This has been a problem long before Roy came in. Including under Pardew, who often made at least one sub at the start of the second half.

Nope, I STILL stand by my claim that it's the medical staff that are the problem. And unless someone can point me to another factor, that's an opinion that I'll be keeping for a while

It's interesting how the running out of steam metaphor prevails almost 50 years on from the last steam passenger train to run in Britain.

So even when Roy himself tells us these injuries are all impact ones so can’t be prevented by training etc you still think it’s to do with the medical staff? The only one that could be considered as muscular and, therefore, possibly due to fatigue is Kelly’s - problem is, as has been pointed out, that was actually caused whilst he was being fouled.

From what I’ve seen, we pick up injuries when the team is playing flat out, fighting for survival. When the players are giving everything then they are more at risk of impact injuries.

It probably doesn’t help when officials seemingly think it’s ok to bully, kick & batter Palace players without adequate retribution. I don’t think it’s just us but if Pep thinks his prima-donnas get little protection then he should take a long look some of the blatant fouling we’ve seen this season.

The vast majority of long term injuries, not just here are knees.
Football needs to take a close look at this.
Players are so highly tuned these days that knees are clearly a weak point in tackles etc.
Our pile of injuries is due to the fact our players are giving just that little bit more than the average hence overstretching etc.
The outcome is inevitable, a very long injury list.

for me the the problem is they train them as sprint athletes that puts more strain on the the muscles and joints. all clubs train the same the bigger clubs have a larger squard of first team players, so it doesnt notice to much, than can have 8 injurys and still have 17 first team players to pick from,
smaller teams like us are trying to repalce with championship standed players, and that is the bottom line, until we are lucky to get multi billionaires backers that is what we have to live with.
Its nothing to do with the pyshios or doctors its the way football has evoled

We already have. It’s FFP that screws us.