Given how injuries seem to plague us season after season, I keep wondering how we compare with other clubs in that regard. Strangely, considering how virtually every other aspect of club and player performance is scrutinised, analysed, ranked, no such data-based comparisons seem to be available when it comes to injury records. How many days on average are lost to injury in the Championship? Do we lose more than most, fewer than most, or are we just bang average? If the former, why? I've always heard good things about our medical department, and we're told -- I imagine correctly -- that they have best-in-class facilities available to them at Colney, now including that recovery pool. But what sort of objective data is available underpinning the department's reputation? Given how important it is to have players available and in top condition, you'd expect medical departments to feature high up in clubs's lists of priorities when it comes to resource allocation. Do they? I've no idea.
