Welington

[benjii]

Didn't he do well?

There's a proper player there, but he can't seem to stay fit. Shame for the lad.

[Sarisbury Saint]

18 minutes ago, benjii said:

Didn't he do well?

There's a proper player there, but he can't seem to stay fit. Shame for the lad.

He was superb yesterday.

[Football Special]

Definitely a good player, any news on his injury? Was hard to tell in the ground what was wrong with him, did they say on tv? 

[benjii]

15 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Definitely a good player, any news on his injury? Was hard to tell in the ground what was wrong with him, did they say on tv? 

Looked like he pulled something around the 60 minute mark. He struggled on for another 15 mins or so, so if it was a pull it's probably going to be pretty tight for a week or so, I would say. Hopefully he's back for the playoffs.

[VectisSaint]

Left leg, I think, calf or ankle, by the way he was acting. He was superb yesterday, it was probably a blessing in disguise that Manning was suspended, because Welington is a proper defender and that's what we needed yesterday. Since Welington got injured and Manning got back in the team he (Manning) has been great, but from an attacking perspective, his defensive capabilities have not often been stretched during that run.

[so22saint]

Wellington is class and I think he's pushing Manning on (though also having a management team that is coaching Manning properly has helped). Hope it's a minor injury and he's left back for us in the Prem next year

 

[saintant]

53 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

Left leg, I think, calf or ankle, by the way he was acting. He was superb yesterday, it was probably a blessing in disguise that Manning was suspended, because Welington is a proper defender and that's what we needed yesterday. Since Welington got injured and Manning got back in the team he (Manning) has been great, but from an attacking perspective, his defensive capabilities have not often been stretched during that run.

Doubt it was ankle - looked more like a strain, maybe hamstring or calf.

[Harry_SFC]

I'm surprised Welington didn't get more game time before yesterday. Coming back into such an intense game - now he could be injured again. 

[S-Clarke]

He was excellent yesterday, defensively more so than attacking as expected. I do like his little 'relationship' down the left with Leo, but as others have said...he's so injury prone, he can't seem to catch a break with his fitness so he never gets a chance to build a head of steam.

[Saint_clark]

He is excellent but I think we need to be looking at replacing him as he's just too injury prone. 

[Sheaf Saint]

19 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

He is excellent but I think we need to be looking at replacing him as he's just too injury prone. 

Or we could try and get him some specialist, external rehab and physio to help him identify what he's doing wrong to cause his body to break down so frequently, and develop a suitable training plan to mitigate it.

I know such people exist, and from what I have heard there has been a reluctance on the club's part in recent times to employ their services. 

[Toadhall Saint]

Excellent yesterday - the timing of some of his tackles was outstanding.

[Danbert]

1 hour ago, Saint_clark said:

He is excellent but I think we need to be looking at replacing him as he's just too injury prone. 

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/26048900.brazilian-clubs-reportedly-interested-signing-southampton-defender/

[VectisSaint]

7 hours ago, saintant said:

Doubt it was ankle - looked more like a strain, maybe hamstring or calf.

If you'd read my post you might have realised that thinking it was a hamstring was plain daft. He was feeling his ankle, that's why I said 'ankle', he is also recovering from a non specific ankle injury, and he appeared to be indicating like 'its gone again' or 'same old problem'. Ankle problem doesn't mean a break, could be Achilles or just a sprain. 

[Badger]

8 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

I'm surprised Welington didn't get more game time before yesterday. Coming back into such an intense game - now he could be injured again. 

Perhaps we didn’t want to risk a recurrence before yesterday. 

[Badger]

6 hours ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Excellent yesterday - the timing of some of his tackles was outstanding.

Got to say, I’ve not previously been impressed, but he certainly rose to the challenge yesterday. 

[skintsaint]

Looked to have walked into training with the others today so fingers crossed.

[Sheaf Saint]

18 hours ago, Badger said:

Got to say, I’ve not previously been impressed, but he certainly rose to the challenge yesterday. 

He's a proper old school left back. He's not as good going forward as Manning, but he's a far better defender. 

[Jack]

It was a huge ask to put him straight back in for such an intense game but he was class. He was rightly keeping Manning out of the side before he got injured, and having the competition seems to have woken Manning up a bit as he was an absolute liability defensively in the first half of the season. Welington has a far higher ceiling of the 2 if he can stay fit 

Edited 1 hour ago by Jack