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Just announced that Mikel has had another setback (infection) with his knee injury and no official date set for a comeback — probably in New Year according to Echo!!
This doesn't look too good at all and I was astounded to read that he's still in Spain. I would have thought following the last problem (cartlidge stitches) that Rathbone would want him back at Finch Farm for his rehabilitation. Begs the question why are the players allowed to choose their own Consultants — surely there should be a club knee, ankle or whatever part of the body consultant all players should use? — and preferably based in the UK.
Mike Oates, Posted 04/11/2009 at 12:02:50
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If this is true... and I’m not exactly inclined to believe the Echo... then this season is effectively a write-off.
We have a serious lack of creative quality.... So I guess we can hope for mid-table at best...
The life of an Evertonian eh... Fuckin marvellous.
I don’t think the club let them choose any old quack. More likely a list of say 5 top surgeons for each speciality and the players can have a say depending on where they are from etc.
Many private Docs also work for the NHS, my mate is having his ACL repaired by the same guy who deals with Leeds Utd (before they fell from grace).
Should be settled on the Wirral or Formby by now, I just think the flats on the dock are a drop-off point.
We play to our strengths... which is grinding out results with utility players. Pinning your hopes on magical Mikel to turn our season around is just foolish and now hopeless; he isn't probualy gonna be the same player he was even he comes back. I still have limited faith in our fit players.
Once again, straight in there with the unadulterated bollocks.
’We are successful [sic] because we refuse to play the kind of football the successful teams play.’
Give me strength.
And what exactly is ’limited faith’?
Bit of a paradox there.
I think maybe it gives Osman to step up now. Of course he is not as good as Arteta, but in the middle he is good, and hasn’t been given a proper go yet.
Without a decent creative central midfielder we will always be lacking that extra sparkle needed to turn games around, as shown so far this season.
Will Moyes renew interest in Ever Banega?
I would urge all of you to not expect Arteta or Jags to be 100% on their game when they finally return anyway. It takes a good month to 6 weeks to regain full fitness, never mind match sharpness. You only have to look at Yak to see that.
I’m afraid patience is still required, plus the return of Pienaar. Realistically, back in the Summer we should have got an Arteta stand-in signed up for this season, and I guess Moyes tried with Banega, but with no money till he sold Lescott it was always going to be difficult to say the least. You can thank our Board for that one.
Such is life. It happens. Not the fault of Moyes, Kenwright or anyone. If we pass on our frustration to our own, then that is crazy.
But we may have a good end of season and I expect a summer of realistic anticipation.
Why?
He’s been training. He’s had an infection in there washed out. He’d not back at square one, nothing has been torn or snapped. He’ll just need another few weeks for the joint to settle down.
I’ve had knee problems including a cyst growing on a cartilage that was caused by an infection picked up during an arthroscopy (when they send a miniature camera in there to have a nose around) and it’s not that serious.
I reckon he’ll be back just before Christmas rather than late November. Just give him tim to get on his game when he does eventually run out at Goodison.
And as for asking us to give players time to regain form after lengthy layoffs, give your fellow Evertonians a bit of fuckin' credit, lad.
We never had a chance this season because YET AGAIN Ged, Kenwright screwed up; no money, no ideas, no lessons learnt. We knew Arteta, Jags etc were long-term absentees but no-one was signed til we sold Lescott.
How I wish Moyes would resign and hang Kenwright out to dry; how I would love to see the fans mobilise and boycott a game or stage a march against this wretched, lying Board. But they won’t Ged, and it's because of people like you.
Since some people on here seem to view Arteta’s latest (relatively minor) setback as a catastrophe, it follows that when he’s back there will be high expectations.
Of course, if he isn’t bossing games from Day One, how long do you think it wil be before there are some on here calling him ’a useless Spanish cunt’ or some such thing and suggesting we get rid, he’s ’lost it’ or that he’s ’lazy’? Less than a fortnight probably.
So, whilst I do give Evertonians in general some credit, I know the vocal minority have a habit of shooting from the hip... usually quite abusively.
I hope the info was wrong and that he does play again, but it seems odd that he has had these setbacks... Didn’t Jags have the same injury??
’How I wish Moyes would resign...’
You must be the odds on favouirite for Everton fan of the year....
Moyes’ demeanour when questioned on the subject yesterday suggested he was less than comfortable (WAY less than comfortable) with how this is being handled, i.e. in Spain.
The fact that Jags is almost back and will probably be 3 months ahead of Arteta suggests superior surgery & recouperation. Barcelona is warmer & nicer this time of year, but that hasn’t helped him or us.
We needed arteta, Pienaar and Billy in the same team!
grrrrrrr.
Dave, can we borrow you cat and give it a kicking?
to their own countries on a long term basis is asking
for trouble.Remember Bilic?
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