Not even a 3rd of the season gone and already the injury list is mounting. "He took a knock and will be ok in a few days." Becoming "He'll be out for 6 months." Has been the buzz theme at Arsenal since this clown arrived.
His cousin did not have this problem. Back then, when we got told on Monday, "He took a knock but he'll be fine for Saturday." It was the very next Saturday, not some Saturday 6 months down the line. There is clearly something wrong with our medical department as a whole since any minor injury they touch becomes a major one.
Enough is enough already. They've demonstrated their utter incompetence season after season for years now. Llewellyn and all "his" people need to go. I mean wholesale "You lot SUCK!" clearout. Instead of fans wasting the time effort on 'Wenger Out" when the man is just NEVER going to be sacked. Maybe they should focus their efforts and voices on "Lewin Out."
DEFINITELY a more attainable goal. AW will never be sacked because he makes far too much money for the club and everyone with a share. Lewin on the other hand is COSTING the club an absolute fortune. Our medical bill has got to be astronomical. Not to mention that there's no doubt that AW could have achieved more with the players he had over the years had the med team been capable of actually fixing anything.
"Lewiiiin OUT! There'll-be-more cash about, to-buuuyyy the-players-we-neeed!!! Lewiiiin OUT! With-him-not-about, THE GUNNERS WILL-WIN-THE LEEEEAGUE!!"
That chant with a few banners displaying our total medical expenditure during his tenure (aka a butt-load of profits down the toilet). And the board might just pay attention. It's kinda impossible to ignore a number that big when you're the one the shares belong to.
Lewin Out!!
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Lewin isn't the team doctor, O'Driscoll is. There is only so much that a physio can do in the moments after a major injury. Diagnosis, long term treatment and rehabilitation fall under O'Driscoll. This is where most of the bone-headed decisions are made. His judgement calls will determine whether a player will be out for weeks or months.
There were even rumours last season, about some of our players preferring to consult other clubs' doctors.
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Jenius
The coach and training methods can be blamed for the initial injury. But it's the physio and his team that players are arriving at with "a knock" and leaving after 6 months when it could be six days. It's the med team that signs players of as fit to return.
You can't blame the coaching staff for a med team which is either failing to diagnose major injury in the first place or clearing players to return too early inevitably resulting in re-injury.
Our current fitness coach has only been here a year so he's the one person at the club, we know for fact has nothing to do with this issue. Aside from calling them the Llewellyns (again) everything I've said makes perfect sense.
Would Wenger have had more success and better results with Walcott, Wilshere, Ramsey (leg break aside), Gibbs, Kos (could go on but they're the biggies) fit for significantly more time than they have been?
Can't say 100% yes but league position before injury to Ramsey and Walcott, season before last suggests a strong yes.
And...Would we have been able to buy at least a top squad player, if not a marquee one with the amount of money we've spent (over the league average) on medical bills over the space of his tenure??
Dude are you seriously going to attempt an argument that says the medical bills at Arsenal haven't been way out of control since he arrived? You probably know more than me about where to find the figure, if it's public. Any idea exactly which 8 figure sum it is?
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comment by Gillespie Rd. (U18361)
posted 31 seconds ago
Lewin isn't the team doctor, O'Driscoll is. There is only so much that a physio can do in the moments after a major injury. Diagnosis, long term treatment and rehabilitation fall under O'Driscoll. This is where most of the bone-headed decisions are made. His judgement calls will determine whether a player will be out for weeks or months.
There were even rumours last season, about some of our players preferring to consult other clubs' doctors.
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But that doesn't work in my song
Get rid of the lot of them bar the bloke who just got here a year ago. Leave no doubt
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comment by Gillespie Rd. (U18361)
posted 31 seconds ago
Lewin isn't the team doctor, O'Driscoll is. There is only so much that a physio can do in the moments after a major injury. Diagnosis, long term treatment and rehabilitation fall under O'Driscoll. This is where most of the bone-headed decisions are made. His judgement calls will determine whether a player will be out for weeks or months.
There were even rumours last season, about some of our players preferring to consult other clubs' doctors.
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But that doesn't work in my song
Get rid of the lot of them bar the bloke who just got here a year ago. Leave no doubt
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I wouldn't mind a mass clearout of medical staff. I've always made a big deal about them making Podolski walk off the pitch despite an obvious hamstring tear.
As a matter of fact, the only member of the backroom staff I'd keep would be Vic Akers. We all love Vic
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There's no school like the old school
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Wb2 Do you honestly think Lewin diagnoses, or prognoses injuries? He does a few rub downs. You are giving him entirely too much power.
Injuries at Arsenal are down to three things.
a) Playing players too often at a young age.
b) Not training players how to avoid injuries.
c) Low intensive training sessions that doesn't toughen the players for high intensity matches.
posted on 3/10/15
Jenius
A physio does a bit more than a few rub downs. That's sooo insulting to physios
It's the physio who executes your day to day rehab. A bad physio can undo a doctor's good work in a matter of days mate. Equally a good physio can have you back better than before in less time than expected. You are massively underestimating the role. It's a critical position in a club setup.
The younger players poor rotation has certainly been a factor in the initial injuries. But the recovery from injuries falls entirely down to your physio. It's Lewin turning 6 days into 6 months. He's great with a long term rehab. Bust your leg entirely and he's your man but he can rehab a minor injury to save his life.
He gets the minor things wrong, that's why they become either major or just persistent niggles. Wenger's babies don't have injury issues because they got played too much to young. They have injury issues because Lewin was their physio
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*can't rehab