Newcastle still injury table reigning champions

[MitroLand]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35313650

Turns out, we're still rubbish for injuries, with our players having missed 1042 days through injury. This seems to have been a problem for quite a few seasons now, but thought it might improve when Schteve brought his own team in.

[Goat]

Nothing new there then. We've been like this for at least the past 6-7 seasons.

[Yacob]

We really need to invest more in the medical team as it will reduce costs over time.

[Double Agent Bruce a.k.a DAB]

Time to invest in shamans, witch doctors and Gandalf.

[overseasTOON]

Time to invest in shamans, witch doctors and Gandalf.

Wouldn't want Gandalf if I had kidney stones.

[beatski]

we're clearly TOP of the table

[Aldridge Prior]

we're clearly TOP of the table

Typical southern media bias

[overseasTOON]

we're clearly TOP of the table

Typical southern media bias

Mitroland is an Aussie. All upside down to them.

[Micky Quim]

Time to invest in shamans, witch doctors and Gandalf.

Wouldn't want Gandalf if I had kidney stones.

[PTAO?]

Nothing new there then. We've been like this for at least the past 6-7 seasons.

You can't be that old. It's been this way since the days of Sir Bobby.

[Toondes]

In the 80's-99's hardly anyone got injured. They were proper men those days not little fannies rolling about like they've been shot

[beatski]

fixed

[Chappy]

I thought Arsenal would have been worse than us...

[beatski]

I thought Arsenal would have been worse than us...

nah, you just hear about their injury problems more

[overseasTOON]

This is interesting.

England rugby coach Eddie Jones went to watch the Bayern train, after being invited along by Guardiola and he said:

"I was embarrassed by my coaching after watching Pep take the session. He was so bloody brilliant. He has got some of the best players in the world — Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben and Thomas Muller — and he just worked them so hard. It was -3C and they came off the field dripping with sweat, they had worked that hard."

I couldn't see McClaren pushing our players that hard for fear of breaking them.

[Remember Colo]

Not surprising that the same players who have been chronically injured in their careers still are, regardless of a change in coaching staff.

[bodacious benny]

This is interesting.

England rugby coach Eddie Jones went to watch the Bayern train, after being invited along by Guardiola and he said:

"I was embarrassed by my coaching after watching Pep take the session. He was so bloody brilliant. He has got some of the best players in the world — Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben and Thomas Muller — and he just worked them so hard. It was -3C and they came off the field dripping with sweat, they had worked that hard."

I couldn't see McClaren pushing our players that hard for fear of breaking them.

Tbf, Bayern are so much better than every other team in the league that their training is probably more competitive / difficult than most of the actual games they have to play.

[Swarlos]

Bad news. MacClaren has just said that Dummett & Colback are both out of the game against Watford, which leaves us with Janmaat, Mbemba, Collocini and Williamson. Mbabu is also out.

Would you start with young Jamie Sterry at LB, or move Mbemba to RB, Janmaat to LB etc etc?

[Bruuuuuuuuce ()]

Give Adu-Peprah a shot.

[Remember Colo]

Bad news. MacClaren has just said that Dummett & Colback are both out of the game against Watford, which leaves us with Janmaat, Mbemba, Collocini and Williamson. Mbabu is also out.

Would you start with young Jamie Sterry at LB, or move Mbemba to RB, Janmaat to LB etc etc?

3-5-1-1 with Aarons at left wingback. He played LB in pre-season