Gabriel Milito

[Warik]

Pep said in the week Milito will get a season to prove his worth. With Puyol getting on abit and never really being at his best anymore Milito could be valuable.

 

[maz]

I rated him alot during his time at zaragoza. Im sure most people did. However we have to be careful about having a CB with such injury problems.

 

[Warik]

Obviously, which is the whole reason we ain't rushing him back. He has had one injury during his time with us and even though Steab loves to claim the madrid doctors were so good they saw his injury coming 5 years ago its doubtful. Knee injuries are troublesome and we don't want to rush him back as Villarreal did with Gonzalo only for it to reoccur. We have had specialists with him throughout the process and we have left it with them. I doubt they'll rush him back.

We shouldn't sell a player just because of one injury tbh.

 

[maz]

What i mean by be careful is..theres a high chance milito will have a recurring injury on his knee. And thats not a good thing for us. Its quite detrimental to have a player like that in your ranks because he will be in and out the side arbitrarily, and will be taking up the place of a younger defender who would be otherwise gaining experience on the bench and a few appearances.

 

[Warik]

People said that when he was going to madrid, yet he had 4 injury free seasons at Zaragoza and 1 injury free season at Independiente before he joined Zaragoza, the injury happened the season before that.He might always have a weakness in the knee but I doubt he's going to turn into Ledley King anytime soon. Generally reoccurances happen when a player is rushed back, like with Gonzalo. We haven't rushed Gabi back.

He'll be fine imo. We've taken the right course in going slow. Hiring knee specialists for the operation and recovery was one of the best things we could have done. Not that our doctors are poor, but having specialists in to aide a players recovery from a harsh injury is best. They know what to expect etc.

Give him next season to prove himself and then evaluate him in May/June 2010 is the best bet.

 

[Beast]

Obviously, which is the whole reason we ain't rushing him back. He has had one injury during his time with us and even though Steab loves to claim the madrid doctors were so good they saw his injury coming 5 years ago its doubtful. Knee injuries are troublesome and we don't want to rush him back as Villarreal did with Gonzalo only for it to reoccur. We have had specialists with him throughout the process and we have left it with them. I doubt they'll rush him back.

We shouldn't sell a player just because of one injury tbh.

it's not a claim it's a fact... that's the reason why they didn't sign Milito couple of years ago.. he is a great player & its good that he survived all this but having a cracked knee is a fact not a claim..

 

[maz]

Its probably an injury on the same part that madrid found problematic during their tests. But madrid didnt realise it would be a whole 5 seasons (03 to 08) until it caused him problems. No party is guilty or innocent. Its just football.

 

[Warik]

it's not a claim it's a fact... that's the reason why they didn't sign Milito couple of years ago.. he is a great player & its good that he survived all this but having a cracked knee is a fact not a claim..

The Madrid doctors said his knee at the time hadn't fully recovered and he would have "continuous problems with it". The whole Milito deal falling through was more political than anything, the anti-Valdano movement. Milito has had problems the last year but you can hardly say his problems have been continuous. The guy will probably be fine, the same as Gonzalo is now fine.

 

[Beast]

And he is out for almost a year + isn't he? there were reports that he might actually retire and that's why Barca invested in 2 defenders in the summer(3 if u count Alves )

in Gonzalo case its the first time.. Milito had a similar knee injury before so it's no . 2 for him

 

[maz]

Beast what do u mean "iin gonzalo case its the first time"? He has had two knee injuries hasnt he? Unless i misunderstand what youre saying.

 

[Warik]

Beast what do u mean "iin gonzalo case its the first time"? He has had two knee injuries hasnt he? Unless i misunderstand what youre saying.

Yes Gonzalo had one injury, was rushed back, played about a game and the same injury happened AGAIN on the same knee. Slow recovery, with specialists paid for by the club, not pushing him and he is fine now, and back to 05/06 form.

 

[Beast]

Beast what do u mean "iin gonzalo case its the first time"? He has had two knee injuries hasnt he? Unless i misunderstand what youre saying.

just one and setback in the recovery if i remember correctly not an entire new one couple of years later like Milito

 

[Warik]

Wasn't a setback at all Beast. He was declared fit, placed into a game and fell down with a fresh injury to the same ligament. If anything it was worse than Milito, two injuries to the same ligament in quick succession, as opposed to being a fairly big time gap for Milito.

 

[Beast]

Wasn't a setback at all Beast. He was declared fit, placed into a game and fell down with a fresh injury to the same ligament. If anything it was worse than Milito, two injuries to the same ligament in quick succession, as opposed to being a fairly big time gap for Milito.

it's a setback in the recovery.. just because he played 1/2 a game doesn't mean he was declared fit at all.. he didn't even play the entire game .. what people call rushing him back

 

[maz]

just one and setback in the recovery if i remember correctly not an entire new one couple of years later like Milito

I think he had been rehabilitated 100% (or at least as much as one CAN be rehabilited after cruciate ligament damage). It wasnt a few weeks after...i think it was at least 2 or 3 months after he had returned to full fitness. Iim no doctor but from what i hear, after cruciate ligament damage your ligament never returns to the way it was before. So some people get injured a month later, some a year later, some never. But there is always more risk of it being injured. Therefore gonzalo and milito are in the same boat in my opinion.