| Injuries | What could have been ... 15:15 - Feb 28 with 3280 views | Bellevue_Blue |
I know it's part of the game but with news that Omari will now also miss time, I cant help but feel in a season where everything needed to go right, we have really been hurt by longer term injuries and at key times.
Tuanzebe missing just as we started to pick up some momentum in the first part of the year, Greaves after a great start, Ogbene before he had got going, Burns when we had no real ability to replace him, Hirst leaving us with no ability to hurt teams off the bench for a decent chunk, Chappers after great performances vs Wolves/ Bournemouth, Szmodics after a great performance at Fulham ... I could go on!
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| Injuries | What could have been ... on 15:20 - Feb 28 with 2925 views | tonybied |
Our right hand side is just cursed this season, especially the right forward position. Most teams can deal with 2-3 injuries to players at any one time but that becomes a struggle for most when the injuries all come down the same side of the pitch, particularly when suffering with injuries to players that play the same position. |  | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 15:21 - Feb 28 with 2904 views | WickhamsLeftBoot |
Was thinking this earlier on, you really have no luck whatsoever when you’re down the bottom.
If it’s not injuries, it’s VAR, if it’s not VAR, it’s shocking on field officiating. |  | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 15:22 - Feb 28 with 2897 views | DarkBrandon |
Absolutely. Phillips too, and Cajuste to a lesser extent (in that his injuries have had to be managed, and were known about). |  | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 15:22 - Feb 28 with 2886 views | DarkBrandon |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 15:21 - Feb 28 by WickhamsLeftBoot |
Was thinking this earlier on, you really have no luck whatsoever when you’re down the bottom.
If it’s not injuries, it’s VAR, if it’s not VAR, it’s shocking on field officiating. |
And when you don’t have all those you play terribly in the second half! | | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 15:40 - Feb 28 with 2787 views | bsw72 |
I've said this before, but I think the Ogbene injury was this season's sliding doors moment.
We were 2-0 up and playing well, lost Ogbene to what was a nasty injury, had to reshuffle, lost concentration and then conceded 2 quick goals and we know what happened from there.
If we had not lost Ogbene and held on to the 2-0 at half time, I think we would have gone on to win that game, and therefore confidence would have risen.
I then think we would have been mentally stronger against Leicester to win that game, ironically not sure about the win at Spurs but possibly a draw and then home wins against Utd and Bournemouth with a draw against Palace. [Post edited 28 Feb 15:41]
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| Injuries | What could have been ... on 16:05 - Feb 28 with 2647 views | baxterbasics |
I think people forget this when bemoaning performances and our position in the table. Could well be a few points clear of the relegation line if we'd had less bad luck. |  |
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| Injuries | What could have been ... on 16:10 - Feb 28 with 2599 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 15:20 - Feb 28 by tonybied |
Our right hand side is just cursed this season, especially the right forward position. Most teams can deal with 2-3 injuries to players at any one time but that becomes a struggle for most when the injuries all come down the same side of the pitch, particularly when suffering with injuries to players that play the same position. |
Plus we’ve less strength in depth in the first place, so makes it extra hard. We needed luck on the injury front this year and unfortunately haven’t had it. |  |
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| Injuries | What could have been ... on 16:22 - Feb 28 with 2549 views | TractorJack |
Even just having Axel and Hirst available for the majority of the season I think we'd be out the bottom 3. |  | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 16:45 - Feb 28 with 2485 views | Illinoisblue |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 15:40 - Feb 28 by bsw72 |
I've said this before, but I think the Ogbene injury was this season's sliding doors moment.
We were 2-0 up and playing well, lost Ogbene to what was a nasty injury, had to reshuffle, lost concentration and then conceded 2 quick goals and we know what happened from there.
If we had not lost Ogbene and held on to the 2-0 at half time, I think we would have gone on to win that game, and therefore confidence would have risen.
I then think we would have been mentally stronger against Leicester to win that game, ironically not sure about the win at Spurs but possibly a draw and then home wins against Utd and Bournemouth with a draw against Palace. [Post edited 28 Feb 15:41]
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Yes we’ve missed him but that’s a heck of a run of results you’re suggesting! |  |
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| Injuries | What could have been ... on 16:45 - Feb 28 with 2482 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
I think the biggie was Ogbene, as he could have given us a real threat on the counter. Hirst as a back up striker was harmful to the team and to Delap.
KP and Cajuste we signed knowing they both had injury issues that would make life difficult.
Greaves and Tuanzebe fairly run of the mill absences for any club in terms of the amount of time out.
Burns unfortunate, but we werent exactly on form when he was playing for us. |  |
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| Injuries | What could have been ... on 16:53 - Feb 28 with 2454 views | Reuser_is_God |
More injuries than points this season. |  |
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| Injuries | What could have been ... on 17:36 - Feb 28 with 2342 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
This has been the case for most of the season - we have continued to be near the top of player days lost through injury. We also do not have the squad depth of quality to handle this, plus it forces continual changes between games.
It is what it is though, and is part of the game. It will have hurt our chances though. | | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 19:01 - Feb 28 with 2256 views | surreyblue |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 16:10 - Feb 28 by Swansea_Blue |
Plus we’ve less strength in depth in the first place, so makes it extra hard. We needed luck on the injury front this year and unfortunately haven’t had it. |
We've needed a bit of luck across the board and it's not materialised across signings, injuries, refereeing decisions or crucial moments. Our "luck" (or rather good fortune) was that most of our fortunate moments came in games which helped us pick up points, and the unfortunate moments came in games we won anyway. This year it's been the opposite (good fortune when it doesnt make a difference, bad fortune when it does) | | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 21:42 - Feb 28 with 2130 views | Mckenna1263 |
Ipswich's position is not down to injury nor bad luck. We have had ample opportunity to get above Wolves and have blown it through poor tactics and playing a goalkeeper out of his depth. | | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 22:06 - Feb 28 with 2074 views | Garv |
I've just seen the Omari news. That feels like a nail in the coffin.
Our best no.10/winger this season comfortably. |  |
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| Injuries | What could have been ... on 16:36 - Mar 1 with 1760 views | badadski |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 22:06 - Feb 28 by Garv |
I've just seen the Omari news. That feels like a nail in the coffin.
Our best no.10/winger this season comfortably. |
Hutchinson injury not great but don’t like him as 10 as think we have better more able 10’s than him and ifs he not on the right I think we miss some thing- not sure how fit he is but would prefer szmods behind delap or hirst as the 10 or Chaplin once back from injury as more adept at playing give and gos or finding space between defenders. Having back the nous of hirst, broadhead in Same team would bring more out of Davies also who has been a shadow of last year due to playing behind Clarke. | | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 16:44 - Mar 1 with 1730 views | FrimleyBlue |
The issue how much is down to bad luck and if any was down to poor medical advice.
Not saying there was any of the latter. It's just you never know what goes on behind scenes. |  |
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| Injuries | What could have been ... on 20:13 - Mar 1 with 1597 views | ernie |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 15:40 - Feb 28 by bsw72 |
I've said this before, but I think the Ogbene injury was this season's sliding doors moment.
We were 2-0 up and playing well, lost Ogbene to what was a nasty injury, had to reshuffle, lost concentration and then conceded 2 quick goals and we know what happened from there.
If we had not lost Ogbene and held on to the 2-0 at half time, I think we would have gone on to win that game, and therefore confidence would have risen.
I then think we would have been mentally stronger against Leicester to win that game, ironically not sure about the win at Spurs but possibly a draw and then home wins against Utd and Bournemouth with a draw against Palace. [Post edited 28 Feb 15:41]
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All teams have had injuries, you just have to get on with it. We are not even in the top 3 teams in this league for those that have suffered from injuries. You can make excuses till the cows come home and IF IF IF. Reality states we just haven’t been good enough. | | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 20:20 - Mar 1 with 1578 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 20:13 - Mar 1 by ernie |
All teams have had injuries, you just have to get on with it. We are not even in the top 3 teams in this league for those that have suffered from injuries. You can make excuses till the cows come home and IF IF IF. Reality states we just haven’t been good enough. |
How precisely do you come to this assertion?
We have been 2nd or 3rd for days lost through injury for most of the season, and way ahead of most other clubs. | | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 22:06 - Mar 1 with 1461 views | tonybied |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 20:20 - Mar 1 by SuffolkPunchFC |
How precisely do you come to this assertion?
We have been 2nd or 3rd for days lost through injury for most of the season, and way ahead of most other clubs. |
Add this to the fact we have probably the least squad depth - other than perhaps Southampton - in the prem you can see why the amount of injuries we've suffered has hit us so hard. | | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 06:53 - Mar 2 with 1307 views | PioneerBlue |
Injuries and timing of the injuries have definitely been part of why we are were we are but let’s not lose sight of how small some of those margins were in the Sept-Nov periods but it was the physical athleticism we didn’t have all over the pitch. For what it’s worth, Hirst and Tuanzebe are the critics misses for me in the times they were unavailable. Early season, defensively we could have looked much more familiar much earlier and stayed that way without the curious incident of the knife and thumb, plus Hirst would have allowed us to look very different, allowing us to hold on to the ball higher up the pitch. There are going to be other reasons why we are where we are, midfield has been found wanting the longer the season has gone, our forwards except Delap haven’t contributed enough assists and goals and our defence leaks goals practically every attack at times. | |
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| Injuries | What could have been ... on 07:44 - Mar 2 with 1200 views | mikeybloo88 |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 20:20 - Mar 1 by SuffolkPunchFC |
How precisely do you come to this assertion?
We have been 2nd or 3rd for days lost through injury for most of the season, and way ahead of most other clubs. |
Exactly...nearly top of the table for injuries and bottom of the table for squad quality/depth does not give a team the best of chances of surviving a brutal league. In that situation everything else needs to go very right most of the time and unfortunately players and manager have made mistakes...and continued to make the same mistakes too regularly. We’ve contributed to our own downfall too, not all just about injuries and VAR and crap officiating... |  | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 08:09 - Mar 2 with 1151 views | franz_tyson |
Sorry, but we're just simply not good enough quality-wise.
No point looking for excuses ie referees, injuries..... we're lacking in the quality of the players.
Can't fault the attitude and commitment of the players. Just not good enough.
It's funny how when Wes Burns is fit and playing he gets crucified. When injured - he's the missing link. And Hutch as well. He's a kid learning his trade at the very highest level. He's struggled in plenty of games as well as showing his class.
I think we fell short firstly in recruitment. Easy to say - but we could have done more with some PL experience. Maybe what we wanted from Phillips to provide all through the season. | | | |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 08:57 - Mar 2 with 1080 views | Blue_In_Boston |
| Injuries | What could have been ... on 15:21 - Feb 28 by WickhamsLeftBoot |
Was thinking this earlier on, you really have no luck whatsoever when you’re down the bottom.
If it’s not injuries, it’s VAR, if it’s not VAR, it’s shocking on field officiating. |
If its not injuries it's VAR. If it's not VAR it's the ref.
Maybe, just maybe we haven't been good enough. Stop blaming everything else, look closer to home. | | | |
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