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Hope said it wasn't as bad as expected yesterday. Think he might be ok for the next game.

He looked pretty pacey yesterday too.

He's not shite, he just can't close down 4 players on his own. Waste of money.

Scott Parker was out for nearly 8 months with his. I thought Owen was out for 4 months??

I think most people who have played football must have fractured their 5th metatarsal I did mine when I was 26 (like @HTT II no surgery). Still causes discomfort now all these years later, but not from kicking, from it being my standing foot. Obviously as a professional athlete his healing time will be quicker, but if he's back in 6 weeks, given he won't be able to train for at least 4 of those I'd be absolutely amazed. Jesus was out for 9 or 10 weeks with the same injury and that was a quicker return than they expected. EDIT: To add, if they just went physio instead of surgery he'd probably be back quicker, but likely to re-injure it. We just need him to live in an oxygen tent for a few weeks to make sure he's back.

Nope, it's more complicated than that. Have a read about plantar loading and the extra stresses after foot injuries.

Not in the premier league you weren't. Still time though.

He'll have a compression screw inserted I guess. Don't think they bother doing that for non-athletes

I'd rather Murphy play there than Fraser.

Hate to be overly negative on this but the average healing time for "full" recovery is 3 to 5 months. Because it's so easy to re-fracture there's no way he'll be rushed back. Potential career ender if it re-fractures.

Do you think he and ASM have actually met yet? Their link up play with each other is awful

Fatter than Ben Arfa imo. Looks like he’ll really struggle at this level. No goals or assists yet either.

Trippier’s more likely to be back than Manquillo surely?

This feels amazing, got to admit

What the fuck man?

Willock is so easy to get by.

Weghorst off injured

Scrappy match probably suiting us now. As long as we don’t see a red card soon

Half is going so slowly. Feels like we’ve been playing for hours

What the fuck is going on with injuries??

Get Bruno on now

Offside this

Got to pray Trippier isn’t out for long. Our full backs are useless

Was coming

Oh, ASM can run now. Weird