Zoetermeer Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 My star midfielder has been out with a 'virus' for two weeks now...seriously? This should be toned down. 4-5 days absolute max for a sickness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dSquib Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Ever heard of the Spanish Flu? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 couple of mine had swine flu!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwfan Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Have you ever tried to play sport after flu? Years back I played a singles tennis match about 5 days after my flu symptoms had seemingly gone. I had never lost to the player before and have never lost to him since. A standard scoreline is 6-2, 6-1 to me. I lost 6-3, 6-4, simply because I still had nothing in my legs and couldn't chase down balls. That's 5 days out with symptoms plus 5 days when I seemed fine. I still wasn't able to play high level club tennis (probably the equivalent to League 1 football in the tennis standards hierarchy (ITN 3-3.5 level)). Imagine how much extra time I'd have needed to recover for elite level sport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
0gris Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Just wait till you get a serious viral infection. 8-13 months. Yup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipknot67 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Just wait till you get a serious viral infection. 8-13 months.Yup. Was going to post this...also you should google Morten Weighorst and check out his Wiki page. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceirdiff Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I got a virus (read: tonsillitis) about a month back and I'm still 20 seconds off my average pace when jogging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herter Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 max 5 days? what have you been smoking? We mere mortals often go back to work after 1-2 days, but for a professional footballer it can take a few weeks to get back to 100% since sometimes you're just really drained for energy a long time after the illness, as wwfan has an excellent example of. I play indoor football and I can often feel the lack of energy after a flu for 2-3 weeks afterwards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 IRL Darren Fletcher had virus since March all up to August IIRC! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggusD Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 And Drogba's Malaria illness? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 My star midfielder has been out with a 'virus' for two weeks now...seriously? This should be toned down. 4-5 days absolute max for a sickness. A virus can be anything. Sometimes it keeps players out for two years, sometimes two days. People get sick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWaRFeGa Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 My star midfielder has been out with a 'virus' for two weeks now...seriously? This should be toned down. 4-5 days absolute max for a sickness. I think you're confusing a virus with a cold. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan BHTFC Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 A player at the club I support had a serious virus, he was out for 11 months then it took him another 6 months to get back to gull fitness Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWaRFeGa Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 A player at the club I support had a serious virus, he was out for 11 months then it took him another 6 months to get back to gull fitness Was that on a diet of stolen promenade chips and pastries? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herter Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 A player at the club I support had a serious virus, he was out for 11 months then it took him another 6 months to get back to gull fitness Gull fitness.. that made me laugh - does that mean he could fly? or just poo on people? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LambyGHS Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 IRL Darren Fletcher had virus since March all up to August IIRC! And Drogba's Malaria illness? These two are the examples that i was going to give...as said they are not suffering from a cold where you generally send them home for 1-2 days this virus could be anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWaRFeGa Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 These two are the examples that i was going to give...as said they are not suffering from a cold where you generally send them home for 1-2 days this virus could be anything. Markus Babbel would probably be the most serious? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_numbers Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Markus Babbel would probably be the most serious? That comes under serious viral infection rather than virus doesn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWaRFeGa Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 That comes under serious viral infection rather than virus doesn't it? Dang, you're absolutely right! I've somehow blended them into one My mistake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
postal postie Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 a virus will seriously affect your system. it would easily be a good 2-3 days before your ready just to get out of bed, never mind be able to do some football training and play a match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoetermeer Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 Okay, I admit you guys are probably right. I was thinking more along the lines of 'stomach virus' or something like that. I've known NBA players to play through stuff like that on some occasions, though they can be subbed in and out as often as they need to be. In American sports I don't think I've seen any serious viral infections to players that I can remember, however. In my Man City game, Silva got the virus, and he's the midfielder that makes my offense go. It couldn't have been a worse time to get sick. We were in 2nd, 3 points behind Man Utd, and were playing against them the next day (and lost). Then we subsequently got knocked out of the EURO cup, and only managed a draw in our semifinal FA cup game against Chelsea. It's the first time we have lost back-to-back games all season. What a bummer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackripper Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 man flu is known to put a man on his death bed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakers Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Markus Babbel was out for close to 12 months with a virus. Heggem missed 2 years. Both played for Liverpool at the time they got their illness (not in the squad at the same time though) - what does that say about Liverpool I wonder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanSpur Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Maybe your player was about to fail a drugs test so they said he's sick just so the effects won't be visible. Pretty realistic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Themer Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 You only have to look at Darren Fletcher last year as well, altough nowhere near as serious as others mentioned in the thread. He seemed to be ruled out for ever and more importantly lost a massive amount of his conditioning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmi88 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I thought when I opened this the player had man flu, oh well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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