Allan Saint-Maximin (now playing for Fenerbahce, on loan from Al-Ahli)

[SUPERTOON]

 

[alexf]

Missed him. But perhaps while he and Almiron are out then the Wilson-Isak partnership is the way to go. 

[Yorkie]

3 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

 

 

 round and round we go. 

[Mazzy]

Thankfully his injury will coincidence timely with Almiron returning in the next week or so.

[alexf]

Have to say. Despite him playing way recently. To the eye, physically he hasn't looked right to me. Perhaps this hamstring has been playing up a little for awhile and they are just trying to manage it and avoid him getting a longer term strain. 

 

Shame if he's out of Villa and worse Spurs as I think having all our attacking options makes a big difference. 

[Wolfcastle]

I don't know if we can absorb this. The work they'll do in training now only to have ASM miss most of the season. As opposed to someone available.

 

Not sure he's worth selling now either (price wise) because of it. Conudrum.

[duo]

13 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

 

What is the longest run of games he has had?  Seems to spend more time in the treatment room than on the pitch.

[Yorkie]

Just now, alexf said:

Have to say. Despite him playing way recently. To the eye, physically he hasn't looked right to me. Perhaps this hamstring has been playing up a little for awhile and they are just trying to manage it and avoid him getting a longer term strain. 

 

I think his body is just fundamentally incapable of sustaining the rigours of Premier League football, let alone Eddie Howe football. I don't know what he was like for Nice and prior, but he fucked his hamstring/s very early doors with us (you-know-who chucking him in half fit didn't help) and he's never once looked comfortable thereafter. 

[alexf]

Yeah he's getting abit Kieron Dyer with these hamstrings. They seem so prone to pulls and tears. It feels like it's holding back his ability to perform at 100%. 

Even recently despite contributing to the team he looks scared to run at full speed anymore. Maybe rightly so if he is getting minor strains so easily. 

[joeyt]

"I don’t think it’s serious with Allan. He didn’t feel 100% during the West Ham game, so we decided to scan him.

"It wasn’t a clear injury, but we decided to scan him and it revealed a very minor problem with his hamstring. We knew pretty much straight away he wasn’t going to be available for this game.

"I’m guessing slightly, but it’ll maybe be a couple of weeks. It’s nothing too serious, although it was a big blow because of the form Allan has been in. But again, we back the strength of the squad."

[Newcastle Fan]

We missed him today and need him back asap, hopefully he will be able to make it faster than scheduled for the villa game.

[Lush Vlad]

4 hours ago, alexf said:

Have to say. Despite him playing way recently. To the eye, physically he hasn't looked right to me. Perhaps this hamstring has been playing up a little for awhile and they are just trying to manage it and avoid him getting a longer term strain. 

 

Shame if he's out of Villa and worse Spurs as I think having all our attacking options makes a big difference. 

Agree with this and what others have been saying about his fitness, generally. Seems like when playing with a bit more intensity. His body just isn’t up to it. 
 

Thought since the Wolves game. He has looked unsure about fully opening up and trying to go past players. But didn’t know how much of that was down to instructions and him trying to adapt his game. 

[The College Dropout]

We need him to pay the majority of the remaining games man.  

[The College Dropout]

On 08/04/2023 at 23:38, The College Dropout said:

We need him to pay the majority of the remaining games man.  

He'll miss Villa but if he can play and be fully fit for the run-in - alongside the other key 12 players. We'll be in the CL. No doubt about it for me,

[Ace]

On 08/04/2023 at 23:38, The College Dropout said:

We need him to pay the majority of the remaining games man.  

 

I agree with this as though he can be inconsistent he offers something different to our other wingers and adds to our creativity 

[The College Dropout]

His Xgi per 90 minutes is as high as you’re going to get from a non elite winger.  
 

He consistently creates chances.  

[MrRaspberryJam]

 

[Yorkie]

That probably ends any debate about him potentially being sold in the summer tbh. I doubt we'd be able to give him away at this point, the poor lad is a money drain to anyone who owns him. 

[1964]

His muscles are 100% chicken breast

[Guest]

That's upsetting

[TheBrownBottle]

It’s a shame - he’s been excellent last few games for me.  But the lad is made of glass - I don’t think we can afford players who are more or less guaranteed  to miss half of our games next year with European football now starting to look more likely than not. 

[McCormick]

Ugh. How annoying.

[Kanj]

Fuck sake. 

[Smal]

he will have to do a lot of work to get his body capable of running more. He can do it with more conditioning work I'm sure, but it's definitely frustrating at the moment. 

 

Bruce not getting them in for training more than once a week really won't have helped any of these players. Going from that to Howe's methods will be killing their muscles. 

[KDT]

It has looked like he's not been able to fully open up when he's been running/sprinting since he got back, it wouldn't surprise me if it hasn't fully healed since the last time he did it.