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Player Watch: Rodrigo Bentancur

spurs9

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Aug 31, 2012
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Positive news in the circumstances then!

Makes you wonder why we didn't look to use a concussion sub but that's by the by now.
I'm pretty sure, that after our first game under Ange when Romero came off in the 1st half, I read that we won't ever use a concussion sub, because if it turns out not to be concussion, they still have to be off/unavailable for 12 days.
 

coyspurs18

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Yeah - you have to specify it's a concussion sub - use a different card I think. Otherwise its treated as a regular substitution.
This. I can’t remember which match it was but we lost a sub because of this. Apparently we turned the concussion sub card in too late and had to use a normal substitute slot.
 

littlewilly

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Strange, what caused the concussion. A concussion is the symptom not the cause.
If you smack your head at speed onto a hard surface, you can not only get damage on one side of the brain from the rapid deceleration on impact, but also on the other side when the brain bounces, or ricochets, onto the other side of the skull. It can be incredibly serious.
 

cliff jones

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Not sure where you took hype from in my post. I'm saying if his future is in midfield then we would only need 1 new midfielder with Sarr, Gray and Bergvall which should be enough. The fact Gray hasn't played midfield suggests we are fine numbers wise. It would just be setting it so he doesn't have to cover in defence anymore and will get time in midfield to develop more. Dier started off at centre back and transitioned perfectly well in defensive midfield early in his career. I can see the same path for Gray. If we have 5 central midfielders competing for 2 spots he and Bergvall won't get much chance.
We currently have 5 competing for 2, right? Sell Bissouma in the summer, and replace only if we qualify for Europe next season?

New contract for Bents, Sarr, Bergvall and Gray.

But, as you say, shore up LCB and LB to ensure Archie doesn't have to play there first. With players that suit the system- not Davies, as good as he undoubtedly is
 

Neon_Knight_

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This. I can’t remember which match it was but we lost a sub because of this. Apparently we turned the concussion sub card in too late and had to use a normal substitute slot.
I'm pretty sure it was our first concussion after the new 'concussion sub' rule came in. I'm not sure that any PL team had actually used the new process yet, so it wasn't necessarily the fault of our coaching team.
 

punkisback

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If you smack your head at speed onto a hard surface, you can not only get damage on one side of the brain from the rapid deceleration on impact, but also on the other side when the brain bounces, or ricochets, onto the other side of the skull. It can be incredibly serious.
Yeah I thought he passed out before he hit the floor as he was going down which is why I asked.
 

KingsDodgyKnee

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Yeah I thought he passed out before he hit the floor as he was going down which is why I asked.
When you watch it you can see he flicks his head to the left as he's landing (to try and flick the ball on). I think by doing this the momentum of his fall smashes the right side of his head into the ground and, because of the angle of his head, he's unable to do anything to prevent it. If his head is a couple more feet off the ground when he attempts the flick on, he's got plenty of time to adjust to the fall and the injury doesn't happen.
 

Dazzazzad

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His situation has been nuts. ACL followed by a ankle injury from Matty Cash followed scuffle in South America followed by ban for bad comments followed by head injury.

Would be nice if things could remain normal for a while.
Didn't he have another concussion as well somewhere in there?
 

Goobers

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Yeah - not been able to get up a head of steam for 2 years.
Really hope he can manage that for the rest of the season. Great player.
 
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