John Fearn to Chelsea

[floyd__streete]

Knowing Reading, he'll probably be back in 5 years as first team manager. "I've got a world class bedside manner". He'll bring Dr Chadha in as Football Consultant.

[Royalee]

I'm pleased if this is true, he's got a pretty awful record of mis-diagnosing injuries and bringing players back too soon.

[Deathy]

I'm pleased if this is true, he's got a pretty awful record of mis-diagnosing injuries and bringing players back too soon.

Go on then...? As far as I can remember, Bobby Convey is the only known question mark over his judgement.

[Wycombe Royal]

I'm pleased if this is true, he's got a pretty awful record of mis-diagnosing injuries and bringing players back too soon.

Go on then...? As far as I can remember, Bobby Convey is the only known question mark over his judgement.

Glen Little.

[Royal Lady]

I don't think he's going at the end of the month btw, I think it's later than that - probs after Xmas. Or something.

[Deathy]

I'm pleased if this is true, he's got a pretty awful record of mis-diagnosing injuries and bringing players back too soon.

Go on then...? As far as I can remember, Bobby Convey is the only known question mark over his judgement.

Glen Little.

Official or opinion?

[Hoop Blah]

It would be hard to argue he got Murty back to fitness quickly either!

We seem to have lots of lingering injuries over the last few seasons. Not all of that will be down to Fearn of course, but it's been a significant increase on previous years (maybe just because the squad was getting older?).

I still maintain Clark was the bee's knee's and the main reason we had a fit and relatively injury free squad for so long.

[Wycombe Royal]

Go on then...? As far as I can remember, Bobby Convey is the only known question mark over his judgement.

Glen Little.

Official or opinion?

Well it was never on the official site, but it was mentioned in an interview with Glen. Basically the decision was made to let his ankle heal when he should have had an operation on it alot earlier. If he had had the operation he would probably been available for about half of our relegation season rather than missing nearly all of it.

[Deathy]

Not good, but I can't imagine there's a physio out there that gets it right 100% of the time. Fearn did a great job with Murty for example, and that was continued from whatshisface who also left for Chelsea iirc. That alone was a job in itself - and Kitson.

[Wycombe Royal]

Not good, but I can't imagine there's a physio out there that gets it right 100% of the time.

No there isn't and that why I don't belive this is a big issue. Fearn leaves and we get a new physio. End of.

[Dirk Gently]

Not good, but I can't imagine there's a physio out there that gets it right 100% of the time.

No there isn't and that why I don't belive this is a big issue. Fearn leaves and we get a new physio. End of.

Especially as it's hardly likely that we have got rid of him and he's then gone and joined Chelsea out of desperation.

It's much miore likely that Chelsea have recruited him with a better deal and we now need to look for a replacement.

[FiNeRaIn]

He's the reason for our poor start of the season - fvck him off.

[Hoop Blah]

Not good, but I can't imagine there's a physio out there that gets it right 100% of the time. Fearn did a great job with Murty for example, and that was continued from whatshisface who also left for Chelsea iirc. That alone was a job in itself - and Kitson.

What great job with Murty? He basically missed the whole of last season...

And who left for Chelsea?

[Royalee]

I'm pleased if this is true, he's got a pretty awful record of mis-diagnosing injuries and bringing players back too soon.

Go on then...? As far as I can remember, Bobby Convey is the only known question mark over his judgement.

Convey, Little, Kitson when they brought him back too early about 13535 times the year before we went up, he didn't get Murty right in the Prem, Noel Hunt. Key players who have all been out far longer than they should have because he mis-diagnosed them or brought them back too early. The only one he got spot on was Doyle's hamstring. If he hadn't totally messed up with those two wingers then we'd still be in the Premiership.

[Deathy]

God, he really was bad. Hence the step down.

[Royalee]

?

[Deathy]

Well he's clearly not very good at his job, so a step down at a nothing club like Chelsea is nothing less than he deserves.

[brendywendy]

I'm pleased if this is true, he's got a pretty awful record of mis-diagnosing injuries and bringing players back too soon.

Go on then...? As far as I can remember, Bobby Convey is the only known question mark over his judgement.

Convey, Little, Kitson when they brought him back too early about 13535 times the year before we went up, he didn't get Murty right in the Prem, Noel Hunt. Key players who have all been out far longer than they should have because he mis-diagnosed them or brought them back too early. The only one he got spot on was Doyle's hamstring. If he hadn't totally messed up with those two wingers then we'd still be in the Premiership.

dont forget sonks

'greed

no great loss
worst record as a physio
EVER

edit- apart from whoever does englands cricket team

[Hoop Blah]

I think he's still been better than Paul Turner but since Clark left we've definately struggled a lot more with long term injuries.

I don't know how much Fearn was at fault for those players being rushed back a bit too early. Personally I've always thought we rush the likes of Kitson back too quickly because we didn't have enough strength in depth and so were left with more pressure to play him. For that I'd blame others, not Fearn.

[Hoop Blah]

Can we add Noel Hunt to that list now?

Knee problems from the middle of last season, never really back to 100% and now, getting on for 12 months later he's had an op and is out for months.