Can i just say regarding Maynard...

Not really expecting him to be back to be honest would rather see him rested and allow him to proparly recover for where ever we end up

Just a couple of points

1) Malky hardly has a reputation of rushing players back from injury
2)Was your injury treated by one of the best sports injury surgeon's in Europe
3)was your rehab handled by a top championship medical staff on a daily basis

Didn't malky say he wouldn't be back again this season? Starting back training could mean anything.

In fairness these injurys are hard to judge.. my mate had the same and it depends what kind of recovery you make.. nobody really knows when he can play or not

In fairness these injurys are hard to judge.. my mate had the same and it depends what kind of recovery you make.. nobody really knows when he can play or not

scott does apparently

I can see where hes coming from.. my mate had a really good physio. He recovered fully 5 and half months and managed to play off the bench in 3 games.. weren't fully good as he was but got back to how he was.

i agree with what you're saying and yes he should not be rushed back, but i'm pretty sure the medics at the club will know when it is right to bring him back without the injury recurring... it weren't to long ago that Malky put alot of work into developing a class A medical team to deal with injuries?

True, but you can have the best medical staff in the world and they wouldn't be able to heal this injury quicker than 6 months. It's impossible. And that would mean mid-April earliest, that's all i'm saying.

As you say, i'm sure they know what they're doing and will leave his comeback until next season. I would put a lot of money on it. It would be risking his career otherwise.

if they don't feel 100% certain that he'll be fine then i doubt they'll risk him! if they think he's 100% to start playing again then lets just trust them!

Once more, i havent said once the medical staff don't know what they're doing, i'm saying that because THEY DO know what theyre doing, they won't let him return before 6 months. So if anybody has been told that he could be back before mid-April then they've been mis-informed, because this 100% WILL NOT happen.

Only time will show that this is the case.

I totally agree with you Scott

Cheers mate.

If anyone wanted to look up other experts opinions on the net, they will see for themselves what i'm trying to say. Just didn't want people to get their hopes up that's all.

It's clear what you are saying and why you are saying it. You are not coming over as a know-it-all or someone claiming to be in the know more than City's medical staff.....it's just that some people like an argument and like to have the last word

Think im right in saying maynard has recovered from this same injury to his other leg hasnt he ..any one know how long that took ...that might be a guide to wether he repairs quicker than the norm or not........however usually what ever barry chuckles say is unquestionably right

Think im right in saying maynard has recovered from this same injury to his other leg hasnt he ..any one know how long that took ...that might be a guide to wether he repairs quicker than the norm or not........however usually what ever barry chuckles say is unquestionably right

Nah, not me - the medical staff are the ones that know the most about it, don't you agree? That's what I was saying..

Can i just say this post has got on my nerves because I am a physio and have dealt with numerous ACL injuries. Scott is right. That is the usual. Although maynard will be getting extra input and the research shows now to develop a player at their own pace Maynard is very very likely not to show his face this season. It will be another 3-4 months before aiming for twisting during 100% training sessions.

Meaning this will be march/april. It is very unlikely that considering we are top, have a few strikers and will be getting (hopefully) one in January that Maynard will be risked coming back. It is likely he will be in full contact within a few months then use the following few months to get full match fitness. Therefore putting him out of the running for making a comeback and if we are doing so well at that point why even change a winning formula. ANy players we see in private or NHS are pretty much ruled out for the season.

If you want an example look at vidic. Did Acl in December and did not feature until end of August

Can i just say this post has got on my nerves because I am a physio and have dealt with numerous ACL injuries. Scott is right. That is the usual. Although maynard will be getting extra input and the research shows now to develop a player at their own pace Maynard is very very likely not to show his face this season. It will be another 3-4 months before aiming for twisting during 100% training sessions.

Meaning this will be march/april. It is very unlikely that considering we are top, have a few strikers and will be getting (hopefully) one in January that Maynard will be risked coming back. It is likely he will be in full contact within a few months then use the following few months to get full match fitness. Therefore putting him out of the running for making a comeback and if we are doing so well at that point why even change a winning formula. ANy players we see in private or NHS are pretty much ruled out for the season.

If you want an example look at vidic. Did Acl in December and did not feature until end of August

the point few are trying to make is that every case can be different, which to be fair you pretty much say in your post


(welcome to the board by the way)

everyone is different, if he has the ok to train now i reckon he will be playing development games beginging of march of no complications

Ok then, believe that if you want.

lol please stop talking about it like you are the chronicle!!


we pay medical staff a lot of money to make these decisions!

Exactly, the medical staff make these decisions, and they will decide that he will come back later than early March.

If you want to believe otherwise then fair enough, makes no difference to me, just wait and see.

I've snapped both my ACLs. Last operation I had the Welsh team surgeon, Rhys Williams. He said that normal recovery time back to playing sport for a ordinary person is about 8-12 months. For a professional, they normally expect them to be back playing between 6-8 months. Obviously this can vary depending on the individual however the normal rule of thumb is a minimum 6 month recovery after an ACL reconstruction.

Think im right in saying maynard has recovered from this same injury to his other leg hasnt he ..any one know how long that took ...that might be a guide to wether he repairs quicker than the norm or not........however usually what ever barry chuckles say is unquestionably right

Last time, he was out for a full season I think! Either a season or a full year, one or the other

I also doubt given the injury, lack of game time and sharpness would mean Nicky will have little impact on the result of the season. Look at Rambos return after long term injury, took a while to see anything resembling his former self

Can i just say this post has got on my nerves because I am a physio and have dealt with numerous ACL injuries. Scott is right. That is the usual. Although maynard will be getting extra input and the research shows now to develop a player at their own pace Maynard is very very likely not to show his face this season. It will be another 3-4 months before aiming for twisting during 100% training sessions.

Meaning this will be march/april. It is very unlikely that considering we are top, have a few strikers and will be getting (hopefully) one in January that Maynard will be risked coming back. It is likely he will be in full contact within a few months then use the following few months to get full match fitness. Therefore putting him out of the running for making a comeback and if we are doing so well at that point why even change a winning formula. ANy players we see in private or NHS are pretty much ruled out for the season.

If you want an example look at vidic. Did Acl in December and did not feature until end of August

Cheers for backing me up mate, nice to get an experts point of view since everyone seemed to think i was talking rubbish/ didn't understand my point.

Welcome to the board.

Can i just say this post has got on my nerves because I am a physio and have dealt with numerous ACL injuries. Scott is right. That is the usual. Although maynard will be getting extra input and the research shows now to develop a player at their own pace Maynard is very very likely not to show his face this season. It will be another 3-4 months before aiming for twisting during 100% training sessions.

Meaning this will be march/april. It is very unlikely that considering we are top, have a few strikers and will be getting (hopefully) one in January that Maynard will be risked coming back. It is likely he will be in full contact within a few months then use the following few months to get full match fitness. Therefore putting him out of the running for making a comeback and if we are doing so well at that point why even change a winning formula. ANy players we see in private or NHS are pretty much ruled out for the season.

If you want an example look at vidic. Did Acl in December and did not feature until end of August

Cheers for backing me up mate, nice to get an experts point of view since everyone seemed to think i was talking rubbish/ didn't understand my point.

Welcome to the board.

I didn't think you were talking rubbish either. See my post about 9 posts above

Can i just say this post has got on my nerves because I am a physio and have dealt with numerous ACL injuries. Scott is right. That is the usual. Although maynard will be getting extra input and the research shows now to develop a player at their own pace Maynard is very very likely not to show his face this season. It will be another 3-4 months before aiming for twisting during 100% training sessions.

Meaning this will be march/april. It is very unlikely that considering we are top, have a few strikers and will be getting (hopefully) one in January that Maynard will be risked coming back. It is likely he will be in full contact within a few months then use the following few months to get full match fitness. Therefore putting him out of the running for making a comeback and if we are doing so well at that point why even change a winning formula. ANy players we see in private or NHS are pretty much ruled out for the season.

If you want an example look at vidic. Did Acl in December and did not feature until end of August

Cheers for backing me up mate, nice to get an experts point of view since everyone seemed to think i was talking rubbish/ didn't understand my point.

Welcome to the board.

I didn't think you were talking rubbish either. See my post about 9 posts above

Ahh yeah cheers too pal, appreciate it.

Glad a few people could see where i was coming from.

I got what you meant pal

but still scott.... back in march



i love how your trying to be the knowelgable one here, we can all read

http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/art ... 90673.aspx

In fairness these injurys are hard to judge.. my mate had the same and it depends what kind of recovery you make.. nobody really knows when he can play or not

scott does apparently

turns out i did

In fairness these injurys are hard to judge.. my mate had the same and it depends what kind of recovery you make.. nobody really knows when he can play or not

scott does apparently

turns out i did

You certainly did

im astounded by your arrogance

Looks like Scott and the medical team were right.

Can't believe you dragged it up and self praised mind.

As I said, I'm sure the medical staff know what they are doing as they are well qualified and experienced.

No disrespect, but suffering the injury doesn't make you as qualified as them.

If they do let him return, it will because he's fully recovered - they would never let him otherwise.

We wont see maynard on the pitch until next season as far as im concerned.