Will Lankshear was a 56th minute sub in West Brom's 2-0 loss to Blackburn Ashley Phillips played 90 minutes in Stoke's 2-0 loss to Bristol City
Matthew Craig's been out for four of the five weeks he's been at Mansfield ...though if Mansfield's coach could keep his story straight about what the injury is, that would help
I've been checking some research papers and it looks like the expected number of hamstring injuries for a team with our number of games this season is between 4 and 10. I don't know how to check how many we have actually had. That's based on data from two seasons back and another paper suggests that hamstring injuries are going up appreciably, season by season.
It seems to be more common amongst all teams, although maybe I’m just noticing them more. Same as ACL injuries, they seem to be on the rise too. I do think players are playing way too many games. Chelsea and City have the Club World Cup at the end of the season too.
Also has to be asked if VAR is playing a part Mickey Van did his hamstring against Chelsea last season because the dickhead ref was going to VAR for every minor decision, and the constant stop-start nature of the match had the side effect of having players alternate between standing still for 3-5 minutes to running full pelt, which any personal trainer will tell you is asking for something to go twang
Players are playing too many games because managers are ****ers and the authorities have removed friendlies. Far too many coaches are running individual players into the ground and simultaneously ignoring squad options. Then they've got to rely on rusty backup players when the starters inevitably get injured. Squads are massive now and the youth setups should be used to expand them even more. Teams can make five subs every game and they don't need to make three of them with two seconds left, either. There's no excuse for destroying players and that applies to calling them up for pointless Nations League crap, too. I think that the endless fake injuries in second halves is doing damage in a similar fashion. Timewasting to destroy momentum makes it all very choppy and extends the time on the pitch, too. They need to change the rules about injury treatment and substitutions.
Jamie Donley has been awarded the EFL Young Player of the Month award: https://www.leytonorient.com/news/2...donley-awarded-efl-young-player-of-the-month/ It's across the 2nd, 3rd and 4th tiers and he's the first Orient player to win it.
Bryan Gil played 78 minutes in Girona's 2-1 loss to Getafe Yang Min-hyuk played 63 minutes in QPR's 4-0 win over Derby, getting an assist for the third goal
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg played 90 minutes in Marseille's 5-1 win over Saint-Etienne, creating the first and fourth goals Alfie Dorrington was an unused sub in Aberdeen's 2-1 win over Dundee Will Lankshear played 57 minutes in West Brom's 1-1 draw with Millwall Ashley Phillips played 90 minutes in Stoke's 3-1 win over Swansea Jamie Donley was a 68th minute sub in Leyton Orient's 3-2 win over Lincoln Josh Keeley played 90 minutes in Leyton Orient 3-2 win over Lincoln Matthew Craig missed Mansfield's 3-3 draw with Blackpool due to his mystery injury Luca Gunter played 90 minutes in Wealdstone's 2-1 win over Yeovil, picking up a stoppage time booking Carey Bloedorn wasn't in the squad for Aveley's 2-1 loss to Weston-super-Mare Elliot Krasniqui played 90 minutes in Bishop's Stortford's 0-0 draw with Royston Vasey Town Charlie Warren wasn't in the squad for Barton Rovers' 1-1 draw with Berkhamsted
Alejo Veliz was a 79th minute sub for Espanyol's 1-1 draw with Athletic Blibao Luka Vuskovic played 90 minutes in Westerlo's 1-1 draw with Cercle Brugge Alfie Devine missed Westerlo's 1-1 draw with Cercle Brugge with (what else?) a hamstring injury
Jamie Donley played 90 minutes in Leyton Orient's 2-1 win over The Continued Irritation That Is Ryan Reynolds, scoring the second goal with a thunderbastard from the edge of the area Josh Keeley played 90 minutes in Leyton Orient's 2-1 win over The Continued Irritation That Is Ryan Reynolds Matthew Craig missed Mansfield's 3-0 loss to Lincoln with whatever his injury is this week George Abbott played 90 minutes in Notts County's 1-1 draw with Colchester Elliot Krasniqui played 90 minutes in Bishop's Stortford's 2-0 win over Spalding United Charlie Warren wasn't in the squad for Barton Rovers' 1-0 win over Leverstock Green Dylan Thompson played 90 minutes in Barton Rovers' 1-0 win over Leverstock Green
Just when I thought this thread couldn't get any more complicated, we loan a second GK to Barton Rovers...
