Injury Thread 2025-26
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Brandon Williams took a whack to the head in training, hence his omission at Swansea and probably also for the Southampton game.
Didn't Serg say hamstring pull. Which is apparently common after a ACL..Looked like a couple of weeks to me. But I'm no expert...
Hamstring went, hopefully just a pull and it's a case of a week's rest to be safe. Two weeks max. If it's a tear, you're looking at a minimum of two months depending on the severity.
As I said before mine was absolutely toast from just walking after MCL damage albeit probably not as bad as ACL surgery as it was 3 weeks after the injury, deffo likely for an elite sportsman so that’s positive it’s simply teething issues coming back from a very bad injury.
Baz was very specific on the 1904 pod. He said he thought it would be 4, 6 or 8 weeks
Baz was very specific on the 1904 pod. He said he thought it would be 4, 6 or 8 weeks
He’s just read that on here and reported it.
ACL surgery requires using a piece of hamstring as a new replacement ACL.
MCL is insignificant as it heals itself, LCL requires a new ligament graft from a donor. Very invasive and by far the worst out of the 3.
Torn meniscus was a bit of an issue as well. That period in a medieval knee brace.
Speaking from experience.
With that in mind, that’s why the hamstring is the most likely injury post ACL surgery. You have less of it than you had pre surgery.
MCL is insignificant as it heals itself, LCL requires a new ligament graft from a donor. Very invasive and by far the worst out of the 3.
Torn meniscus was a bit of an issue as well. That period in a medieval knee brace.
Speaking from experience.
With that in mind, that’s why the hamstring is the most likely injury post ACL surgery. You have less of it than you had pre surgery.
I think there are different methods of surgery for an ACL. Liam Millar talked through them on a 1904 Club episode a while ago. He said that he had the most invasive option of the three main options, which has the longest recovery but also in his case offered the best long-term prospects which is why he had that one. If I remember right, the one he had used the patellar tendon rather than a hamstring.
I had my left ACL reconstructed in 1991 with one of my 4 left hamstrings - so only have 3 now. I was lucky in that the surgeon in the NHS area I lived in London was the leading UK knee surgeon at the time, a bloke called John Ireland, who pioneered hamstring grafts after the carbon implants (Gazza had a carbon implant when he did his in against Forest in the FA Cup Final) started causing a lot of problems including rejection. The guy in the bed next to me was having his carbon implant out as it was causing too many problems. My surgery was part of a trial back then and I had to be accepted onto it. It then became commonplace as a technique.
I had my right ACL reconstructed in 2001 using the middle third of my patella tendon, different surgeon, Brit expat living in Canada. Point of note is that they use the middle third to maintain stability in the patella as it's still balanced.
Both outcomes were good and I kept on playing football for another ten years or so until the rest of my body started giving up!
I don't wish the rehab on anyone!!
I had my right ACL reconstructed in 2001 using the middle third of my patella tendon, different surgeon, Brit expat living in Canada. Point of note is that they use the middle third to maintain stability in the patella as it's still balanced.
Both outcomes were good and I kept on playing football for another ten years or so until the rest of my body started giving up!
I don't wish the rehab on anyone!!
That is correct. I have done acl reconstruction on both knees one in 2003 and the other in 2006.
My surgeon specialized in patellar tendons but others offered hamstring or allograft (organ donor). I went with patellar tendon as it offered the strongest replacement even though it was the hardest recovery.
Both have held up well with no need for replacement after 20 odd years