strikers.
Hirst is supposed to be back in a week or two. Which eases the urgency a bit and turns the matter to looking at who would be the best back-up (inc. AAH in that equation) should he or Delap get injured/suspended.
Which, in turn, perhaps downgrades a little the quality of player we are looking for ... unless the slightly fragile Hirst is to be the backup and we're after an off-the-bench-on-60/70-minutes option. |
I would like to think that we’re after that off the bench option - someone to rival Hirst (and cover for him when he inevitable gets injured). AAH isn’t that player … yet. |  |
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