He did the warm down after the game on Sunday so he is not a millions miles away, but we have to be careful with him. He has had way too many injuries already. Let him build up some fitness before we rush him back.
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Lovely to have him back
Good to see him on the pitch again
Imagine a fit and firing PEH, GLC & Tanguy midfield 3 roasting through the Europa League fodder and doing the business in the Prem.
Lovely stuff.
Lovely stuff.
Yes, today it probably wasn't the game to start them both, and I thought it was correct to get him in for Tanguy
I can see being disappointed with his injury record but when he has played he has been excellent.
I don’t get how anyone can be disappointed with what he brings when on the field he is our best MF when healthy.
Unfortunately, he rarely seems to be 100% even when he is playing.
He's only played 133 minutes this season (at least in the league)! The last games he played were:
- Newcastle, where he started - one of the very few games where we actually dominated midfield
- Southampton, where he came on in the second half and we went from being steamrolled in the first half to 5-2 up (granted, he definitely wasn't the only or the main factor there)
- a few minutes at Burnley
He's definitely carrying an injury this season and we're not seeing him at his best, but I don't think he's been the poorest of those coming back into fitness. He looked a bit leggy at Antwerp so I think he was hooked to manage his injury, but I'm hoping he can come off the bench at least at Brighton.
One thing I'll also mention is that Stevie B and Joe Rodon are 23 and considered youngsters/"projects", but Lo Celso is only a year older than them (and Ndombele). We're asking him to be our talismanic player but he's still developing too. I'm just hoping the injury issues aren't chronic ones and we're fortunate that Ndombele has stepped up this season.
- Newcastle, where he started - one of the very few games where we actually dominated midfield
- Southampton, where he came on in the second half and we went from being steamrolled in the first half to 5-2 up (granted, he definitely wasn't the only or the main factor there)
- a few minutes at Burnley
He's definitely carrying an injury this season and we're not seeing him at his best, but I don't think he's been the poorest of those coming back into fitness. He looked a bit leggy at Antwerp so I think he was hooked to manage his injury, but I'm hoping he can come off the bench at least at Brighton.
One thing I'll also mention is that Stevie B and Joe Rodon are 23 and considered youngsters/"projects", but Lo Celso is only a year older than them (and Ndombele). We're asking him to be our talismanic player but he's still developing too. I'm just hoping the injury issues aren't chronic ones and we're fortunate that Ndombele has stepped up this season.
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He's 5 months older than Ndombele.
Ooh yes, I got the years mixed up - April 1996 vs Dec 1996. Thanks for the catch, I'll update!
"You could see that when he played in the centre on Thursday. He needs fitness. Can he and Tanguy play together? Yes, but they need to both be fitter for that to happen."
Hope to see the fabled day soon enough.
Hope to see the fabled day soon enough.
Please keep this man fit, he's a diamond.
Needed a goal to round his performance off, nice to get him back needs more minutes but very happy