[Salopbaggie]

Looks like we may have a question to answer, whether to proceed with the midfielder signing or look for a striker now we are back to square one on the striker front, with Dike looking to be out again and Josh Maja out for a couple of months with a fractured ankle.

On Dike you have to feel for the lad and give him every opportunity, but realistically you also have to question whether he will ever play anywhere near his promise again. Obviously there is something going on with him physically which is making him more prone to serious injury than the norm, you also have to question whether he will now ever recover mentally from these setbacks, by that I mean the majority of his injuries seam to be caused by impact on landing or extension (stretching), will he ever be able to function properly or in the back of his mind will he be thinking, "I am not jumping/reaching for that, I might do something bad", even if that thought is in the sub-conscious?

Not just thinking of just Dike here, but I dread to think how much of our wage bill has gone up in smoke in the treatment room this season.

[Stairs]

I feel very sorry for the guy. You could see how distraught he was. Would not wish it on anyone.

I assume the club is insured against this sort of thing. But someone on Twitter (I don’t recognise X) said based on his salary then we are paying him per match the same as it costs Man City per game for Haarland.

We wait to hear what the actual damage is as it might not be major but the tears were more out of frustration and fear of a repeat.

I hope it’s a minor thing but fear the worse and expect not to see him play again this season.

[themaclad]

Sympathy for him he knew as soon as he landed it was bad, wish him well

[Salopbaggie]

I assume the club is insured against this sort of thing. But someone on Twitter (I don’t recognise X) said based on his salary then we are paying him per match the same as it costs Man City per game for Haarland.

Not so sure about that, but you can make stats say anything. A quick Google suggests Haarland is on £375k per week and Dike £32k so roughly 11.5 times, I think Dike has taken part in around 30 games since he joined in Dec 21 roughly 2 full seasons, 46 games a season, potentially 92 games he could have taken part in, so he has played in about third of the games he could have, multiple his weekly by 3 and he is nowhere near Haarland. But that is not even back of a fag packet

[Stairs]

Not heard any detail about the injury assessment as yet?

[BaggieSteve]

Not heard any detail about the injury assessment as yet?

Achilles injury, out for 9 months. The poor guy!

[Salopbaggie]

Another 9 months, I would not be at all surprised if the next announcement we hear is "following medical advice, Daryl Dike has announced his retirement from professional football, after suffering a major new injury".

[Stairs]

Well I guess he needs to concentrate on his coaching badges.