Match reaction vs Chavs

[Letters]

The clue is in your first post. Straight away without all of the facts, you jump in on the defensive as if mistakes weren't made.

My first post about this said:

When he limped off I don't think he came back on? Or did he go off a first time?

I was pretty clear that I wasn't sure what had happened. I remember Walcott limping off and he didn't come back. I'd forgotten he'd been off before, my first post made it pretty clear I wasn't sure. Yes, Wenger said he should have come off. Obviously, given what happened afterwards, he should have come off the first time. But it's easy to say that knowing what happened. Someone above said that Walcott shouldn't be relied on to self-diagnose. Agreed but if you go and see a doctor you don't just walk in and he tells you what's wrong. You have to tell him or her what is wrong and the symptoms. If Walcott said he was OK to continue then how can a physio know different without a proper scan? The player needs to take some responsibility too IMO.

I'm not arguing against our injury record. It's awful, clearly, and it's something we need to deal with. What I'm saying is I don't think it's because our medical staff are the bumbling idiots some people on here have made out. I just don't believe a club at our level would hire people who have no idea what they're doing. You say that a lot of it is happening in training in which case that needs to be looked at. The medical staff aren't in control of the way we train.

[Power n Glory]

The training regime is down to Wenger and Pat Rice. Something has to be looked into but what annoys me is the way we struggle to diagnose a problem and then send back players before they have fully recovered.

Walcott signalled to the bench and told the physio what was wrong. Of course he's going to say he wants to play on to help his team. He'd play until it's physically inpossible for him to do so and that's what happenend. If someone walks into their GP and says they're having heart problems and the GP tells them it's nothing to worry about carry on as normal, whose at fault?

[BOBN]

. Someone above said that Walcott shouldn't be relied on to self-diagnose. Agreed but if you go and see a doctor you don't just walk in and he tells you what's wrong. You have to tell him or her what is wrong and the symptoms. If Walcott said he was OK to continue then how can a physio know different without a proper scan? The player needs to take some responsibility too IMO.

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Shouldnt be relied on to but he too was thick as shyt. A christano ronaldo or any serious pro would have looked like theyre signalling aircraft down the amount hand signs they would have been giving the bench telling them theyre ready to hit the showers.

But thats still no excuse for the cowboys in the treatment room

[fakeyank]

Our physio room is pretty comfy. I sneaked in when I took the tour of the stadium. Its got nice lighting n a very ambient temperature.

[Syn]

Lewin's a chancer tbh.

[Power n Glory]

Shouldnt be legenfs are even better than legends but not as high legenks :wink:

Shouldnt be relied on to but he too was thick as shyt. A christano ronaldo or any serious pro would have looked like theyre signalling aircraft down the amount hand signs they would have been giving the bench telling them theyre ready to hit the showers.

But thats still no excuse for the cowboys in the treatment room

Any serious pro. Are you sure? In most cases, they just want to play football. Wilshere was rushed back to play but is he to blame for his injury relapse or for playing on in pre season when he picked up an injury for England? Cesc player on against Barca with a broken leg and last season he wanted to play in the Carling Cup final even though he was injured. Most players would still try to play on. Muamba just suffered a heart attack and hearing people say he could return to football. If the medical staff give him the all clear, I doubt he's going to stop playing.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

And that's probably why we have a horrendous injury record, clueless idiots in charge all over the place!

Well id not disagre there, if the medical team can't get that right then no wonder our injury record has been shite for the past however many years.

Wengers problems is he seems to believe their diagnosis for some reason and takes it as gossip. Since Gary Lewin left he has not been replaced with someone of his quality.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Lewin's a chancer tbh.

His cousin was decent though. Shame he went to the england team.

We never had bad injuries with Gary lewin in charge.

[Young Guns 11]

More importantly than anything already posted in this thread - anyone else loving the karate-style challenge made by Kos on Sturridge?

Beautiful it was

[Syn]

He was great in this game. A superb defender.