Considering the risk that he may not be fit, his poor play in Panama, his age, and his combative comments about the team, I predict Bruce leaves him home.
We could be with out Brooks for the rest of qualifying. ==================== Huge loss for Wolfsburg with John Brooks ruled out for at least three months: https://t.co/DTudePycxH pic.twitter.com/7r8uTJUeNI— Alex Chaffer (@AlexChaffer) August 16, 2017
So who else is out for potential WCQ callups this fall... Yedlin - Hamstring Saief - Hernia surgery Brooks - Torn tendon in thigh Am I missing anybody else?
I wouldn't call him a fringe player when he started the 1st qualifier under Bruce and the only one he was available for. That's an a-teamer. Saief just came off the bench in a friendly. Omar Gonezalez too, no?
We don't know were Saief is in the pecking order, because he was injured before the GC started. Maybe he would of played a lot or maybe very little. We just don't know. What is Omar's injury?
Any word on Lletget's recovery? I thought the initial timeline was ~6 months, and the injury happened in March.
Sure, but I was just stating a fact. Everything that I've seen about Omar's injury has been....that it's an injury. They're even more hush than in Europe. The initial timeline was even 4-6 months, so he could have been back by now, but he needed a 2nd surgery within the last month or two, so there was an aggravation somewhere along the line. I guess Becky G's witchcraft backfired. He said on June 14th it would be a long time until he returned. There have been no comments about his status since, so still must be a ways away, and with the aggravation who knows if he'll return the same. The 2nd one is usually the one that changes you.
That is probably true. It is worth acknowledging though that there is a chance he might have not started or even played if Fab did not leave camp with the injury.
finally some good news! The injury news is not all bad for the #USMNT as DeAndre Yedlin returned to training today for Newcastle United— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) August 17, 2017
Fabian Johnson just resumed training after a back injury. Seems iffy that he'll be game-fit by WCQs. http://www.espnfc.us/borussia-monch...an-johnson-set-to-return-to-gladbach-training
Doubt Arena would call him in since the team will be together this weekend. He would have to be sure anyone coming back from injury is ready to go right now.