Thought this deserved its own thread.

http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/mourinho-confirma-nueva-lesion-sahin/20110827dasdasftb_8/Tes

Mou confirmed the new injury and said he doesn't have details until the medical team tests Sahin and diagnoses what is wrong.

Well, i think this is going to be a very tough year for Sahin.

Damn.

Jack Daniels wrote:Damn.

Pretty much.

What the hell is wrong with him?

Played 40 games last year... He doesn't seem injury prone... Or Pepe is being too loco in the training

The next thing you know, he'll need a surgery and miss more than half of the season

I knew things looked too bright.

First Kaka now Sahin, great.

I think this is why Mou may be opening the door for Lass to remain. We are now paper thin in the midfield.

I am actually happy we signed Coentrao tbh.

Khedira - Coentrao - Alonso

It's covered, we are OK in that part. Sadly, you just can't have perfect transfer deals.

omarish wrote:Khedira - Coentrao - Alonso

It's covered, we are OK in that part. Sadly, you just can't have perfect transfer deals.

If one gets hurt or needs a break, we have no options with Sahin out. Granero is pretty meh imo. Makes it impossible to employ a 4-3-3 regularly imo. Stuck with a 4-2-3-1 unless Lass stays.

It is going to be a 4231 if we have 10 midfielders or 2 midfielders.

Now's the time to lure Modric.

sport, 4-3-3 is not gonna happen, mou isnt gonna try it out now when the team is used to 4-2-3-1. our playing style benefits in 4-2-3-1 and counter attacking benefits more from it too

4-3-3 isnt gonna happen unless mou changes his playing style overall

EarlyPrototype wrote:It is going to be a 4231 if we have 10 midfielders or 2 midfielders.

Not really. We've been running a 4-3-3 all preseason with Coentrao instead of Di Maria. Even when Di Maria has played, we've asked him to play the midfield, which is why you don't see him dashing on the wing.

No need to crowd the last 1/3 when we have Ozil-CR7-Banz and Marcelo overlapping.

4-2-3-1 is not a good setup for the defense we're playing now.

Well as a very extreme measure we do have pepe if Lass does decide to leave. We also have rollbiol too.

Edit: Mou called Mandi in so the castilla is also another place if we do get too many injuries

Man this hype on Sahin really jinxed him lol

On the RM.com website it says the injury is "Grade II prain on the internal lateral ligament of the left knee."

A quick search yielded a similar injury for gago last year, he was reported out for a month!

Hope it actually isn't that long.

H.A. wrote:Well as a very extreme measure we do have pepe if Lass does decide to leave. We also have rollbiol too.

Man this hype on Sahin really jinxed him lol

On the RM.com website it says the injury is "Grade II prain on the internal lateral ligament of the left knee."

A quick search yielded a similar injury for gago last year, he was reported out for a month!

Hope it actually isn't that long.

??? where did you find the specifics about his injury? i cant find them in the website.... think u got his old injury

H.A. wrote:Well as a very extreme measure we do have pepe if Lass does decide to leave. We also have rollbiol too.

Man this hype on Sahin really jinxed him lol

On the RM.com website it says the injury is "Grade II prain on the internal lateral ligament of the left knee."

A quick search yielded a similar injury for gago last year, he was reported out for a month!

Hope it actually isn't that long.

That is a awful news. This means he has a partial ligament tear in his knee. One month minimum imo.

omarish wrote:

H.A. wrote:Well as a very extreme measure we do have pepe if Lass does decide to leave. We also have rollbiol too.

Man this hype on Sahin really jinxed him lol

On the RM.com website it says the injury is "Grade II prain on the internal lateral ligament of the left knee."

A quick search yielded a similar injury for gago last year, he was reported out for a month!

Hope it actually isn't that long.

??? where did you find the specifics about his injury? i cant find them in the website.... think u got his old injury

Its here: http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330065069247/noticia/Convocatoria/Twenty_men_tabbed_for_league_debut.htm

Check the right tab, it says its a grade II sprain. Google search gave me the gago injury so yeah.

it's time to get rid of sanitas, simple as that

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:it's time to get rid of sanitas, simple as that

It's amazing that all the injuries end up with complications with us.

sportsczy wrote:

EarlyPrototype wrote:It is going to be a 4231 if we have 10 midfielders or 2 midfielders.

Not really. We've been running a 4-3-3 all preseason with Coentrao instead of Di Maria. Even when Di Maria has played, we've asked him to play the midfield, which is why you don't see him dashing on the wing.

No need to crowd the last 1/3 when we have Ozil-CR7-Banz and Marcelo overlapping.

4-2-3-1 is not a good setup for the defense we're playing now.

On paper that is still a 4231, Di Maria is just playing a bit deeper than usual and we have not used 3 proper midfielders in a 433 using Di Maria in a 433 won't affect the situation with Sahin's injury.