Ah come on, how many seasons have we had these injury problems, these aren't setbacks these are part of the course. I'd rather have too many good players than not enough, we're relying on a guy who's been out over a year to come back and have a big influence on our season....hardly realistic.
Almost every long term injured player takes a long time to get back to form and fitness (if he ever does), that's if he doesn't pick up another injury (which is quite common). We've seen it with a quite a few of our own players now.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.