The Pickford Richarlison Thread: aka The Injury Thread III

For those of you scoring at home:

The Everton game was played on October 17th.

Pickford trashed van Dijk's knee and was not penalized.

Richarlison fouled Thiago and was red carded.

Games missed by Pickford: 0
Games missed by Richarlison: 3
Games missed by van DIjk: 10 and counting
Games missed by Thiago: 10 and counting

 

Klopp will be pleased to know that as the top flight enters December, he and his players will benefit from one of the more relaxed Christmas timetables. (4.5 days between games, on average)

Meanwhile, title rivals Manchester City with one of the most hectic festive schedules (2 days) and fellow contenders Chelsea (2.5) and Tottenham (2.3) are not far behind.

[Others: LC - 3; MU - 2; Arse - 2.3; Bitters - 2]

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...verpool-man-utd-arsenal-chelsea-b1766178.html

 

Nathaniel Phillips, Rhys Williams and even Marko Grujic, currently at FC Porto on loan, have clocked up more minutes for Liverpool than Thiago.

 

that's a good photo.

this one isn't

 

LOL I'm not taking it personally. what a weird statement. I find it frustrating is all - extremely frustrating.

and like I said before, the club saying "he's close ... no he isn't ... yes, he is" for the past 3 months - instead of simply throwing a blanket over the thing from the start - hasn't helped.

it's not Thiago's fault. I'm not blaming him. we all know whose fekking fault it is.

 

yet another Prem player goes down with a hammy - Hakim Ziyech.

 

According to freelance Liverpool correspondent David Lynch, via Watch LFC, Thiago Alcantara is facing a lengthy wait on the sidelines and will not be returning to Jurgen Klopp’s starting line up until January
Liverpool: Fans react as Thiago update emerges | The Transfer Tavern (footballtransfertavern.com)

 

We'll just see him next season.

 

Can we alter the title thread to "the Prickarliford Injury Thread"

 

Has he got an alien creature living under there?

 

I heard they took part of his calf to create clones ........

 

Dang - yeah, inject some of that, along with Millies' DNA into Thiago,...and some of the other "often injured"...

 

just saw this ... Jones looked to have suffered a hip injury during the 4-0 thrashing of Wolves

news to me. anyone seen anything on this?

 

Didn't Klopp say everyone had come through the match ok in the post match presser?

 

I heard he picked up the knock during the last game but 'played through the pain' to finish the game.

 

yeah, so looks like a non-event. for once.

 

Let's acknowledge that any player could be injured at any time. There are a litany of ways players can be injured, and there are any number of tackles every match that if, a split second earlier or later, could lead to injury.
To those of us that voiced the concerns about Thiago, there certainly just some players that are more likely than others to be injured. And he is one of them. It is not in the least bit surprising that he's missing a large chunk of the season. I have no doubt that if that tackle hadn't happened then we'd have seen him go down with something else.

 

........... and/or slower to heal.

 

now JOTA has a problem .....

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/419637-klopp-fulham-liverpool-injuries-fitness-latest

Alisson Becker and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could return to Liverpool’s squad for Sunday’s meeting with Fulham, while Diogo Jota and Kostas Tsimikas will be assessed ahead of the trip to Craven Cottage.

Speaking during his pre-match press conference, Jürgen Klopp also confirmed that the champions will be without Thiago Alcantara, James Milner and Xherdan Shaqiri this weekend.

Alisson, who has missed the Reds’ last three matches due to a hamstring problem, is set to resume full training on Friday.

“Ali will train today, that’s what I’ve heard. I came in and came directly to the press [conference] so all the meetings are after that and yes, Ali will train and if he trains and all fine, then he can play,” said the boss.

Oxlade-Chamberlain is already taking full part in team sessions and could therefore come into contention for his first appearance of 2020-21 following the knee injury he sustained during pre-season.

However, Jota and Tsimikas need to be monitored after picking up knocks against FC Midtjylland in midweek, and Thiago, Milner and Shaqiri remain sidelined. “We had a game two days ago and after the game we obviously had some niggles I would say, but [they] can be more, we have to see. The diagnoses are not finally done,” began Klopp’s general fitness update.

“Kostas we have to see, Diogo we have to see - he got a knock as well. That’s it from the game, I think. Apart from that, Oxlade is in normal training. He has been doing parts of training now for a week or so, he is now in full training and we will see.

“So the situation probably demands to involve him as soon as possible, but I don’t know if the weekend is that already. Nobody else is coming back, I’m afraid.”

 

Rumours say he has done his PCL ligament in his knee. Could be out at least a couple months?