Injury watch 2025/26

[Hound]

Twitter saying Marriott 4-6 weeks out - source pretty reliable.

Might make Xmas fixtures then.

No surprise. Get a player who hasn’t played 90 mins for a year and then he plays every minute for 6 games

[Sutekh]

Twitter saying Marriott 4-6 weeks out - source pretty reliable.

Might make Xmas fixtures then.

No surprise. Get a player who hasn’t played 90 mins for a year and then he plays every minute for 6 games

He's Graeme Murty in reverse. Murts had been pretty much ever present at York, he got here, joined 1 training session and was promptly out for 6 months.

[Hound]

With Wigan being off; should everyone except Fraser be back for our next game? Obvs don’t know what the story is with Burns or Jacob but the u21 looks full strength now as well.

Be an interesting selection for that game

[Mid Sussex Royal]

With Wigan being off; should everyone except Fraser be back for our next game? Obvs don’t know what the story is with Burns or Jacob but the u21 looks full strength now as well.

Be an interesting selection for that game

I think Marriott is out for most of November (on X), but there's been nothing official on that or from any journos.

[Sutekh]

With Wigan being off; should everyone except Fraser be back for our next game? Obvs don’t know what the story is with Burns or Jacob but the u21 looks full strength now as well.

Be an interesting selection for that game

I think Marriott is out for most of November (on X), but there's been nothing official on that or from any journos.

Out for 4-6 weeks from beginning of November, so likely to be out until the Xmas games start being played.

[RoyalBlue]

Might make Xmas fixtures then.

No surprise. Get a player who hasn’t played 90 mins for a year and then he plays every minute for 6 games

He's Graeme Murty in reverse. Murts had been pretty much ever present at York, he got here, joined 1 training session and was promptly out for 6 months.

Am I imagining it or wasn't it subsequently discovered that one of his legs was a slightly different length to the other? Problem solved with a boot insert or something similar?

[RoyalBlue]

Isn't Josh Bowen responsible for this department at Reading FC....?

Yes - but I don't think any of the players have been out longer than anticipated apart from maybe O'Conner.

All these muscle injuries/fatigue have been caused at least partly by Hunt's training regime which he admitted himself was intense.

If it was that intense then the argument about Carlisle being fitter than us doesn’t really wash.
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I believe it's possible to undertake the wrong format of intensive training that will do little to improve overall fitness but lead to an increased risk of injury.

[Hound]

With Wigan being off; should everyone except Fraser be back for our next game? Obvs don’t know what the story is with Burns or Jacob but the u21 looks full strength now as well.

Be an interesting selection for that game

I think Marriott is out for most of November (on X), but there's been nothing official on that or from any journos.

Out for 4-6 weeks from beginning of November, so likely to be out until the Xmas games start being played.

If we are relatively successful til then, with the window opening shortly after, fair chance he won’t be getting back in the side imo if he’s out that long. Definitely in his own interest to get back sooner

[morganb]

I think Marriott is out for most of November (on X), but there's been nothing official on that or from any journos.

Out for 4-6 weeks from beginning of November, so likely to be out until the Xmas games start being played.

If we are relatively successful til then, with the window opening shortly after, fair chance he won’t be getting back in the side imo if he’s out that long. Definitely in his own interest to get back sooner

Just checking - do you expect Kelvin E and/or MOM to keep a fit Marriott out of the side and then for Couhig to bring in a (better) striker in the January window?

Admittedly we now have a new manager but neither of these things happened earlier in the season so not sure either will happen now

[RoyalBlue]

Out for 4-6 weeks from beginning of November, so likely to be out until the Xmas games start being played.

If we are relatively successful til then, with the window opening shortly after, fair chance he won’t be getting back in the side imo if he’s out that long. Definitely in his own interest to get back sooner

Just checking - do you expect Kelvin E and/or MOM to keep a fit Marriott out of the side and then for Couhig to bring in a (better) striker in the January window?

Admittedly we now have a new manager but neither of these things happened earlier in the season so not sure either will happen now

I'm looking forward to welcoming that fantastic new striker who will produce a better strike rate than Marriott has done since he joined and keep him out of the side !

[Hound]

Out for 4-6 weeks from beginning of November, so likely to be out until the Xmas games start being played.

If we are relatively successful til then, with the window opening shortly after, fair chance he won’t be getting back in the side imo if he’s out that long. Definitely in his own interest to get back sooner

Just checking - do you expect Kelvin E and/or MOM to keep a fit Marriott out of the side and then for Couhig to bring in a (better) striker in the January window?

Admittedly we now have a new manager but neither of these things happened earlier in the season so not sure either will happen now

A fit KE yes. And yes a different sort of striker in Jan. LR will undoubtedly have someone in mind, Hunt seemed to have MoM in mind, it just don’t work or

To the other poster - scoring 6 in 8 or whatever is no good if your team doesn’t win when you play. He is prob an occasional starter/sub at this level

[Brogue]

If we are relatively successful til then, with the window opening shortly after, fair chance he won’t be getting back in the side imo if he’s out that long. Definitely in his own interest to get back sooner

Just checking - do you expect Kelvin E and/or MOM to keep a fit Marriott out of the side and then for Couhig to bring in a (better) striker in the January window?

Admittedly we now have a new manager but neither of these things happened earlier in the season so not sure either will happen now

A fit KE yes. And yes a different sort of striker in Jan. LR will undoubtedly have someone in mind, Hunt seemed to have MoM in mind, it just don’t work or

To the other poster - scoring 6 in 8 or whatever is no good if your team doesn’t win when you play. He is prob an occasional starter/sub at this level

+1 he's completely ineffectual in games outside of his goals, most of which have been opportunistic tap in's . He doesn't work the channels or press the oppositions defense, he cant hold the ball up, or play with his back to goal. He's very much a sub striker who feeds off scraps in the box. Not someone who can lead the line for us. If MoM scores a few to get his season going i see him as a much more suitable striker for the second half of the season than Marriott. If kelvin plays like he did against Stevenage then there is no way Marriott starts ahead of him.

[LUX]

Yes but we still need a goalscorer. How many have we scored since Marriot started his run of goals? How many of those were not his?

[Hound]

Yes but we still need a goalscorer. How many have we scored since Marriot started his run of goals? How many of those were not his?

We’ve scored in our last 13 league games, 6 of which he played. We’ve got 7 points from 3 games since he got injured (and scored 2 vs Carlisle in the cup)

Goal scoring isn’t actually an issue for us and hasn’t been all season. In fact I think the only games we haven’t scored in all season in all comps are the first 2 and then Wrexham in the cup.

8 team goals in 6 when he played, 19 in 15 for the whole season. Barely makes any difference at all

[Hendo]

Yes but we still need a goalscorer. How many have we scored since Marriot started his run of goals? How many of those were not his?

We’ve scored in our last 13 league games, 6 of which he played. We’ve got 7 points from 3 games since he got injured (and scored 2 vs Carlisle in the cup)

Goal scoring isn’t actually an issue for us and hasn’t been all season. In fact I think the only games we haven’t scored in all season in all comps are the first 2 and then Wrexham in the cup.

8 team goals in 6 when he played, 19 in 15 for the whole season. Barely makes any difference at all

I feel like scoring more than 1 has been our major problem this year and results in us drawing too many games.

[Snowflake Royal]

If we are relatively successful til then, with the window opening shortly after, fair chance he won’t be getting back in the side imo if he’s out that long. Definitely in his own interest to get back sooner

Just checking - do you expect Kelvin E and/or MOM to keep a fit Marriott out of the side and then for Couhig to bring in a (better) striker in the January window?

Admittedly we now have a new manager but neither of these things happened earlier in the season so not sure either will happen now

A fit KE yes. And yes a different sort of striker in Jan. LR will undoubtedly have someone in mind, Hunt seemed to have MoM in mind, it just don’t work or

To the other poster - scoring 6 in 8 or whatever is no good if your team doesn’t win when you play. He is prob an occasional starter/sub at this level

I think you're mad, Hound.

[South Coast Royal]

Just checking - do you expect Kelvin E and/or MOM to keep a fit Marriott out of the side and then for Couhig to bring in a (better) striker in the January window?

Admittedly we now have a new manager but neither of these things happened earlier in the season so not sure either will happen now

A fit KE yes. And yes a different sort of striker in Jan. LR will undoubtedly have someone in mind, Hunt seemed to have MoM in mind, it just don’t work or

To the other poster - scoring 6 in 8 or whatever is no good if your team doesn’t win when you play. He is prob an occasional starter/sub at this level

I think you're mad, Hound.

I think he has explained his view many times very well and is far from mad.
In the same way that some managers praise players who are not scoring but bring a lot to the game plan and goals for others so the opposite can also apply that a player can score some goals but has no added value to the team.

On this matter I am happy to join the Hound mad club although I don't feel quite so strongly as he does about the matter.

[Snowflake Royal]

Hound loves the stat about results with and without Marriott, but how many games has he played with Williams and O'Connor together at the back, two huge difference makers in terms of our ability to concede fewer goals?

Williams and O'Connor stopping things leaking, whilst Marriott scores almost a goal a game and you'll quickly see results improve

[Clyde1998]

Hound loves the stat about results with and without Marriott, but how many games has he played with Williams and O'Connor together at the back, two huge difference makers in terms of our ability to concede fewer goals?

Williams and O'Connor stopping things leaking, whilst Marriott scores almost a goal a game and you'll quickly see results improve

One against Doncaster, IIRC.

I'd say having Williams and O'Connor playing together has been the biggest factor in our recent uptick in league results.

[Snowflake Royal]

Hound loves the stat about results with and without Marriott, but how many games has he played with Williams and O'Connor together at the back, two huge difference makers in terms of our ability to concede fewer goals?

Williams and O'Connor stopping things leaking, whilst Marriott scores almost a goal a game and you'll quickly see results improve

One against Doncaster, IIRC.

I'd say having Williams and O'Connor playing together has been the biggest factor in our recent uptick in league results.

Same.