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Callum Wilson set to be out for around 8 weeks with new hamstring injury (Howe)


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Not sure I’ve ever heard of a footballer doing his pec, but I suppose if anyone could manage it it would be Wilson. I was arguing in the summer that he was one to keep, I was wrong.

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  On 15/02/2024 at 16:23, Lush Vlad said:


Exactly.

 

He seems finished in this league/in a team that plays the way we do. Massive shame, as he’s still a top finisher and a decent centre forward. Just never available. 
 

Isak is a worry. But I don’t think his career has been plagued by injuries thus far, in the same way Wilson’s has. 

 

If we got some rotation going and Isak wasn’t ran into the ground as often. Then that might help. If he keeps getting injured at the same rate. Then that would be a major concern. 

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Hope it's more Sesko than Solanke.

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  On 15/02/2024 at 16:12, ponsaelius said:

Going back again this is another example as to why we have to get clever/ruthless with shopping players around.

 

After a 17 goal season last year it would have seemed mental from the outside to flog him, but in hindsight we could have got our money back and funded a new striker 10 years younger. 

 

Now he's going to be 32 this summer and off the back of an injury hit season so we'll be lucky to get owt for him.

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Exactly this. I've been a huge fan of Wilson but we can't allow sentiment to cloud our judgement. One of the reasons I think Eales came out with that unpopular quote about selling players when the time or price is right. There's usually only a certain window when you can capitalise on a player's form and at the right age, after that it's usually downhill. Miggy last season for example was at the height of his worth, every year we keep him here his value is going down.

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  On 15/02/2024 at 16:12, ponsaelius said:

Going back again this is another example as to why we have to get clever/ruthless with shopping players around.

 

After a 17 goal season last year it would have seemed mental from the outside to flog him, but in hindsight we could have got our money back and funded a new striker 10 years younger. 

 

Now he's going to be 32 this summer and off the back of an injury hit season so we'll be lucky to get owt for him.

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In fairness, there were people screaming at the idea of moving him on last summer.

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  On 15/02/2024 at 16:12, Optimistic Nut said:

 

You need the second choice striker to be reliable and available for the bulk of the games. Wilson has proven time and time again he can't be relied on in that way. Everyone gets injuries, but he's far too consistent. 

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Obviously availability is important but I know what we'll all hate more in the future -- an always fit second choice striker who doesn't score goals.

 

Also, that's not really fair to Wilson tbh. Because of injuries he was basically a first choice striker whenever he was fit (or fit enough). Here's his season:

  • August and September - available
  • Late September plays 90m + 28m + 69m in a week - injures hamstring
  • After a month off (which included an int'l break) he plays in 6 games in 17 days. This includes 76 unexpected minutes against Dortmund because Isak went off injured. Comes off at halftime of the 6th game with another hamstring injury.
  • After month off (including another int'l break) he's forced to do the following upon return:
    • Dec. 10 - 27 min
    • Dec. 13 - 90 min
    • Dec. 16 - 90 min
    • Dec. 19 - 120 min
    • Dec. 23 - 90 min
    • Dec. 26 - 36 min - calf injury

Everyone is now pissed at him for being made of glass after a freak injury, but what we made a 31 year old with his injury history do in October and December was not fair.

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  On 15/02/2024 at 16:33, TRon said:

 

 

Exactly this. I've been a huge fan of Wilson but we can't allow sentiment to cloud our judgement. One of the reasons I think Eales came out with that unpopular quote about selling players when the time or price is right. There's usually only a certain window when you can capitalise on a player's form and at the right age, after that it's usually downhill. Miggy last season for example was at the height of his worth, every year we keep him here his value is going down.

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All well and good, but we have a number of players in the squad who fit into that category. They can't all be replaced at once.

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  On 15/02/2024 at 16:45, The Prophet said:

 

All well and good, but we have a number of players in the squad who fit into that category. They can't all be replaced at once.

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It's more about getting in the right mindset that players have a shelf life. As it stands, looks like we won't be able to fetch much of a fee for Wlson anyway as he would have needed to finish this season fit and firing to drum up interest. Right now no one would want to pay a significant fee for him, and in the summer he'll be entering the last year of his contract. Might just end up keeping him here and hoping he stays fit for enough of that final season.

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