Shankland OUT ...

[stokearab]

"should" ??? there's that word again.
I just think that no matter what, any opponent does not want to see on the team lines "Lawrence Shankland" and now sadly that will be missing for a few weeks for sitting injured on the bench for a game that didn't really matter.

"Should" as in being respectful to David Hopkin and Morton. I agree with your comments about Shanklands name on a team sheet by the way and I'm minded to agree that maybe Clarke should have left him for a while but Clarke was and still is under immense pressure and if hed left Shankland out and only beaten San Marino 1 or 2 nil he would have got crucified. So the way I see it is it is what it is. I think the quality we have and importantly the new spirit we have will see us get the points Saturday.
Also, there's different press reports about how many games he'll miss, some saying several games, some saying a couple, but I don't think the club have commented on that yet.

[Yeats 62]

"Should" as in being respectful to David Hopkin and Morton. I agree with your comments about Shanklands name on a team sheet by the way and I'm minded to agree that maybe Clarke should have left him for a while but Clarke was and still is under immense pressure and if hed left Shankland out and only beaten San Marino 1 or 2 nil he would have got crucified. So the way I see it is it is what it is. I think the quality we have and importantly the new spirit we have will see us get the points Saturday.
Also, there's different press reports about how many games he'll miss, some saying several games, some saying a couple, but I don't think the club have commented on that yet.

He got crucified for adding him to the squad! "lower level league/players" etc.

IF ........... "thigh muscle tear " is correct , we might not see him before Santa.

What worries me is, how the funk can a pro player actually tear a thigh muscle in training , or as some are now saying , in the warm up for the match ?

Do agree with the new spirit in the team , the last game was the first time we have actually controlled a match in quite a while, it was a never gonna lose this ane type oh thing . Alls good............

[offshore_arab83]

He is confident Shankland will be fit and ready to face Alloa at Tannadice on December 7.

The United manager said: “I expect him to be back next (the following) weekend, to be honest with you.

“He will obviously not make this weekend but he was running on Monday at a decent pace.

“It is more of a precaution than anything else because he is one of our main players.

“We have to be wary not to rush him back.

“It definitely won’t be weeks because he has been training these last couple of days.

“He could have been ready for the weekend but he will definitely be ready for the following weekend.

“Then it is just a decision over whether we start him or keep him on the bench.

“To be fair, the kid could probably do with a break anyway because he has done brilliantly for us.

“He’s had a lot to deal with and has just about played every minute of every game so I am not too concerned.”

Asked about the specific nature of the injury, Neilson replied: “It was just at the top of the muscle.

“It wasn’t an actual tear in the muscle so he is fine.

“It is not an issue for us, and that’s not me trying to paint over it or anything.

“The worry would be that as it is a thigh injury and, say, I pushed him for Saturday and he popped it we could lose him for six or even eight weeks.

“But at this moment in time he should be fine.”

Neilson exonerated the national team from any blame for his player’s predicament, stressing that Scotland did everything properly.

The Tannadice gaffer added: “It’s just part and parcel of training.

“It could have happened anywhere.

“It happened in the warm-up (before the Cyprus match).

“He did the actual warm up and everything was fine. Then he felt it when they were doing some shooting.

“He spoke to the physios and Steve (Clarke) and they just told him to sit on the bench and that they wouldn’t put him on.

“They sent him back the next day so they couldn’t have done any more, really.”

Ideally, Neilson would love to have Shankland available this weeknd but he is confident they have enough quality in their squad to deal with their trip to Greenock.

He has every right to be, too, considering how well they played in the 3-0 victory over Queen of the South at Tannadice when Shankland was in Cyprus.

“We are going to lose players throughout the season for various reasons so it is important we don’t pin our hopes on one individual,” added Neilson.

“We missed him last week and still managed to score three goals and put in a great performance.

“Peter Pawlett will be back in the squad soon so we’re taking Lawrence out and adding Peter. He has great quality so it will be very much like for like.

“People were saying we were missing Lawrence and that would be trouble.

“Although he has done great for us we still have real quality in the team.

“We should have enough for Saturday as well.”

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/spor...er-than-later/

[weegiearab]

cheers Robbie...but the club have already told us he was fine.....so I'll believe it when I see him on the park!

[JamesMcClean]

cheers Robbie...but the club have already told us he was fine.....so I'll believe it when I see him on the park!

This tosh coming out of the mouth of Robbie Neilson and tweets from the Club is all well and good. but I'll wait until petermackie has passed his judgement on the matter thank you very much.

[Yeats 62]

cheers Robbie...but the club have already told us he was fine.....so I'll believe it when I see him on the park!

EXACTLY.............. Now he probably needed a rest anyway, and.... PP is a "like for like" replacement??? Ahem...nah... ! Didn't hear anything remotely like that before his amputation, sure he'll be ok tho....still getting a bad feeling about this , but hopefully it's just my Arab paranoia

[offshore_arab83]

this tosh coming out of the mouth of robbie neilson and tweets from the club is all well and good. But i'll wait until petermackie has passed his judgement on the matter thank you very much.

faf

[petermackie]

Peter, when did you start supporting the Dee and voting for a lifetime of gloom? And when are you going to cross the great divide and support United. I sense you want to. It's safe to come out, honest.

1977 no lifetime of gloom...some ups and downs granted...but plenty good days out with mates...and come on now Stoke you know the Great divide was only crossed one way...sometime around 1979/83😃😃😃