by RoyalBlue »
05 Sep 2007 14:35
Behindu I can never see the point of seeing the 'blackest' option. Sonks has always had the end of September as his return target, the 'official'
updates have pretty consistently supported that and so has unoffical news. There is no reason to claim that 'realistically' it's 4-6 weeks away, any more than it's 'realistic' to say Little is a couple of months away.
I know we've seen situations before where recovery has taken longer than expected and players have set backs but why claim wild guesses are 'realistic' when they quite clearly aren't !
I'd be a little worried if Sonks did return against Liverpool - woul dmuch rather he had a reserve game first !
People will be picking figures out of the air to prove the club is making a huge profit / loss next !!!
So what constitutes 'a few weeks'? Two would be a couple. Presumably that makes 'a few' three or four, at which point he will be 'back in full training'.
So saying 'realistically 4-6' weeks from a return to first team football has nothing to do with taking a wild guess, being unrealistic or taking the blackest option. It is merely making a deduction based on the proper meaning of the words used in the original statement.
Likewise Little is only expected to be getting into a position over the 'next few weeks' where he can start running . Assuming that Little isn't even able to start running for a few weeks, is it really unrealistic or taking a really pessimistic view to suggest that he won't be back into first team football for at least a couple of months?
Now leaving aside the actual meaning of the words used, there have been plenty of occasions when predicted returns to first team football have proved to have been over-optimistic. Kitson has been a serial offender! and Little himself has suffered from this with his current injury.
So you eternal optimists can continue to 'Always look on the bright side of life' (and don't forget those who sang that were crucified), whilst I will stick to what I regard as realistic and my interpretation of the English used in the statements.
