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Klug: Injury Situation Must Be Addressed
Friday, 4th May 2018 15:04

Caretaker-boss Bryan Klug says Town will have to assess why so many players have suffered injuries this season. The Blues go into Sunday's final match of the season against Middlesbrough with only 15 players currently fit.

Town have had a long injury list since the start of the season and they are currently without keeper Dean Gerken (hip), full-back Dominic Iorfa (groin), skipper Luke Chambers (dislocated shoulder, fractured rib and sternum) and fellow central defender Chris Smith (back), midfielders Emyr Huws and Andre Dozzell (both knee), and Tom Adeyemi and Teddy Bishop (both hamstring), winger Mustapha Carayol and strikers David McGoldrick (groin) and Joe Garner (head, knee and shoulder).

Doubts for Sunday are Cameron Carter-Vickers (ankle), Jordan Spence (knee) and Ben Folami, while Luke Hyam is expected to return after a hamstring problem.

“On the board we have a box for the injuries but we’ve had to enlarge it,” Klug joked.

“I think it’s something that we’ve got to address because it’s something that’s not been good for the football club this year.

“We’ll have to really assess that and reflect and think about ways [of improving that] because if you don’t get your best players on the pitch you’re not going to achieve much, are you?

“Don’t think that’s criticising the physios. It’s not that, I’m just saying we have to do better with that.”

He added: "If this squad has everybody reporting fit then I think there’s competition in just about every position and some quality as well."


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Vizslaraner added 15:11 - May 4
How many of us have been saying it this season and last! It's not the likes of chambo and one or two others who have bad ones, but those that come back and keep breaking down u need to ask why! Never known injuries as bad as the last two seasons. Maybe we have signed one or two sick notes I don't know, but giving hyam for example a two year deal was ludicrous! Maybe it wa stage previous incumbent driving every last drop out of players with the god damn awful tactics. Next year will be a good marker for finding out
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shefkuqi32 added 15:11 - May 4
Yoga/Pilates and modern fitness is what we need.
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ArnieM added 15:15 - May 4
Exactly the question I've been asking for the past two years. Far too many long term injuries, and many seemingly occurring in non match situations ie pre season training, pre match warm ups, training sessions Just wtf has been going on?
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ArnieM added 15:18 - May 4
NB: Physios per sa, don't cause injuries.

Training regimes, and inadequate fitness / strengthening regimes do!
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MrJase77 added 15:32 - May 4
About time.

Something Mick had no interest in ever doing.

There is clearly something wrong somewhere.
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PortmanTerrorist added 15:48 - May 4
First sign of the deeper issues felt within the Club no one would dare speak of when Mick was still around. Most within the Club are supporters first and foremost and must have wondered what was going on too, but for Klug to come out and say something is the breath of fresh air, and reality check we need.

Bryan, hope you have strength of character after this to be able to speak out sooner next time as could avoid wasting seasons and could avoid lads not fulfilling their potential which is the saddest part. Just remembering Teddy Bishop a couple of years ago and quite how good he could be makes me want to cry.
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strikalite added 15:58 - May 4
We're always well up there in the stats for covering ground off the ball, we've had to be because we're a team well down the stats at keeping the ball....it's far less work when you have possession, go and ask the man himself Pep......just a coincidence?

The harder you train the more prone you are to injury...simple.
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jas0999 added 16:02 - May 4
Couldn't agree more!
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Suffolkboy added 17:24 - May 4
We've obviously got some pretty keen observers, who,like most of us would love to find the answers to these challenges!Idon't think , however, it would be at all right to start casting about to lay blame ; we've some very very good people looking after our squad BUT I'd ask everybody to look at the strains of playing Championship football ; MM & TC were always trying to emphasise how important it is for the ' youngsters ' to acclimatise ,and strengthen physically and mentally .
Nothing in recent weeks contradicts these conclusions ,and indeed our promising recent ' first timers ' have demonstrated how problematic it can be ,and haven't been able to match up to playing week in week out .
So again , lets believe the answers can be found and that our hard working intelligent physios and medics will come up trumps !
Up the Blues !
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lightingblue added 17:53 - May 4
Yes it is a long list. You cannot blame perhaps the training or anything of such like. The likes of chambers and Dozzell as an example where the tackles due to open game time situations such as tackles or clashes they may have been on the end of. This is just one example. Agreed, potentially an element maybe due to training other areas maybe down to wear and tear on the body over the cause of the season.
Yes there is a trend and it's enlightening to see the club trying to address areas where this could be eliminated.
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BrettenhamBlue added 22:40 - May 4
Hope this is something that's seriously looked into as it's been a concern for three years now. We need to also carefully examine the injury records of new signings and take the toughness of the championship schedule into consideration.
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budgieplucker added 08:16 - May 5
One positive is that this has forced the usage of youngsters who have gained very valuable game time and experience. However, there are probably a number of factors at play coming together.

The Championship is again probably the physically hardest league in England if not wider.

Our recruitment policy has picked up some good players but some of those players haven't been able to hold down places in their previous teams - frequent niggling injuries will devalue these players hence making them available to clubs like ours.

Less aggressive training and more time spent on cultivating use of the ball must reduce the risk of injuries intraining but I don't necessarily subscribe to the notion that all the off the ball running because of the MM style exposes here, regardless of style we should have to work extremely hard to close down or convert that energy into moving and making space for a more refined passing style. But accept possibly a more compact game not chasing long balls or constantly having to work harder to try and win the ball back is possibly more efficient for the players physicality.

I think Luke Hyam and David McGoldrick have to move on not because they can't make solid contributions (well possibly not on a sustained and consistent basis) but I to reduce the injury risk factor to the squad and as senior players the funds could be better utilised.
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