pod Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Claims tonight he may be back in 4 to 6 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whydowebother Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Claims tonight he may be back in 4 to 6 weeks. Well , that's the first half of the season gone. Anything he can give will be a bonus and he shouldn't be relied upon to be a 'saviour', we really need to get something out the guys in the squad now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Well , that's the first half of the season gone. Anything he can give will be a bonus and he shouldn't be relied upon to be a 'saviour', we really need to get something out the guys in the squad now. First half of the season? We've played 11 games and there's 27 to go! We're less than a third of the way through the season Hopefully he's back and fully fit for the busy Christmas fixture schedule. We will know then if we need to get a new striker in January, or not. Edited October 28, 2014 by TopCat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappy coco Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) First half of the season? We've played 11 games and there's 27 to go! We're less than a third of the way through the season : Hopefully he's back and fully fit for the busy Christmas fixture schedule. We will know then if we need to get a new striker in January, or not. I think what he's saying is, by the time Thommo's back playing half the season's could be gone. Edited October 28, 2014 by scrappy coco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whydowebother Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 First half of the season? We've played 11 games and there's 27 to go! We're less than a third of the way through the season Hopefully he's back and fully fit for the busy Christmas fixture schedule. We will know then if we need to get a new striker in January, or not. I'm relating to when he might be back , if he misses another 6/8 games ? Then yes that'll be about half the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledfan Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 He did flag to the end of last season so hopefully he will come back fit and fresh (I'm trying to find any positives I can now!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 I'm relating to when he might be back , if he misses another 6/8 games ? Then yes that'll be about half the season. Apologies, it was you saying 'that's' and not 'that will be' that confused me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 He did flag to the end of last season so hopefully he will come back fit and fresh (I'm trying to find any positives I can now!) Due to Bahoken and Magennis being so... Pish... We flogged Thommo last season. He was playing 90 minutes virtually every week, and you just can't do that with a guy his age. We are paying the price now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santaponsasaint Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Claims tonight he may be back in 4 to 6 weeks. Be great to have him back, but how long will it take him to be match fit, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Pityme Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Be great to have him back, but how long will it take him to be match fit, Not an exact science but four weeks of as many starts as he can handle after returning to full training is an average to get match fit. Really depends how much other fitness he's been able to do whilst managing his rehab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM1 Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Let's hope Craig doesn't rush him back again and put him out for longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Calder Saint Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Let's hope that Craig is sacked before Steven is match fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie88 Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 Due to Bahoken and Magennis being so... Pish... We flogged Thommo last season. He was playing 90 minutes virtually every week, and you just can't do that with a guy his age. We are paying the price now. Would agree with that. We over used and relied on Thompson too much last season. We were very lucky he managed to stay injury free for so long. Hopefully he can bounce straight back to his usual self but I think it will take a bit of time before the Thommo we know and love will be 100% fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorizaar Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Due to Bahoken and Magennis being so... Pish... We flogged Thommo last season. He was playing 90 minutes virtually every week, and you just can't do that with a guy his age. We are paying the price now. Nope, we're paying the price now because a decision was made to start him against lower league opposition when he wasn't anywhere near fit enough. The manager admitted so after the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledfan Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Due to Bahoken and Magennis being so... Pish... We flogged Thommo last season. He was playing 90 minutes virtually every week, and you just can't do that with a guy his age. We are paying the price now. And due to the lack of quality added to our attack line this summer we are paying the price for not having him available to flog now. Lessons not learned by our new manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Nope, we're paying the price now because a decision was made to start him against lower league opposition when he wasn't anywhere near fit enough. The manager admitted so after the game. Yeah and Thompson was involved in that decision too, he said he was fit enough to start. The reason he clearly wasn't fit enough was due to how much he played last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo_j Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Yeah and Thompson was involved in that decision too, he said he was fit enough to start. The reason he clearly wasn't fit enough was due to how much he played last season. How do you know that he wasn't fit because of how much he played last season? He had 6 weeks break before pre-season. The injury occurred during pre-season training, did it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 We do need to question what his levels will be like coming back from such a long time out. Hopefully he can get back up there, but at his age... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Coming back into a frantic schedule - 8 league games between Dec 27 and Jan 31. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Coming back into a frantic schedule - 8 league games between Dec 27 and Jan 31. No way should he be expected to play in all those games. TC and the rest will have to be cautious and clever with their choices and we still need the rest of the players to step up to the plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 No way should he be expected to play in all those games. TC and the rest will have to be cautious and clever with their choices and we still need the rest of the players to step up to the plate. He wont have to . Thats why Ball was brought in ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) How do you know that he wasn't fit because of how much he played last season? He had 6 weeks break before pre-season. The injury occurred during pre-season training, did it not? Thompson underwent a knee operation prior to the Hearts game at the end of last season prior to us attaining safety from relegation he'd played in just about every minute of every game, it's not too far fetched to assume this contributed in some way to the pre-season injury which made the decision to rush him back in August almost criminal, in terms of football management. What I find enjoyable is watching TC defending his namesake from culpability in the matter - he was the Assistant Manager last season and as for Thompson agreeing he was fit enough to play in August what would you really expect him (a fan as well as a player) to say when pressed on the matter? Edited October 29, 2014 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Thompson underwent a knee operation prior to the Hearts game at the end of last season prior to us attaining safety from relegation he'd played in just about every minute of every game, it's not too far fetched to assume this contributed in some way to the pre-season injury which made the decision to rush him back in August almost criminal, in terms of football management. What I find enjoyable is watching TC defending his namesake from culpability in the matter - he was the Assistant Manager last season and as for Thompson agreeing he was fit enough to play in August what would you really expect him (a fan as well as a player) to say when pressed on the matter? Sorry gaffer, I'm not fit enough to play yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM1 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Players say they're fit all the time even when they're not. It's up to the manager to work with the physios to work out if they're talking shite or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrez Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Nope, we're paying the price now because a decision was made to start him against lower league opposition when he wasn't anywhere near fit enough. The manager admitted so after the game. Incorrect, Thommo himself said he needed to test himself in a match game to see whether he was okay, it had to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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