Reply With QuoteSeems like with Tanner's injury the Cheltenham game would be the ideal opportunity to give Nyakuhwa a run out then and see what happens. We'll still be needing a winger to go on top if that went well, Davies and Willock should not be relied upon.
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BBM seems to place a lot of credit in how well the players are performing in training.Originally Posted by jon1959
Seems like with Tanner's injury the Cheltenham game would be the ideal opportunity to give Nyakuhwa a run out then and see what happens. We'll still be needing a winger to go on top if that went well, Davies and Willock should not be relied upon.
I wonder what Will Alves is up to these days !
Think he would fit in perfect with our current set up
Just 1 EFL Cup appearance for Leicester so far and wasn't in their squad for their last league game
On his overall performances last season on loan I wasn’t over impressed with Alves, no real end product and ran round in little circles, perhaps Division one might suit him better but I’d prefer someone a bit more direct and physical.
Horrible injury and shocking to see it happen. hope his recovery goes well.
Such a shame, he's our best winger by a street. We absolutely must sign a winger, I think we need two as we needed one before
I agree.
Last season I became frustrated with him due to his lack of end product, in this league though with opposing players behind the ball…his skill could be useful to unlock defenses.
I would consider him more central though as maybe a back up to R Colwill, as he won’t be able to play every week.
Also gives us a plan B creatively.
I'd be very surprised if BBM revisits anything related to last season and that includes Alves, although I think he'd be a decent loan
I like Tanner but he isn't a game change type player, we will do ok until his complete recovery.
Apart from Swansea at home where he literally changed the game.
I doubt Leicester will want alves to go to league one
He's our best winger by a mile
Well, he's not getting a sniff in the Championship for them. I think we can do better, fwiw
think this fella been reading my posts !
Will Alves has barely featured for Leicester in the Championship. He started a cup game and made the bench on Saturday, probably because they sold Kasey McAteer, but they may sign a replacement. BBM hasn’t worked with him, but has links there. Worth at least a speculative enquiry
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There was never any kind of end product with Alves. Talented, but I found him frustrating to watch.
Would go in little circles as he attempted to beat the same man twice.
Yeah he'd literally do a little 360, very odd
Excellent news. I agree with PdlR. Easily our best winger for me.
This doesn't only apply to footballers by any means, but it always puzzles me when surgery of this kind is described as 'successful' while the patient is still lying in bed. Surely nobody will know if the surgery has been truly successful until the patient is back on her his or her feet and rehab is well underway?
that's not the NHS
I'm sure the surgeons know if surgery is successful. I'd hazard a guess it means that we're on the path we wanted to be on at this point, but who knows what the future will be (given you're quite right that each is an individual and may respond to rehab differently).
Or may be surgeons define success as "you're still alive, we didn't kill you"
'Successful' surgery is completing what the surgery aimed to do. Eg, resetting broken bones, inserting plates or reattaching tendons.
Successful recovery is what he needs now.
Thanks, doc. I'm aware of that. It's a load of bollocks, though.
I had a back operation in 2005. That was successful. It solved the problem. Never had any major issues with it since.
A neighbour of mine had an operation in 2019 for the same problem. It was described as successful at the time, but it wasn't. She's due to go back into hospital for a third operation before the end of the year.
You often read of footballers breaking down again after having 'successful' operations. Hopefully that won't happen with Tanner, but it happens in plenty of cases.
there's a difference between outcomes and interventions.
a successful operation just means they were able to do what they went in there to do, without causing any other significant problems in the process. it doesn't necessarily mean there will be a successful outcome.
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