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Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
You all know now he's not making the first game and will be mysteriously unfit for about 6 weeks. Everton that.
SpurtingLesbian
Ken Dodd Nagasaki
RIP Rom
He's with the Physios now...
He's with the Physios now...
We need to get them legs on a diet, pronto.
Donald Twain
Vide cor meum
USABlue
Player Valuation: £70m
Roberto Martinez says he could not afford to gamble with Romelu Lukaku's fitness after taking him off earlier than planned against Dundee.
But the Everton manager insists the £28m striker has not suffered a hamstring problem as first feared but, instead, was experiencing muscle fatigue.
Lukaku left the field at Dens Park, after 32 minutes, appearing to hold his left leg and fears grew that he had become the latest victim of Everton's hamstring curse.
But Martinez, whose side won 2-0 over Dundee, says a packed pre-season programme had caught up with the 22-year-old and he was withdrawn as a precaution.
"Rom has been playing a lot of minutes and after the first 25 minutes he was feeling his legs being a little too heavy so we didn't want to take any risks," Martinez said.
"It is not a problem at all. He got a lot of good work in the two games we had up here and in Singapore.
"We have a little period before the weekend to make sure he is ready and refreshed and in a way with good volume without being over-worked. It was part of the exercise."
But the Everton manager insists the £28m striker has not suffered a hamstring problem as first feared but, instead, was experiencing muscle fatigue.
Lukaku left the field at Dens Park, after 32 minutes, appearing to hold his left leg and fears grew that he had become the latest victim of Everton's hamstring curse.
But Martinez, whose side won 2-0 over Dundee, says a packed pre-season programme had caught up with the 22-year-old and he was withdrawn as a precaution.
"Rom has been playing a lot of minutes and after the first 25 minutes he was feeling his legs being a little too heavy so we didn't want to take any risks," Martinez said.
"It is not a problem at all. He got a lot of good work in the two games we had up here and in Singapore.
"We have a little period before the weekend to make sure he is ready and refreshed and in a way with good volume without being over-worked. It was part of the exercise."
MichaelEFC96
Player Valuation: £10m
Bring back Steve Tash
Seriously, what the hell? For someone who professed 'if a player gets a soft muscle injury someone messed up' the team sure does have a lot of weird injuries..Bobby and his Physio certificate strike again.
II McColl II
Player Valuation: £6m
Hes 22 and can't handle a game and 30 minutes in the space of 2 days, we are meant to be near the end of pre season and reaching maximum fitness levels and hes fatigued against 2 sides we controlled the games against.
I know hes a big lad but that is shocking, hopefully a wake up call for bobby that we badly need another option.
I know hes a big lad but that is shocking, hopefully a wake up call for bobby that we badly need another option.
EvertonRhys
Knee jerker
I doubt it, all of last season was a wake up call- not going to happen! (Hope to be vaulted on this!)
witchdoc187
Player Valuation: £60m
Muscle fatigue. Isn't that what alcaraz had for about 6 months? At least he came back the same player
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