Injuries to key players

MonTheBiffy

With Vidic being injured tonight, it looks like it could severely effect Uniteds season. Can ye think of any other injuries to key players that really scuppered a teams season? Or even just in a game?

Sagna and Wilshere have been out for ages.

iMuse

AdamD wrote: »

Sagna and Wilshere have been out for ages.

Vermaelen and Van persie in previous seasons have cost arsenal aswell.

tommyhaas

MonTheBiffy wrote: »

With Vidic being injured tonight, it looks like it could severely effect Uniteds season. Can ye think of any other injuries to key players that really scuppered a teams season? Or even just in a game?

Lucas is a bigger loss to Liverpool then Vidic to Utd, just look at the quality of their respective cover. Liverpool will suffer far more relatively

Sappy404

Lucas is as important for Liverpool as Vidic is for United I would say. In terms of what they alone bring to a match & not having an adequate replacement, at least.

Owen Hargreaves at United was massive.

Essien this season for Chelsea as well, and Carvalho in the past.

Arsenal.

Dean Ashton at West Ham as well I would say. And Tottenham tend not to lose when Ledley King plays. He's probably their most valuable player in that respect, if you can call having shite knees an injury.

Crazy Horse 6

Is Paul McShane injured at the moment?

MonTheBiffy

Wouldn't agree with Hargreaves. United won a few Premierships while he was injured. Suppose England and Rooney in the Euro's in '04

invinciblePRSTV

Villa losing Martin Laursen, who eventually retired, in the January of the 08/09 season was a disaster for the teams fortunes thereafter.

Iang87

MonTheBiffy wrote: »

Wouldn't agree with Hargreaves. United won a few Premierships while he was injured. Suppose England and Rooney in the Euro's in '04

ya but ye won a champions league with him. Also fairly important that league winning goal. Winners against Bolton and arsenal if I recall. Champions league was his main input though imo.

OP Any year Van persie got injured seem to hit arsenal very hard

on the bright side though united still have evans :pac:. Seriously though Smalling, Jones as cover they'll be fine

massdebater

Not an injury but Roy Keane's stubbornness cost Ireland a place in the World Cup Final in '02. Huge loss.

jethro081

massdebater wrote: »

Not an injury but Roy Keane's stubbornness cost Ireland a place in the World Cup Final in '02. Huge loss.

DazMarz

Van Persie and Vermaelen for Arsenal definitely spring to my mind straight away. United also suffered greatly in the 09/10 season with defensive injuries.

Morzadec

In terms of length of injury and importance to the team, there are few that compare to Lucas's recent injury.

Really Vidic is nothing compared to it, you have Jones, Ferdinand, Smalling, Evans that can play there.

Lucas's injury will cost us 4th. Some may see that as an over exaggeration but he is that important to us imo

~Rebel~

Gerrard and Torres injuries in the 08/09 season could well have cost Liverpool the league that year.

I think they were only simultaneously fit something like 11 times in the league.

Gotta figure there was a great chance to get those 4 extra points needed to get the premiership if those 2 were fit all season. (4 points would have matched ManU, but even as it was liverpool had superior goal difference, so winning extra matches could only have increased this)

AgileMyth

MonTheBiffy wrote: »

Wouldn't agree with Hargreaves. United won a few Premierships while he was injured. Suppose England and Rooney in the Euro's in '04

With Rooney its hard to know. Throughout his career hes gone through a period of goal scoring followed by a period of drought.

I love the way the English media hype him up when he is on form as if he should actually be considered top class.

keano_afc

At Arsenal we always lose a key player for 3+ months a season. Its usually van Persie, but Wilshere, Sagna, Vermaelen, Fabregas, Rosicky, Walcott and other have all missed big chunks in previous seasons.

I would include Diaby but this thread is about key players.