BridgeIsBlue 58,368 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, WATP-FOREVER said: No he's not mate - he's not even fast approaching 29 ffs man. Should be in the prime of his career yet he's hardly kicked a ball. Can't ignore horrendous injury records just because he plays for us HG5 likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WATP-FOREVER 5,230 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Just now, BridgeIsBlue said: Should be in the prime of his career yet he's hardly kicked a ball. Can't ignore horrendous injury records just because he plays for us Think he'll need to be retiring from SA national team. He took a bit of stick in the 1st game even though he scored - and he seemed a bit grumpy about that. So if he's going away and coming back injured, he needs to rethink that - I think anyway. HG5 likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BridgeIsBlue 58,368 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Just now, WATP-FOREVER said: Think he'll need to be retiring from SA national team. He took a bit of stick in the 1st game even though he scored - and he seemed a bit grumpy about that. So if he's going away and coming back injured, he needs to rethink that - I think anyway. We shouldn't be signing players if they have to retire from international football at 28 years of age because they're constantly injured. I hope he makes it here and remains fit but I fear this is the usual oh it's a wee knock then it'll be 7-10 days for scan results and before we know it he's out completely. HG5 and jintybear like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WATP-FOREVER 5,230 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 1 minute ago, BridgeIsBlue said: We shouldn't be signing players if they have to retire from international football at 28 years of age because they're constantly injured. I hope he makes it here and remains fit but I fear this is the usual oh it's a wee knock then it'll be 7-10 days for scan results and before we know it he's out completely. That is a point - but Steve Gerrard and Ross Wilson and probably a few others have done a top job with recruitment/s so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TMB 14,166 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 We have an established midfield 3 anyway. If Zungu ever gets fit and breaks in to the team then great. If not, send him back and it’s nothing lost. My expectations for this guy are pretty low TBH. HG5 likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prso's headband 23,501 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Tbh I wasn’t sure about this signing but fuck me there’s a difference between a knock and Gerrard saying he’s out for 4-6 weeks😂. johanhentze likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.Williamson. 50,129 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Is going to become our best midfielder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RS4_wul 2,417 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Hopefully he'll be fine and make an appearance off the bench on Sunday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluenoz 16,052 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Too many are seeing this guy with a glass half empty. He looks a player to me in limited minutes. Even his header for SA was really good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BridgeIsBlue 58,368 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 1 minute ago, bluenoz said: Too many are seeing this guy with a glass half empty. He looks a player to me in limited minutes. Even his header for SA was really good. What does this even mean? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johanhentze 7,282 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 I think people need to relax a bit until we actually know more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomatasauce 1,086 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Sickboy is keeping the treatment table warm for Wilshire coming leave him alone HG5 likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SeparateEntityMyArse 45,731 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Hopefully makes an appearance at the weekend and some folk can make excuses for their posts. The Dude likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kaiser1041 8,586 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 6 hours ago, johanhentze said: I think people need to relax a bit until we actually know more. But if they did that who’d wet all there yfronts and make there minds up for them that he’s done ? johanhentze likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johanhentze 7,282 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, kaiser1041 said: But if they did that who’d wet all there yfronts and make there minds up for them that he’s done ? Yea.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2nd Flute 11,393 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Rangers website if this guy doesn't get a game shortly Sparkle likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dude 11,689 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 He's a month older than Barisic and has played 40 fewer games in his career. I cant remember the same panty-wetting thread when Barisic returned injured from the last break. Barisic 10/11/92 - 223 club games Zungu 9/10/92 - 183 club games Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bronzy 16,478 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, The Dude said: He's a month older than Barisic and has played 40 fewer games in his career. I cant remember the same panty-wetting thread when Barisic returned injured from the last break. Barisic 10/11/92 - 223 club games Zungu 9/10/92 - 183 club games It's also worth pointing out that Zungu didn't start playing professionally until around the age of 20, and he's played half of his career in a league that only plays 30 games a season. If you divide his appearances by how many years he's played professionally, it works out at around 20 games a season, which honestly isn't that terrible. It's not indicative of Tavernier levels of fitness, sure, then again Tavernier had played on average around 20 games a season before joining us. As for Barisic, he also played on average 20 games a season before joining us. The Dude likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ForeverAndEver 46,633 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, The Dude said: He's a month older than Barisic and has played 40 fewer games in his career. I cant remember the same panty-wetting thread when Barisic returned injured from the last break. Barisic 10/11/92 - 223 club games Zungu 9/10/92 - 183 club games Was all of Barisic’s missed games through injury? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dude 11,689 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Just now, ForeverAndEver said: Was all of Barisic’s missed games through injury? Were all of Zungus? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ForeverAndEver 46,633 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, The Dude said: Were all of Zungus? Not all but considering he’s missed 400 days near enough through I’m considering the vast majority will be. I’ll take the victory, now, were Barisic’s? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bronzy 16,478 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 As an aside, Ryan Jack is far more injury-prone than Zungu https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ryan-jack/verletzungen/spieler/60793 As for Itten... https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cedric-itten/verletzungen/spieler/243856 The Dude likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dude 11,689 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 11 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said: Not all but considering he’s missed 400 days near enough through I’m considering the vast majority will be. I’ll take the victory, now, we’re Barisic’s? Barisic has missed about a quarter of that time - yet only managed 40 games more. Going by Transfermarkt Zungu missed 41 games over his career with two injuries. Barisic has missed 24 games for Rangers alone through injury. There are another almost 40 he missed at Osijek with no explanation but given he was captain at the time of about half of them, it seems odd he'd be dropped for between 5 and 8 games on the bounce on a few different occasions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bronzy 16,478 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 From what I can gather of Zungu's injury history, he actually has played quite regularly at every club he's been at. What makes his appearance total look worse is the fact he was a late starter as a professional footballer and also being extremely unfortunate to pick up two unrelated but major injuries two years apart (fractured tibia and serious knee injury). While that obviously isn't great, it's certainly preferable to the injury records of players like Roofe or Jack, who suffer from recurring injuries that can reappear at any given time and have made them consistently miss games. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dude 11,689 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, Bronzy said: As an aside, Ryan Jack is far more injury-prone than Zungu https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ryan-jack/verletzungen/spieler/60793 Missed more games for Rangers through injury than Zungu has his entire career. And he's older. Bronzy likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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