Carroll His Own Worst Enemy According to West Ham Physio
The Andy Carroll injury merry go round is set to be run again. The West Ham striker could be in line to play against Huddersfield.
As has seemingly been the case for far too much of his career Andy Carroll is currently on the sideline with an injury. The oft-injured striker is his own “worst enemy” according to West Ham physio Gary Lewin. And we’re not talking about self injury here.
Andy Carroll is an important player for the club. One of the largest problem at the club in recent seasons has of course been the fact that they can’t get a solid run of play out of the big man. He’s an incredibly influential player for both West Ham and England when he plays but at the moment he spends far more time collecting 100k pounds a week and sitting on the bench wearing flat caps and large assortments of denim than playing football for the Hammers.
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Man Management
On many occasions it has been suggested by supporters and some journalists (this one perhaps included) that Carroll doesn’t seem to want to play for West Ham. That has been perhaps unfair to Carroll and coming to his defense in that realm is West Ham physio Gary Lewin. Which is good for Carroll, because who knows better?
According to Lewin it is Carroll’s desire to play football so badly that ironically hurts his ability to do that very thing. In an interview with MooreThanJustAClub.com
"“He does want to play, that is all he wants to do. You hear a lot of nonsense about him not wanting to play, seriously he just wants to play football. Although that is a strength, it is also a problem because we have to manage him, but it is a good problem to have.”"
The odd thing here is that it does speak to a remarkable amount of mismanagement on the medical staff’s part. If the player is not ready to play then, they are not ready. Regardless of what they want to do it is your job as a medical officer of the club to restrict that. The players health is your concern not their desire. There are new staff in this season for the physio department, so hopefully this is the key to getting Carroll back and fit. Regularly, that is.