This lad would save us a small fortune in having to replace CJER and would slot into the middle of the back three seamlessly IMO.

The obvious question, where is he?

He was one of our first signings and should have a full pre season under his belt, so can only assume he is injured and if so does anyone know the timeline?

IMO he could well be the missing link in our defence.

He has an impressive injury record, so I wouldn't be expecting him to be available all the time.

If we can nurse him to full fitness and keep him that way he will be a wonderful signing.

Went off at Shrewsbury after 23 minutes, not seen again and I'm not sure we know what the injury is or its severity?

billyhamilton82 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:07 pm

IMO he could well be the missing link in our defence.

A chain is only as good as the links in it, if one of them is broken then the chain will fail.

He will be useless to us if he can't play on a consistent basis, even if this is just because of the lack of familiarity and consistency in selection.

If the consensus is that Ekdal and Worrall aren't athletic enough for us and Beyer isn't going to be up to full speed for a number of months, then we can't rely on a player who may not be available consistently.

We don’t half seem to get plagued with constant injuries to several key players at any given time. It’s definitely got worse in the last 2-3 years.

Can’t recall it ever being as bad in the Dyche era.

some lad posted this on X, I assume it's from today.

billyhamilton82 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:07 pm

The obvious question, where is he?

On a plane to Espanyol ?

The longer he's out injured the better he's gonna become....

billyhamilton82 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:07 pm

This lad would save us a small fortune in having to replace CJER and would slot into the middle of the back three seamlessly IMO.

The obvious question, where is he?

He was one of our first signings and should have a full pre season under his belt, so can only assume he is injured and if so does anyone know the timeline?

IMO he could well be the missing link in our defence.

With the emphasis on missing.

TommyPicks wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:59 pm

We don’t half seem to get plagued with constant injuries to several key players at any given time. It’s definitely got worse in the last 2-3 years.

Can’t recall it ever being as bad in the Dyche era.

It's a massive problem. When you have a recruitment policy that's seem to be ideologically driven towards buying players suspectible to injuries that's where you end up. it would make more sense if you could say some were bargain buys but some I'd say are costing over the odds.

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:59 pm

some lad posted this on X, I assume it's from today.

Yes that was this morning.

Nice guy taking the time to sign my Son’s shirt and having a photo.

We shouldn't be surprised he's injured. His track record suggests he will rarely play. The fact he's taking legal action against Man Utd for “clinical negligence” over the medical advice they gave him says all you need to know. His best return in a season is 30 games for Villa in 2018/19. Given he's 27 and he's only managed to hit 20+ apps in a season three times is more than a little worrying. I'll be honest, I've already written him off. Any games we get out of him is a bonus.

I doubt whether any of us will be surprised if it turns out he’s injured, and I’m not sure he played again in preseason after coming off early in the first half at Shrewsbury.

SP didn’t mention an injury to him in his interview before Spurs, but he might not have been asked.

He's spent most of his career being injured, it's unlikely we're going to see a sudden improvement at 27.

He was actually a bit unlucky last season, had a lengthy spell out injured after cutting his hand doing the washing up rather than a sporting injury.

When the luck's against you ...

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:59 pm

some lad posted this on X, I assume it's from today.

That lad is one of my players

We seem to be developing a habit of signing injury prone players.

The one in the car... Is that you Scott. ?

I’ve never known us to be so unlucky/bad with injuries. Recently we have had

Ramsay
Beyer
Tresor
Benson
Humphreys

All out long term and now we have new signings of Tuanzebe and Broja with Roberts also nowhere to be seen.

It’s all really frustrating.

Given his record you would hope he is on some kind of appearance-based deal with us rather than a regular contract.

gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 4:36 pm

I’ve never known us to be so unlucky/bad with injuries. Recently we have had

Ramsay
Beyer
Tresor
Benson
Humphreys

All out long term and now we have new signings of Tuanzebe and Broja with Roberts also nowhere to be seen.

It’s all really frustrating.

Forgot Amdouni as well! Tbf if you sign lads like Tuanzebe and Broja who appear to be very injury prone not sure you can blame it on bad luck.
Beyer has obviously had a very bad one, i wouldn't be surprised if that was him done at this level.

Benson played yesterday in the U21, not that I expect him to stay

I’d love to know how many of these injuries are from:
A)Training.
B)Match action.
C)Recurring injuries pre-signing for us.
But silence is golden.

Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 4:56 pm

I’d love to know how many of these injuries are from:
A)Training.
B)Match action.
C)Recurring injuries pre-signing for us.
But silence is golden.

Its not match action

1914tyrone wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 4:45 pm

Benson played yesterday in the U21, not that I expect him to stay

He got a knock early in the 2nd half and got up like he’d been hit by Billy Rodaway,carried on for a bit then was subbed but wasn’t limping when he went off.

I keep forgetting we still have Benson.

They will all be like new signings when (or if ever) they are fit

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 3:11 pm

The longer he's out injured the better he's gonna become....

It'll be like a new signing

Replace CJ with Tuanzebe

I’m sure that will go well

Holmechapel wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 5:41 pm

He got a knock early in the 2nd half and got up like he’d been hit by Billy Rodaway,carried on for a bit then was subbed but wasn’t limping when he went off.

Wasn't it a planned substitytion?

His name was being sung for almost 4 hours non-stop on the coach back from Spurs (and without pause in Norton Canes services)... so you'd think that he had been an ever-present so far