Sasa

[martin120863]

So sorry to hear of Sasa's latest injury.

Always comes across as a solid character looking to do his best for his club.

Horrible news Sasa - Wish you all the best

 

[Northampton_wolf]

Philipp Hinze

@philipphinze24

Sasa Kalajdzic wird heute in England vom Spezialisten Dr. Andy Williams operiert. Kalajdzic-Berater Sascha Empacher sagt exklusiv gegenüber Sky: „Es ist frustrierend, aber keine Sorge: Sasa kommt zurück. Er ist mental sehr stark und nimmt nun diese Aufgabe an. Danach sehen wir ihn im Winter spätestens wieder.“
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Sasa Kalajdzic is being treated in England today by specialist Dr. Andy Williams undergoes surgery. Kalajdzic advisor Sascha Empacher tells Sky exclusively: “It’s frustrating, but don’t worry: Sasa is coming back. He is mentally very strong and is now taking on this task. After that, we’ll see him again in winter at the latest.”
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https://twitter.com/philipphinze24/status/1760604640331120988/photo/1

 

[Monketron]

Sadly, mentality means nothing if your body just isn't cut out for the stresses of physical sport. He's suffered 3 crucial ligament injuries which will put him out for 9-12 months at a time and on top of that 6 months out with a bone fracture, 4 months out with ankle ligaments and 4 months out with a shoulder dislocation and he's still only 26.

Over the last 6 years he's basically spent as many days injured as he has fit to play.

 

[Northampton_wolf]

Sadly, mentally means nothing if your body just isn't cut out for the stresses of physical sport. He's suffered 3 crucial ligament injuries which will put him out for 9-12 months at a time and on top of that 6 months out with a bone fracture, 4 months out with ankle ligaments and 4 months out with a shoulder dislocation and he's still only 26.

Over the last 6 years he's basically spent as many days injured as he has fit to play.

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He may be fit in winter to train but not play, look how long it took last time, 14 months and still wasnt really truly fit , now broke again.

We are going to have take a loss and let him go to germany on a small deal

 

[WolfLing]

Philipp Hinze
@philipphinze24

Sasa Kalajdzic wird heute in England vom Spezialisten Dr. Andy Williams operiert. Kalajdzic-Berater Sascha Empacher sagt exklusiv gegenüber Sky: „Es ist frustrierend, aber keine Sorge: Sasa kommt zurück. Er ist mental sehr stark und nimmt nun diese Aufgabe an. Danach sehen wir ihn im Winter spätestens wieder.“
@SkySportDE
Translated from German by
Sasa Kalajdzic is being treated in England today by specialist Dr. Andy Williams undergoes surgery. Kalajdzic advisor Sascha Empacher tells Sky exclusively: “It’s frustrating, but don’t worry: Sasa is coming back. He is mentally very strong and is now taking on this task. After that, we’ll see him again in winter at the latest.”
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1760604640331120988

Incidentally, this is the same surgeon who Roger Johnson unsuccessfully tried to sue for the operation on his knee.

 

[giantwolf]

Incidentally, this is the same surgeon who Roger Johnson unsuccessfully tried to sue for the operation on his knee.

Indeed, he is the "go to" for most Premier League clubs and other top level sports people for this type of injury

 

[JonahWolf]

Sadly, mentally means nothing if your body just isn't cut out for the stresses of physical sport. He's suffered 3 crucial ligament injuries which will put him out for 9-12 months at a time and on top of that 6 months out with a bone fracture, 4 months out with ankle ligaments and 4 months out with a shoulder dislocation and he's still only 26.

Over the last 6 years he's basically spent as many days injured as he has fit to play.

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I mean, his body shape and type makes me rather suspect that he has some form of connective tissue disorder. Particularly when you consider his brother is a very normal height and shape, yet Sasa is 6’7’’ with very long thin limbs.

I have been given a vague diagnosis of ‘symptomatic hypermobility’, which is how they describe a connective tissue disorder when they can’t be ***** (or afford to keep throwing genetic tests around) to try and pin down exactly which one, as has one of my Sons so far that has a very similar body shape.
I’m getting increasing aches and pains in all joints, nothing ever quite feels stable…but it wasn’t anywhere near this bad in my mid-20s.

Just seems that elite conditioning and youth has managed to carry him this far, but structurally, at a cellular level, his joints aren’t going to be able to cope with the rigours of top level sport.
Which would be gutting for him if that’s the case.
There’s enough added strain on joints because of his height, but if CTD is part of the reason for his height, I can’t see how he’ll ever make a sustained recovery.

 

[Northampton_wolf]

Update on sasa on website he has had surgery i expect its a good 9 to 12 months from now, so probably Jan transfer window he will be looking better

 

[WickedWolfie]

Incidentally, this is the same surgeon who Roger Johnson unsuccessfully tried to sue for the operation on his knee.

I believe that he also did Sasa's last op.

 

[Sussex Wolf]

I mean, his body shape and type makes me rather suspect that he has some form of connective tissue disorder. Particularly when you consider his brother is a very normal height and shape, yet Sasa is 6’7’’ with very long thin limbs.

I have been given a vague diagnosis of ‘symptomatic hypermobility’, which is how they describe a connective tissue disorder when they can’t be ***** (or afford to keep throwing genetic tests around) to try and pin down exactly which one, as has one of my Sons so far that has a very similar body shape.
I’m getting increasing aches and pains in all joints, nothing ever quite feels stable…but it wasn’t anywhere near this bad in my mid-20s.

Just seems that elite conditioning and youth has managed to carry him this far, but structurally, at a cellular level, his joints aren’t going to be able to cope with the rigours of top level sport.
Which would be gutting for him if that’s the case.
There’s enough added strain on joints because of his height, but if CTD is part of the reason for his height, I can’t see how he’ll ever make a sustained recovery.

It’s an interesting theory, and I’m very familiar with CTD’s having been genetically screened for every one of them. He doesn’t have classic Marfan’s appearance, but there are many others which can’t be diagnosed without looking at limb flexibility, scans of internal organs, and other telltale signs.

Just looking at his height and build, I think it’s worth remembering that Sasa is of Serbian descent, and Serbians are some of the tallest people on earth. Of note, according to a study in the Lancet, people in Serbia and neighbouring countries are not especially susceptible to MSK disorders (despite their relative tallness), so just because he’s unusually tall doesn’t mean he’s necessarily prone to joint issues.

So an interesting theory, but probably best we don’t speculate given how little we know about him.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Sasa still won us 6 points this season. Wish him all the best

 

[sillytuna]

It’s an interesting theory, and I’m very familiar with CTD’s having been genetically screened for every one of them. He doesn’t have classic Marfan’s appearance, but there are many others which can’t be diagnosed without looking at limb flexibility, scans of internal organs, and other telltale signs.

Just looking at his height and build, I think it’s worth remembering that Sasa is of Serbian descent, and Serbians are some of the tallest people on earth. Of note, according to a study in the Lancet, people in Serbia and neighbouring countries are not especially susceptible to MSK disorders (despite their relative tallness), so just because he’s unusually tall doesn’t mean he’s necessarily prone to joint issues.

So an interesting theory, but probably best we don’t speculate given how little we know about him.

Interesting. The diagnosis I got was along the lines of - we don't know exactly what's wrong but your collagen is probably weird - no hyper mobility though, just chronic instability in wrists and ankles (and back - yay for me as I get older).

Problem is there's just nothing you can do about it beyond strengthening muscles - and in my case using tendon ops and external braces where ligaments can't do their job properly.

If sasa has anything like this then top level sport is just going to be too much. The long term risks are going to be pretty bad too.

 

[Sussex Wolf]

Interesting. The diagnosis I got was along the lines of - we don't know exactly what's wrong but your collagen is probably weird - no hyper mobility though, just chronic instability in wrists and ankles (and back - yay for me as I get older).

Problem is there's just nothing you can do about it beyond strengthening muscles - and in my case using tendon ops and external braces where ligaments can't do their job properly.

If sasa has anything like this then top level sport is just going to be too much. The long term risks are going to be pretty bad too.

In my case, it was something which happened to me when I was in my early 40’s, out of the blue, which was literally life or death. My aortic artery stretched to the point of dissection. Luckily I survived, but in trying to understand why it happened, given I had no family history or prior symptoms, then the doctors did a very thorough genetic screening of known markers, and when that drew a blank, participated in the 100,000 Genome Study, but that drew a blank too. My genome and what happened to me remains on file should they eventually find a genetic link.

 

[QB Wolf]

Sasa still won us 6 points this season. Wish him all the best

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[Mile End Wanderer]

4

Everton & Bournemouth we won both

 

[StaffordWolf]

Everton & Bournemouth we won both

Win instead of drew, so 2 extra points for each.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Win instead of drew, so 2 extra points for each.

Big loss for us and whoever wanted him regardless really. Not many big strikers left who can use the feet

 

[QB Wolf]

Everton & Bournemouth we won both

Yeah and if he hadn't have scored we'd have drawn and got 2 points, he got winners that gained us 4 more points

 

[Bradstonian]

Sasa is on his way back…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1782408112269414467

 

[SuperGran]

Sasa is on his way back…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1782408112269414467

Like a new signing

 

[Rhoswolf]

 

[jrpb-3]

Like a new signing

Hope it’s not an omen that the show more link cuts off the first page at “Unfortunately I won’t be able to get fit”

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

If he’s fit for the new season then great. Maybe we could sell him after all

 

[hollo]

He should retire before he does long lasting damage to his knees. He can't risk a 4th acl.

 

[WKFWolf]

i wish him all the best but 3 ACLs is a horrendous thing to come back from and cant imagine the impact it is having on him mentally, i hope hes getting all the necessary support.

 

[OLDGOLD]

Like a new signing

Indeed . And with the lack of money we had last season, what's the betting he gets the big build up by Jeff before next season as a reason not to let the moths out of the wallet. I like Sasa he seems like a good guy, but I can see him ever being up to the rigours of the Premier league, he is just not built robustly enough.

 

[SA Wolf]

Sasa is on his way back…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1782408112269414467

He's right to be positive and optimistic, but like others have intimated, his optimism may be misplaced. Can't see him coming back strongly enough to play in the Prem, but.....

 

[Darvo]

Surprised he hasn't called it a day. Best wishes to the lad.

 

[Lisas Husband]

Surprised he hasn't called it a day. Best wishes to the lad.

Being honest, when I started reading the tweet I half expected to see that he had.
Poor lad wasn't exactly blessed with pace anyway but after his 3rd ACL it'll be very difficult for him in any top league.

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

There's a very selfish and unpleasant bit of my brain saying it's a shame we aren't just claiming the insurance to put towards the Summer window. Still he's obviously a lovely guy and hopefully he gets himself fit enough to play as a pro again (even if it's not at our level), just seems sadly unlikely.

 

[Bawtry Wolf]

Surprised he hasn't called it a day. Best wishes to the lad.

He’d be stupid to. He needs to be told by a Dr that he shouldn’t play again then he can claim the insurance. Otherwise he gives up his contract with nowhere to go.

 

[SuperGran]

There's a very selfish and unpleasant bit of my brain saying it's a shame we aren't just claiming the insurance to put towards the Summer window. Still he's obviously a lovely guy and hopefully he gets himself fit enough to play as a pro again (even if it's not at our level), just seems sadly unlikely.

Yes seems the only solution but understandably he won’t want to go down that path
Even when if he gets fit I can’t see him being in Gary’s plans

 

[the genius]

Talented player but made of glass.

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Yes seems the only solution but understandably he won’t want to go down that path
Even when if he gets fit I can’t see him being in Gary’s plans

Don't want to sound harsh, on a human level I wish him all the best, but if he'd arrived and stayed fit from day one, I still don't think he'd have been anything more than a bit part squad player.

 

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

Don't want to sound harsh, on a human level I wish him all the best, but if he'd arrived and stayed fit from day one, I still don't think he'd have been anything more than a bit part squad player.

True. Even when he scored in his cameo's early in the season it was straight back to the bench.

He's not mobile enough to play the high tempo game I think GON favours.