Head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke issues his latest update – in association with Spire Roding Hospital...
Hello everybody,
I am pleased to report that we have no injuries for the moment ahead of Saturday’s Barclays Premier League fixture at West Bromwich Albion.
Since my last update a week ago, we have won an important home match against Watford and, from a medical point of view, we came through the game with no serious injury concerns other than the usual bumps and bruises.
Everybody took two days off to rest immediately after the Watford game. The players then returned to training on Saturday and we have preparing for West Brom.
On Monday evening, I joined many of the first-team players at the Barclays U21 Premier League Cup final first leg at the Boleyn Ground, where we beat Hull City 1-0. Let’s hope we can complete the job at the KC Stadium next week.
It was good for Sam Byram and Reece Oxford to get back in the match rhythm by playing the full 90 minutes, and also encouraging to see Doneil Henry and Stephen Hendrie in action.
We have four important matches to come over the next two-and-a-half weeks and hopefully we can keep all players available.
That’s all for now and, as we say in my home country of Belgium, no news is often good news!
Stijn Vandenbroucke
Head of Medical and Sports Science