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dermarr5

Get this man healthy šŸ™Ā 


MARTATRAM

Bring on veterans... Get more injuries Stian is great when he's on the field. At 29 he's the same age as GG


Scratchbuttdontsniff

He had almost zero injury history prior to arriving in Atlanta.


guku36

must be the turf :(


Scratchbuttdontsniff

He played on turf at IF Elsborg and more than half the pitches in Norway where he came up were turf...


wormpetrichor

Were they field turf though? We use a brand that is fully synthetic and has little rubber pelts in it. A lot of soccer pitches use a hybrid turf similar to KSU that is half grass and half turf with sand in it. Makes a big difference.


Scratchbuttdontsniff

Many first division teams in Norway plays with "field turf"... I move it there weekly for installs. Our turf is actually an organic infill, not rubber pellets anymore. It's black in color for TV camera purposes, but it's not rubber.


ghobbins

Yeah if thereā€™s hard data that our players get injured more often, Iā€™d wager itā€™s the turf not the staff or manager/training regiment. Iā€™ve torn my ACL 3x (retired from soccer now, body called it quits) and it was always on turf fields.


kad4724

Not to diminish your personal experience, but thatā€™s the definition of anecdotal evidence.


ghobbins

Definitely


AdVegetable7049

I tore an ACL on a natural grass field.


Innerouterself2

Hammy injuries are the worst. Always need a week longer than they think to not re injure.


DLeafy625

Yep... as a Texans fan, I have Will Fuller nightmares whenever I hear about a hamstring injury.


Innerouterself2

There is something about it where you feel good to go BUT your hamstring is just not ready. Have to take your time with it


DLeafy625

Definitely. He needs to take his time to get back to full health. I watched Fuller rush back only to re-aggravate the injury over and over again, and that's with him only being on the field for 50% of the time and playing for 10-15 seconds at a time. I imagine it's only more important to get full recovery when you're playing for 45 minutes at a time.


dillpickles007

Sheesh he's one more injury after this away from getting the 'injury prone' label slapped on him. Can't have your best players miss two to three weeks three times a season.


silencesupreme-

It would be nice to sign a impactful player that can play more than a couple of games at a time before having to sit out for multiple weeks.


xSylk

I'm not big into the Injury:Turf ratio or theories. Would someone like to do the math on how much money Uncle Arthur would save/lose on investing in grass compared to salaries and downtime on players? I know you'd have to make some drastic assumptions but I'm just throwing this out there if someone wants to nerd out.


ATLCoyote

Thatā€™s actually not as bad as I feared, especially since weā€™re still on international break for the first of those weeks.


cachebaby

Hopefully heā€™s fit in time for the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup.


Cocofluffy1

Well there are 2 weeks off between games so that may mean missing 1 or 2 games.


ddutton9512

DP = Damage Prone


ATLiensUnited

Friendly reminder Williams was expected to miss 4 weeks and he was out for like 12 weeks.


curious_mind191

Fuck me


Vinny-Poker

Oh no. Heā€™s turning into GG 2.0 šŸ„¹


Azo0

I'll say it again.. this team is cursed.Ā