BRISTOL86 Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 I've apologised Poor choice of sarcasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Seriously, WTF is that and how does it get to that stage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: Seriously, WTF is that and how does it get to that stage? At a guess I’d say it’s a result of operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padlad Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 If it happened in July 2016 he'd just signed for us, how did he pass the medical? Did he sign a contract knowingly when he was injured? Lots of questions we'll probably never know the answer to. Anyway smiley face backfired didn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Goes to show that sometimes we don’t know what is going on behind the scenes when we criticise players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Looks perfectly fine to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reformed_red Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Can’t believe with all the money thrown at the stadium we haven’t invested in a magic sponge. SL and LJ out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, reformed_red said: Can’t believe with all the money thrown at the stadium we haven’t invested in a magic sponge. Buster took it with him when he retired........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, JonDolman said: So we signed him when he had this problem. Someone who was about 33, with an injury problem we gave a 2 year contract and made our highest earner. Glad I don't think we'd make that kind of mistake now. Signing GoN was a calculated gamble. Had he stayed fit his Championship experience would have been invaluable but unfortunately City lost out on that particular gamble. It happens.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, Robbored said: Signing GoN was a calculated gamble. Had he stayed fit his Championship experience would have been invaluable but unfortunately City lost out on that particular gamble. It happens.... Agreed. The bloke played 30 odd games in the Prem before we signed him, so not sure how he ended up in that state so soon after. Just one of those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon uk Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, JonDolman said: So we signed him when he had this problem. Someone who was about 33, with an injury problem we gave a 2 year contract and made our highest earner. Glad I don't think we'd make that kind of mistake now. Hmm, i wouldnt bet my mortgage on it not happening again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: Agreed. The bloke played 30 odd games in the Prem before we signed him, so not sure how he ended up in that state so soon after. Just one of those things. It didn’t stop him in those early 6-9 matches for us, when he was at his best. Perhaps it was just building into a problem and as the days undiagnosed. From someone who spent a year constantly breaking down before an ACL rupture was diagnosed and then a year getting back fit(ish) after op to then spend a further 5 years of a cycle of fluid build-up > rest > sub > play > fluid....repeat, playing 50 times in that period, I’ve always had a lot of sympathy for O’Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 It was his hamstring tendons at the back of his knee, surgery of the tendons was needed followed by a repair to any splits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonsRed Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Blimey, that's not great is it. A little birdie told me that Duric flat out refused to come back to the club at one point during his injury as he felt he was being led astray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Mao Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 7 hours ago, Olé said: I've apologised Poor choice of sarcasm. What was the social stuff with Tomlin your referred to? I'm guessing that was in the winter of 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 7 hours ago, JonDolman said: So we signed him when he had this problem. Someone who was about 33, with an injury problem we gave a 2 year contract and made our highest earner. Glad I don't think we'd make that kind of mistake now. Whose to say he didn’t pick the injury up after he signed for us, in pre season........he does say July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Padlad said: If it happened in July 2016 he'd just signed for us, how did he pass the medical? Did he sign a contract knowingly when he was injured? Lots of questions we'll probably never know the answer to. Anyway smiley face backfired didn't! What smiley face?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murraysrightplum Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Severe muscle wastage there. Was he in a cast for ages or something? Can’t believe It got to that stage with him still walking properly or playing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoxton casual Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 wow. Poor bloke. I know a lot of people dont have a lot of sympathy for footballers due to their wages but having your ability to do what you love taken away by injury must be a struggle to cope with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonM88 Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 27 minutes ago, Murraysrightplum said: Severe muscle wastage there. Was he in a cast for ages or something? Can’t believe It got to that stage with him still walking properly or playing... That’s not muscle wastage, he’d just played a full season at Norwich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, JasonM88 said: That’s not muscle wastage, he’d just played a full season at Norwich That’s not a picture of when he signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Also shows, by his reply that the bloke has a certain amount of class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, BS4 on Tour... said: What smiley face?! The one he posted when Bolton scored I'm guessing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murraysrightplum Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 52 minutes ago, JasonM88 said: That’s not muscle wastage, he’d just played a full season at Norwich No way. Even city wouldn’t miss that in a medical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Chairman Mao said: What was the social stuff with Tomlin your referred to? I'm guessing that was in the winter of 2016. Maybe I read too much in to it at the time, but in the depths of our losing run under LJ, Tomlin had been dropped (after a much reported bust up with LJ) and O'Neil wasn't playing, and the pair of them used to be thick as thieves on social media like a pair of naughty school kids, tagging one another and having a right old laugh. Seem to remember a photo of O'Neil at an away hotel that Tomlin posted, laughing away, and with some remark about how good he was... the cynic would've seen it as a sideways dig at LJ for not playing him. Admittedly some probably lapped it up back then as rebellion towards LJ during his worst, but to be on a club record losing run and have two very well paid players pissing about on Twitter never sat well with me, and given what's been said since about Tomlin's behaviour at the time, I've always had questions in my mind about O'Neil's professionalism too. Certainly I never got the impression the bloke was suffering or that bothered... I could be way off the mark but that's how I saw it back then. And now all of a sudden he cares... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 I was sure there was a thread about the pair of them at the time, there was certainly plenty doing the rounds in private messages - this is all I can find publicly on OTIB: Anyway, rightly or wrongly I've always had O'Neil in the Tomlin bracket. At the time he seemed to be more about banter than knuckling down, so I won't lose too much sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Peg Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 9 minutes ago, Olé said: Maybe I read too much in to it at the time, but in the depths of our losing run under LJ, Tomlin had been dropped (after a much reported bust up with LJ) and O'Neil wasn't playing, and the pair of them used to be thick as thieves on social media like a pair of naughty school kids, tagging one another and having a right old laugh. Seem to remember a photo of O'Neil at an away hotel that Tomlin posted, laughing away, and with some remark about how good he was... the cynic would've seen it as a sideways dig at LJ for not playing him. Admittedly some probably lapped it up back then as rebellion towards LJ during his worst, but to be on a club record losing run and have two very well paid players pissing about on Twitter never sat well with me, and given what's been said since about Tomlin's behaviour at the time, I've always had questions in my mind about O'Neil's professionalism too. Certainly I never got the impression the bloke was suffering or that bothered... I could be way off the mark but that's how I saw it back then. And now all of a sudden he cares... Happy to drive his car for 7 hours across the country, day in day out. No wonder his muscle wasted away. He didn't give a toss. The money went in his bank account and all he did was drive his car. Literally paid to drive his car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 18 minutes ago, View from the Dolman said: The one he posted when Bolton scored I'm guessing... That explains it! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 56 minutes ago, Olé said: Maybe I read too much in to it at the time, but in the depths of our losing run under LJ, Tomlin had been dropped (after a much reported bust up with LJ) and O'Neil wasn't playing, and the pair of them used to be thick as thieves on social media like a pair of naughty school kids, tagging one another and having a right old laugh. Seem to remember a photo of O'Neil at an away hotel that Tomlin posted, laughing away, and with some remark about how good he was... the cynic would've seen it as a sideways dig at LJ for not playing him. Admittedly some probably lapped it up back then as rebellion towards LJ during his worst, but to be on a club record losing run and have two very well paid players pissing about on Twitter never sat well with me, and given what's been said since about Tomlin's behaviour at the time, I've always had questions in my mind about O'Neil's professionalism too. Certainly I never got the impression the bloke was suffering or that bothered... I could be way off the mark but that's how I saw it back then. And now all of a sudden he cares... The social media stuff between GON and LT always surprised me because I thought they didn’t get on. One the model pro, the other the lazy skilful player. They had a bust-up after Reading away in 16/17, and at the Xmas party at CHSW that Xmas it was a case of “if looks could kill”, like they’d just come off a training ground bust up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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