It is the reaction of the nearby players which usually tells you how serious an injury is. When Ruud van Nistelrooy started throwing up after seeing Alan Smith on the ground at Anfield 4 years ago, we had a good indication something was seriously wrong!
Against Rangers, Kirk Broadfoot was waving wildly at the bench after Valencia went to ground. From then you knew something was broken.
After the game, Sir Alex Ferguson said we might be facing the season without Valencia.
“It is a bad blow for the boy,” he said. “It is similar to the injury Alan Smith got and you are talking about the rest of the season.”
However, at Carringoton, Valencia has made cracking progress while working on an underwater treadmill, which was initially designed by NASA to replicate the sense of weightlessness in space, and further rehabilitation in Carrington’s hydrotherapy pools.
There is talk of the winger coming back in January now and will be selected for the next Champions League squad for post group stage games.
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Great news! I suspected he would be a quick healer, he is one hell of an athlete.
brilliant news!
That’s impressive really. Hope he become ready for January
Fantastic News.
Typical ABU cunts. Obviously felt it necessary to overlook our 5-0 win over the bitters in November 1994. http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine/features/2010-11-30/talksport-names-man-citys-5-1-thrashing-man-united-greatest-derby-day-spanking-ever
great news the geniuses at nasa produce something simple but effective obviously it takes hard work and determination from the player aswell
Well that will give Fergie another headache… Put both Nani and Valencia in one team, considering the fact that Nani plays better on the right…
Still good news, though!!
West Ham Preview: Hammer Down On The Irons
Manchester United travel to Upton Park in a vibrant mood as they take on West Ham United in the Quarter-Finals of the Carling Cup. ….
http://www.theunitedreligion.com/2010/11/west-ham-preview-hammer-down-on-irons.html
Thank you, Houston
Heard from manutd.com that his return will take place in mid feb.
I dont want them to rush him, he has to come back 100% fit.
And with Park’s form and Obertan improving we can wait a little bit more… not too long tough :p
…which is a fantastic news and boost
WHAT A GREAT NEWS!
Goal.com had this story out a week ago.
This treatment is pretty difficult on the subject and Valencia must really want to get back on the pitch
Great, we can play Nani on the left where he will still excel or we can use one to give rest to the other. Can you imagine the destruction one of them will put on a tired left back after getting subbed in at the hour mark?
Valencia is a fuckin ox! Love the guy to bits. It’s hard to believe how quickly he settled into United. One of the key reasons for Rooney getting so many goals last season. Imagine him, Hernandez and Nani in a 4 3 3. Goals galore.
Anyone know who is broadcasting the Carling Cup today in the US?
@ Kings
I dunno mate, maybe you have to give them that one. I mean, we go into every game thinking we can win. They go into games thinking they must not loose. The 5-0 was brilliant but not particularly surprising where as their 5-1 was beyond their wildest dreams. Fuck the ABU twunts in the ear mate, don’t let them get to you. Even Phil Thompson knows we are the “biggest club in the world”
@Mitko Berbatov
First of all, hell of a match you played on Saturday, mate. The match is on Fox Soccer Plus at 2:45 ET.
Ruud threw up? First time I hear it. Are you sure it wasn’t because Carragher’s smell was too much for him to handle?
Anyway, Tony is a beast. No doubt that he will do anything in his power to make a speedy recovery. But we have to be cautious about this. His comeback has to be handled carefully.
Viva NASA.
i love tony v! would love him back soon. but 100% fit of course, its not easy to come back from such an injury.
ruud vomitted??? i never knew that
Sure the lad is pulling himself through all sorts of pain. Top marks to him for battling this through. Hope he and Hargo get a crack at run outs this year. Two really top players that we have missed. Though I have to say. Nani on the right is better than Valencia on the right. Nani is just something else all together. How about Valencia at RWing, Nani at RMid and Rafael at RB. They might cause an atmospheric disturbance with their overlaping runs, but it would be great fun to watch!
on the small club mentality side of Carrington
Manchester City – Carrington
And then right at the bottom
Abi Dhabi.
And they have a nerve telling us we’ve sold out – I’d like to know who to…
Not to be a Buzz Killington, but he was expected to come back playing in Feb anyway, not sure where this ‘speedy recovery’ lark across the Web has come from:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8999551.stm
That water tank is unbelievable. The facilities at Carrington are out of this world. Really chuffed for Toni. A tough little bastard. Would love him and Nani playing together now. He has potential to be a top class winger and at United for years as he seems one of the nicest lads around.
Fletchtheman – Hello mate. Yeah I love Hargreaves but is he REALLY that much of a miss? Considering he has played about 18 times in 3 years? I know what you mean though.
Nani and Valencia on the wings is pure magic. Can’t wait to see Tony back in action.
Lol @ Buzz Killington over there. Way to stop a party dude! Loved your cameo on Family Guy! As for Tony V ( 80′s Jacko), any news is good news.
Our squad is only getting stronger. The next month will make our season. And if not, come Jan/Feb we’ll have genuine quality competition all over the Park.
This is what it feels to be a United fan! Looking forward to every game more than pussy itself. Real talk son
Oh the Hokey Cokey in out in out(3 months apparently) No luck Carragher. don’t suppose it woks on shoulders.
Costas: more carefully than Hargreaves at least!
@King Eric, Cheers back at ya lad. I personally think that Hargo has been one of the pieces that kept us from CL #4 and PL#19.
SAF has had a huge number of set backs since 2008 season. Loosing CR7 is the only thing we really focus on here. But Hargo and then Carrick through overuse were massive. I really do believe that with a fit Hargo, Rio, Carrick, and with or without CR7, we would be talking about CL#5 and PL#20 and nobody would be talking about our blue cousins down the road. Look at that list. 3 top class midfielders that essentially disappeared off our books. Time waits for no one. If SAF doesn’t get his 19th or 20th. It will be down to those 3 injuries.
@ Sanj
Cheers mate and thanks for the comments from Saturday. I aim to please.
@schmadmir
Goes without saying mate. But it’s a different situation anyway. Valencia’s knees weren’t fucked up before this injury. I am just cautious because I’ve seen how long it takes for ankle breaks like this to heal. Valencia’s fitness is doing him a huge favor obviously, but I hope he doesn’t take a risk if he comes back sooner.
How I wish I could treat my ankle torn ligament with a faster recovery time as them. 7 months already but yet still painful.
FletchTHEMAN – I agree with king eric hargreaves has never been a massive loss, good player but he was never really a fixture in the team to be said he was a real miss for reasons everyone knows. In his only season at united, he was in and out. He had a powerful patnership with anderson in october to decembe, but that time was his only time where he managed to stay in the team. But mostly it was scholes and carrick in the engine room, that made the difference to uniteds engine room, in seasons of 2006/07 and 2007/08.
The reason why united never won title number 19 was? not enough inform forwards in the 2009/10 season to backup rooney when he got injured in the bayern game, and injurys at the back in the end did cost united the title. Has this season has proven, has soon has ferdinand and vidic returned to the united defence united are keeping the goals out, and more matches are being won. Hargreaves contribution has been a fart in the united hurricaine between 2007 and now
OT but can anybody tell me how our reserves played against oldham?
Another good example is an injury when Schmeichel was the keep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byOKCMQpxKo
One look at Schmeichel’s reaction and you just knew something was seriously wrong.
FITB Ok, So we can add Anderson injury to the list as I was focusing on the midfield. In talking about the squad every squad has injuries. But I believe that these 3 injuries and CR7 leaving were ultimately quite destructive. If you want to extend it out then VDS injury/leave, WR10 injury, and mayby Pique leaving because of the defensive collapse were additional critical elements. Enough to keep any manager up at night.
@Zelh
I think it was postponed due to the weather.
I am always sqeamish when ever it comes to people being injured. I guess thats why it always warms my heart to see teammates staying by their downed colleagued for support. Its a reminder that although they are highly paid professionals who prolly wouldnt know each other if they were paid to be on the same team, that they are still human being who care for one another.
Costas – okay, i see.
Costas – what do you think of the joke that paranarmol done which looks to have ruined englands world cup chances, for me its a farce that russia are ahead of england to host the world cup. In russia for christ sake, it seems to me everyone would rather the world cup anywhere than england, christ they would host it in north korea than england
@FITB
I didn’t watch it. To be honest, after that Glazer show, I have trouble taking the panorama too seriously. But I can see it damaging England’s chances. Some of those members might not vote for England just to prove the documentary wrong.
But I think that all sorts of tactics are employed in these world cup bids. It’s ludicrous to assume that only England could resort to them. Look, in terms of grounds and facilities, England should be the favourites to host a major competition. But the FA are useless and find a way to drop the ball every time. I hope England get it. If they don’t, and seeing as the previous World cup to be held in Europe was 2006, we could be talking about 2030…
Jesus Christ, I’ll be 47 at the time, lol.
fergie is the boss
thats because polotics are envolved and quite frankely england are hated right around the world, should polotics be envolved? probably not but sadly it is.
sorry typo
politics
Nice GO NASA!!!!!
Great news about Tony V, like a new signing.
I’m a United fan aswell as an NBA fan and they have been using underwater treadmills for years in US sport. They are more advanced in these kind of things.
Ulster Red – its still a farce if countrys like russia host the world cup 2018, its been over 4 decades since england hosted the finals. hardly any money is needed to invest into englands bid everything is in place. the russia stadiums are grim, they do not matchen glands big 3 stadia in OT wembley and arsenals let alone englands other stadia they have.
Costas – panarama are your version of CBBC, a kids show that bites of more than they can chew, if they tried to investigate something complex has what goes on behind closed doors at fifa. they are a joke panarama are along with its presenter
fergie is the boss
i agree that england is the best candidate, trust me it has been decided already by higher powers who will host the world cup, if voting worked they would make it illegal.
Can this be true? I hope so, one of the draw backs of a serious injury is all the little problems sustained on the road back that aren’t necassarily linked to the original injury but more a result of a long lay off, pulled hamstrings, pulled muscles so hopefully his early return will lessen some of these as well.