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View EddieMac's Profile EddieMac Flag 23 Mar 21 11.05am Send a Private Message to EddieMac Add EddieMac as a friend

Originally posted by meatpienz

I would love to see him back playing for us on a regular basis ,remember hie was playing England under 20s when we brought him.

Also don’t forget he is 27 now. The blokes top level career is over and I pray to god that he is moved on. Iv nothing against him and he has been unlucky with injuries but he needs to be moved on.

 

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View TheBigToePunt's Profile TheBigToePunt Flag 23 Mar 21 11.10am Send a Private Message to TheBigToePunt Add TheBigToePunt as a friend

Even when fit Wickham is not especially good. He has (or had) some good attributes but never looked like he knew how to make best use of them. His positioning was odd. When we would get down the wing he tended to drift around at the edge of the box as if he was Dennis Bergkamp when he should have been right through the middle, making bursts to attack crosses, as he did so brilliantly at Wembley. He had a little something, but we aren't missing out on some great lost talent here.

I wouldn't be surprised if we allowed him to train with us on a non-contract basis, as we did with Clyne for a bit. Who knows, perhaps he can last for three months in training without an injury? If so, perhaps he hasn't played his last game for us, even if he doesn't get a contract this summer?

 

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View palace99's Profile palace99 Flag New Mills 24 Mar 21 9.48am Send a Private Message to palace99 Add palace99 as a friend

Originally posted by EddieMac

Also don’t forget he is 27 now. The blokes top level career is over and I pray to god that he is moved on. Iv nothing against him and he has been unlucky with injuries but he needs to be moved on.

totally agree - can't believe this topic has extended to 8 pages.

Whilst most of his injuries have been muscular the ACL one does raise questions. Usually this is a 9 month to 1 year layoff. With Connor it was 2 years. So clearly something went wrong in his rehab. Whether we pushed him too quickly or he overdid things we will never know but clearly something went horribly wrong.

 

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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 24 Mar 21 12.26pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by palace99

totally agree - can't believe this topic has extended to 8 pages.

Whilst most of his injuries have been muscular the ACL one does raise questions. Usually this is a 9 month to 1 year layoff. With Connor it was 2 years. So clearly something went wrong in his rehab. Whether we pushed him too quickly or he overdid things we will never know but clearly something went horribly wrong.

Not for his bank account!

 

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View Painter's Profile Painter Flag Croydon 24 Mar 21 12.47pm Send a Private Message to Painter Add Painter as a friend

Originally posted by palace99

totally agree - can't believe this topic has extended to 8 pages.

Whilst most of his injuries have been muscular the ACL one does raise questions. Usually this is a 9 month to 1 year layoff. With Connor it was 2 years. So clearly something went wrong in his rehab. Whether we pushed him too quickly or he overdid things we will never know but clearly something went horribly wrong.

He has been unavailable to play for over 1000 days of his contract with us, due to injury.

 

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View Knightstar's Profile Knightstar Flag Guildford 24 Mar 21 1.51pm Send a Private Message to Knightstar Add Knightstar as a friend

There's no room for sentiment here. He offers absolutely nothing and must go at the end of his contract.

 

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View doombear's Profile doombear Flag Too far from Selhurst Park 24 Mar 21 4.26pm Send a Private Message to doombear Add doombear as a friend

Originally posted by palace99

totally agree - can't believe this topic has extended to 8 pages.

Whilst most of his injuries have been muscular the ACL one does raise questions. Usually this is a 9 month to 1 year layoff. With Connor it was 2 years. So clearly something went wrong in his rehab. Whether we pushed him too quickly or he overdid things we will never know but clearly something went horribly wrong.


I wonder? Was it the club's fault? If so, was that why he got an extension last time?

 

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View sprites's Profile sprites Flag Auckland 24 Mar 21 7.15pm Send a Private Message to sprites Add sprites as a friend

Originally posted by Knightstar

There's no room for sentiment here. He offers absolutely nothing and must go at the end of his contract.

Disagree. He offers goals and attacking threat when fit. Worth giving him one last chance.

 

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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 24 Mar 21 7.36pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Who is Connor Wickham? Never heard of him.

 


Red and Blue Army!

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View Knightstar's Profile Knightstar Flag Guildford 24 Mar 21 7.52pm Send a Private Message to Knightstar Add Knightstar as a friend

But he's never fit and not that good when he is. If he gets another contract he must have a dodgy dossier on Parish or someone else with some influence!

 

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jeeagles Flag 24 Mar 21 8.37pm

Originally posted by TheBigToePunt

Even when fit Wickham is not especially good. He has (or had) some good attributes but never looked like he knew how to make best use of them. His positioning was odd. When we would get down the wing he tended to drift around at the edge of the box as if he was Dennis Bergkamp when he should have been right through the middle, making bursts to attack crosses, as he did so brilliantly at Wembley. He had a little something, but we aren't missing out on some great lost talent here.

I wouldn't be surprised if we allowed him to train with us on a non-contract basis, as we did with Clyne for a bit. Who knows, perhaps he can last for three months in training without an injury? If so, perhaps he hasn't played his last game for us, even if he doesn't get a contract this summer?

you train for 6 weeks, you half your risk of injury.

It does seem strange that such a big bloke picks up injuries so easily.

 

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View palace99's Profile palace99 Flag New Mills 25 Mar 21 10.53am Send a Private Message to palace99 Add palace99 as a friend

Originally posted by sprites

Disagree. He offers goals and attacking threat when fit. Worth giving him one last chance.

this season was his 'one last chance'.

A crucial component of being a professional sportsman is remaining fit. He has been injured for the first 2/3 of the season and has played 0 minutes of first team football. This is not a one off his injury record over the previous 5 years has been poor, even taking into account the ACL injury, which clearly wasn't his fault.
Some players are just unlucky with injuries (e.g. Kieron Dyer etc), others it appears their bodies are not robust enough. CW appears to fall into both categories.

Time to cut our losses.


Edited by palace99 (25 Mar 2021 10.54am)

 

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