Injuries

[Chris Black come back]

Miller out for two months. Anderson not clear but could be two weeks. Sterry few months. Biggins potentially two weeks. Close and Hurst maybe back in a week.

[Rovers91]

I don't think GM will be done in the transfer market especially with the injuries building up.

[Padge_DRFC]

Physio always on overtime at Rovers. Really concerned last night how much fitter Mansfield's players were.

[NickDRFC]

Physio always on overtime at Rovers. Really concerned last night how much fitter Mansfield's players were.

We were chasing shadows for most of the second half. Unless the team start to hold onto the ball a bit more we’re going to be knackered most games.

[NickDRFC]

Are Taylor and Faulkner injured? Or just out of favour?

[Alan Southstand]

Taylor has gone for a scan on his knee.
Miller is going for an operation - out for 8 weeks
Sterry similar amount - toe ligaments!
Biggins has a quad injury
Ravenhill has a cruciate injury

Close not ready yet
Hurst - visit to the specialist today and GM is ‘hoping’ for good news
Tom Anderson - GM ‘thinks’ it’s a broken nose and nothing more. If it’s concussion, then he’ll be out for a couple of weeks!

Going on GM’s latest interview, it sounds like the transfer ‘pot’ is empty and we’ve got what we’ve got. So, if that’s the case, we’ve got a major problem with the midfield, possibly until January!

[roversdude]

Sounds like Reo hasn’t impressed at all.
Worrying about Taylor as he was looking decent.
Interesting to hear there is an internal investigation ongoing in relation to the players who were injured and had operations

[Alan Southstand]

There certainly should be in Miller’s case. It’s the same knee that he had an op on last season.

[GazLaz]

The team look so unfit. Never seen so many players getting cramp early in games.

[Alan Southstand]

It’s worth mentioning that Mansfield had their share last night.

[dickos1]

Taylor has gone for a scan on his knee.
Miller is going for an operation - out for 8 weeks
Biggins has a quad injury
Ravenhill has a cruciate injury

Close not ready yet
Hurst - visit to the specialist today and GM is ‘hoping’ for good news
Tom Anderson - GM ‘thinks’ it’s a broken nose and nothing more. If it’s concussion, then he’ll be out for a couple of weeks!

Going on GM’s latest interview, it sounds like the transfer ‘pot’ is empty and we’ve got what we’ve got. So, if that’s the case, we’ve got a major problem with the midfield, possibly until January!

Love to put a negative spin on things don’t you.
He said close and hurst would be a week to 10 days,
Biggins 2-3 weeks

And the manager has said all his summer he’s happy with the squad, but he’s carried on signing players so take that with a pinch of salt

[Alan Southstand]

Don’t shoot the messenger Dickos! I’m pretty much reporting things as they are - if that comes over as ‘negative’,then, I’m afraid, that’s the situation. How else would you care to put it - everyone is fit?

[jmt23]

Tom could be concussion, broken nose,  or cheekbones!
He was diving in like a man possessed last night, he looked over revved up for it, if that is possible.

Reo sounds like he has been handed an opportunity and failed to take it again, lazy, unfit and uninteresting- Grant is clearly annoyed with his attitude.

[Metalmicky]

We shouldn't perhaps moan... Mansfield had the following from last night according to Nigel Clough...

“Alfie Kilgour is the most significant and serious. He’s snapped his Achilles so I’m not sure what they are lengthwise but it’s a considerable amount of time he’ll be out..... could be anything from 4 to 6 months

“Callum Johnson [has a] hamstring strain..... could be anything from 3 weeks to 3-4 months depending on the grade of strain.

“Aaron Lewis [has a] calf strain.....could be anything from a 2 weeks to 2-3 months depending on the grade of strain.

“Hiram Boateng [has a] groin strain......could be anything from 3 weeks to 2-3 months depending on the grade of strain.

[roversdude]

Lewis has definitely developed as a footballer since he was on loan with us, even if his hair hasn’t. He played really well last night

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Physio always on overtime at Rovers. Really concerned last night how much fitter Mansfield's players were.

We were chasing shadows for most of the second half. Unless the team start to hold onto the ball a bit more we’re going to be knackered most games.

Totally agree. They looked fitter because they were smarter by using the ball better and not wasting energy.

Let's not be going down yet another conspiracy theory about injuries.

Sports science will always evolve but if more science and common sense was applied to the fixture list,  then all fans wouldn't be having these same conversations. It's just nuts how the authorities expect to cram so many games in at the start of the season, particularly EFL clubs who can afford injuries least.

[mushRTID]

Lewis has definitely developed as a footballer since he was on loan with us, even if his hair hasn’t. He played really well last night

Agreed. We were relieved when he went off. A very good footballer he’s turned out to be.

[selby]

  Some of our players are at  the start of their careers very early twenties even teenagers in some cases, and mostly played academy football, they are fit but not mature fit like 25 year old bodies, just as fit not as strong body or mentally wise, new starters like the apprentice you work with.
  Give it a couple of months nobody will knock them about, they will learn quickly with experience, and we have a chance of having a good young side.
  The youngest Faulkner nobody will knock about, he sorted that out at 16 years old in Askern and Rossington teams.

[RoversInSpain]

Doubt Mansfield will do anything this season now. It looked like our physio was tending to their injured players last night. Not surprised 3 went off, god help the rest after any kind of contact with our medical team.

[ForsolongaRover]

 

[steve@dcfd]

If Close and Hurst are a week to 10 days away from being involved that’s 2 league games they will miss.
Biggins 2 to 3 weeks means he will not be involved for 4 league games and possibly 2 cup games.
That means we got to hope tha Bailey Broadbent Rowe and Westbrooke can keep fit and perform at a higher level.
We will miss Anderson but we have cover.
We’ve brought in cover for Miller but he will be missed he was the leading goal scorer last year.
Taylor we have cover and if Hurst gets the go ahead even more.
Sterry we need back as quick as he can as we only have Nixon yes Bailey can play there but he’ll be playing every game in midfield.

[steve@dcfd]

Since I wrote the above
This is from DFP
Which gives the timescales, where they can, of the injured players.
Not a lot positive in the reading

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/its-frustrating-injuries-pile-up-for-doncaster-rovers-with-key-man-set-for-operation-4256762

[scawsby steve]

According to the DFP, Rovers are conducting an investigation into why players are suffering recurring injuries following operations.

[GazLaz]

According to the DFP, Rovers are conducting an investigation into why players are suffering recurring injuries following operations.

They have an investigation about injuries every year!

[sedwardsdrfc]

Isn’t our pitch the problem?

Sure it was identified years ago as been too hard or something like that.

[pib]

Isn’t our pitch the problem?

Sure it was identified years ago as been too hard or something like that.

It does always seem like the ball bounces ridiculously high on our pitch, moreso than others, so I wouldn't be surprised by that.

We've changed medical staff multiple times over the years and have had a number of investigations but we still seem to have the same issues. Ironically the only season we didn't really have many major injuries was 2012/13 when the pitch was basically a sandpit.

[roversdude]

Isn’t our pitch the problem?

Sure it was identified years ago as been too hard or something like that.

It does always seem like the ball bounces ridiculously high on our pitch, moreso than others, so I wouldn't be surprised by that.

We've changed medical staff multiple times over the years and have had a number of investigations but we still seem to have the same issues. Ironically the only season we didn't really have many major injuries was 2012/13 when the pitch was basically a sandpit.

I watched Lawlor bounce the ball on Tuesday and it was like he’d dropped one of those super balls we had as kids - even he seemed surprised how high it went

[DonnyBazR0ver]

You need to think about the type of injuries first and foremost. Eliminate, the impact injuries and where they occurred, then you can maybe look at the wear and tear injuries and the joints, ankles, knees, tendons, hamstrings, groins etc etc, then you need to look at the proportionate time spent on the Eco pitch in balance with that spent on the training ground and in matches at away grounds.

You would need to do all that analysis before considering whether the Eco pitch, or all modern desso pitches, are a contributing factor to the number of injuries.

Of course, at this time of year, most pitches will be firmer, at a time when all teams are expected to play two games a week in all competitions!

Over the last 5 to 10 seasons after our horrendous problems with the pitch, the grounds team switched to refurbishing the pitch every summer, and from what I recall, the make up of the compounds used, made the pitch a little softer than what is was.

[ForsolongaRover]

Isn’t our pitch the problem?

Sure it was identified years ago as been too hard or something like that.

It does always seem like the ball bounces ridiculously high on our pitch, moreso than others, so I wouldn't be surprised by that.

We've changed medical staff multiple times over the years and have had a number of investigations but we still seem to have the same issues. Ironically the only season we didn't really have many major injuries was 2012/13 when the pitch was basically a sandpit.

In SOD’s time there were a lot of groin injuries attributed to the Keepmoat pitch. It was also a time when our players were very skilful with excellent close control. That probably contributed, but I don’t think the pitch was totally organic then either.

[Padge_DRFC]

If you train on something softer all week then at the main event play on a hard pitch in comparison you will get injuries.

But like training for a marathon on a treadmill and then going on the road in London for it for the first time