Mantis Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I still don't think this injury would be an excuse for finishing below the 40-point mark myself. Not this one, but the injuries as a whole. I honestly can't remember the last time we had this many important players get such bad injuries. McLeish season? seem to remeber Houllier had a dreadful run of injuries too in his season, didnt we lose Young, Downing, Petrov, Reo Coker and Gabby at one point??? Yeah, but the difference there was they were relatively short term. This season we've had 3 important players get 6 month+ injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Another excuse ready for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I still don't think this injury would be an excuse for finishing below the 40-point mark myself. Not this one, but the injuries as a whole. I honestly can't remember the last time we had this many important players get such bad injuries. McLeish season? IIRC rightly Petrov was out from illness from March onwards and Bent out with injury from February onwards but aside from that I can't think of any other major injuries to key players. This season we've had Benteke out for a few months and unfit for another couple, Kozak out for half a season and Okore out for practically the whole season. N'Zogbia isn't too important but he's been out all season as well. Dunne missed most of the run-in as well. Obviously it's not exactly like-for-like but it is relatively comparible in the context of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CrackpotForeigner Posted April 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) FFS BJ10 can't you tell the difference between a reason and an excuse? Edited April 3, 2014 by CrackpotForeigner 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Another excuse ready for him. Come off it. It's got **** all to do with "excuses" - long term injuries to key players will have a negative affect on any team. Edited April 3, 2014 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Of course it will be used as an excuse. We've been shit with benteke this year and his injury will not excuse future shit performances. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mantis Posted April 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2014 It's a reason, not an excuse. Why can't you just accept that there are mitigating factors when it comes to the success of a season? No one is trying to claim that all bad results and performances have been down to injuries but it would ridiculous to try and deny that these injuries don't have an effect. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Tell me you weren't expecting Benteke to score more goals than anyone else then BJ10. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 How does he remould the team in Benteke's absence? I'm not talking this season as for me as long as we get two draws it's over but more the three months next season he won't be playing and we will need wins and points to prevent our annual relegation battle. For me two creative midfielders are essential to plug the gap but can Lambert find them on his 20m budget, without the added bonus of Benteke's transfer fee. If you look at what he came up creative wise last summer it was Helenius and Tonev so forgive me if I'm not optimistic at this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 How dare he blow the three million we had set aside for a genius creative midfield mastermind on two promising youngsters. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benireduk Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Strange how Lambert didn't mention Benteke's injury in the press conference. What was he expecting to achieve? On WM tonight they played a clip of him talking up Benteke and saying "This is the best place for him". Why did he not come out when asked and say he was injured and was having a scan to confirm the extent of it? Just don't understand keeping it under wraps. Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeParker91 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Bloody Lambert, we've been saying all season we needed another big striker signed up... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Strange how Lambert didn't mention Benteke's injury in the press conference. What was he expecting to achieve? On WM tonight they played a clip of him talking up Benteke and saying "This is the best place for him". Why did he not come out when asked and say he was injured and was having a scan to confirm the extent of it? Just don't understand keeping it under wraps. Strange. I failed to see the logic in this also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Its a blow Benteke being out but he has hardly been pulling up any trees for much of this season. In fact bar the odd games Benteke, Weimann and Gabby have been way under the level they produced in the final third of last season. At the end of the day injuries/suspensions are a part of football and we just have to get on with it. Gabby, Weimann, Holt, Helenius one will need to step up to the plate or perhaps the manager needs to get the best out of all of them to ensure we get the goals needed to secure our safety at the very least. We know Gabby is certainly capable of hitting a purple patch and bagging 3 or 4 vital goals. I doubt any will use this injury as an excuse if we don't secure the points to push us up to last seasons total. We have only secured just over a point a game all season and before this injury were simply treading water and I am sure that will continue to be the case. The sooner this season is over the better. All too familiar tale with us as I can remember saying the same thing for 4 years now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Its a blow Benteke being out but he has hardly been pulling up any trees for much of this season. In fact bar the odd games Benteke, Weimann and Gabby have been way under the level they produced in the final third of last season. At the end of the day injuries/suspensions are a part of football and we just have to get on with it. Gabby, Weimann, Holt, Helenius one will need to step up to the plate or perhaps the manager needs to get the best out of all of them to ensure we get the goals needed to secure our safety at the very least. We know Gabby is certainly capable of hitting a purple patch and bagging 3 or 4 vital goals. I doubt any will use this injury as an excuse if we don't secure the points to push us up to last seasons total. We have only secured just over a point a game all season and before this injury were simply treading water and I am sure that will continue to be the case. The sooner this season is over the better. All too familiar tale with us as I can remember saying the same thing for 4 years now. spot on my little beauty....as jim royle would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 To be fair Benteke has been very good in most of the games where he's actually been properly fit - unfortunately he's either been injured or unfit for half the season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I hope Randy, does a PR stunt like the flags.....but this time give us all a "rabbits foot" as we go thru the turnstiles, that would be a nice touch, before seasons end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I doubt any will use this injury as an excuse if we don't secure the points to push us up to last seasons total I'll be very surprised if some don't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I doubt any will use this injury as an excuse if we don't secure the points to push us up to last seasons total I'll be very surprised if some don't. I've seen some on here make excuses for far worse so it is almost guarenteed you'd think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted April 4, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 4, 2014 I doubt any will use this injury as an excuse if we don't secure the points to push us up to last seasons total I'll be very surprised if some don't. I'll be even more surprised if they are not jumped on for using it. I'm not exactly pro-Lambert - too many concerns for me - but I can admit that losing (arguably) your best player would have a big effect on any side. Consider Liverplop without Suarez, ManUre without Rooney or spuds without Bale...... ... wait. Scrap the spuds one ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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