Injuries

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We've been incredibly unlucky with injuries.

And the worry is that Coleman and Bolasie won't be so strong when they return.

I dunno about Ross. Does a hamstring usually take so long to mend?

A torn hamstring, absolutely yes. As far as hamstring injuries go Ross's was about as bad as they come. Out of all of our long term absentees he's the one I worry for most. Look no further than the likes of Mirallas, arguably never as explosive after his hamstring troubles in his first season, and I think McCarthy has had problems with his hamstring as well and is now just picking up one injury after another. There's no greater example of how a hamstring injury can be so debilitating than Michael Owen. A world class striker with outrageous pace reduced to little more than a glorified poacher by his late twenties because of hamstring troubles.