Port Vale manager Darren Moore has given an update on injuries to Jordan Gabriel, Cam Humphreys, Kyle John and Jaheim Headley.
Moore revealed that the players will be assessed on Monday with the injury to Humphreys appearing to be the least serious.
Speaking to the Valiant newsletter Moore said of Gabriel, who was injured in the closing stages of the game: “It is too early for me to say, he went right over right at the end having that shot at goal. We’ll assess him.”
Trio Cam Humphreys, Kyle John and Jaheim Headley missed out on the squad with Moore adding: “Jaheim was sore after the (Northampton) game. You give it a couple of days but he was too sore so I said he wasn’t going to play here. Kyle John was that incident (at Accrington) so we will see how he is.
“Cam Humphreys was more in training but I just said I wouldn’t take the risk with him today. Obviously you want to play him for one game but it was just in case. So with all three of them, we are just going to see how they are on Monday.”
Slightly off topic but can anyone tell me why we have bigger squads, more subs, better pitches, players play less minutes, we have an army of medics and sports analysts and yet we seem to have more injuries than ever. Its not just at the Vale but most clubs seem to have similar issues. In the good old days of John Rudge he had none of this and only one sub and yet we didn’t seem to have the same injuries. Also I don’t believe we have to make so many changes every week we are told its to limit the minutes and yet some players nearly always play like Connor Hall for example. It just feels to me that we are always looking to the next game before we have won the game we are playing. Just because you can make 5 subs doesn’t mean you have to and yet we do most games. More subs just gives you more options thats all. Would welcome others views on this.
More Subs more Injuries.
Points raised by Simon Poole are valid. Vale programs from the 1960’s and 70’s show that like now 25 plus players a season were used but more started from the Reserves & Youth ranks instead of signing experienced professionals. The FA introduced the option of more subs, but even now clubs don’t have to name seven. More pressure on Managers now. If a team fails to win without making sub tactical changes the Manager is criticized, blamed and tarnished with incompetency. And yet despite this, Leicester City won the 2015-16 EPL using virtually the same 11-13 players every game. The game has changed and not always for the better. We see teams trying to score goals by passing sideways and backwards, and players “taking the knee” to remind us of life’s inequality. Perhaps the most perplexing is use the of analysts with player stats, championed by ex England manager Fabio Capello. Any supporter just watching a game can tell you if their team is putting in enough effort, tackling, passing, or shooting accurately.