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Darlogramps
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Andrew Nelson

Post by Darlogramps » Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:50 am

Won’t be playing until 2023 at the earliest. Needs surgery on the cartilage problem that’s been keeping him out.

Absolutely gutting for him.
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Re: Andrew Nelson

Post by H1987 » Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:00 am

Such a shame. Hope we can stick by him and he gets himself sorted for next season.

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Re: Andrew Nelson

Post by spen666 » Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:02 pm

H1987 wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:00 am
Such a shame. Hope we can stick by him and he gets himself sorted for next season.
His twitter account post says he won't be playing before the 2023/24 season. Not sure if that was a typo by him.

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Re: Andrew Nelson

Post by Yarblockos » Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:27 pm

Wow, he'll basically have missed 3 years of football by the time he can come back. Wonder how he makes a living outside of the game?

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Re: Andrew Nelson

Post by Quakerlad » Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:37 pm

Must be gutted after trying so hard to get back, hope it works out for him.
Was definitely worth the risk in the summer as would have been the answer to replacing Charman for sure.
Let’s give Mondal a final chance to show what he can do with surely a lot more confidence, as seems O’Neill has lost something in his game since first time around.
Then over to AA to unearth a goal scorer in the summer.

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Re: Andrew Nelson

Post by Comfortably_numb » Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:29 pm

Darlogramps wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:50 am
Won’t be playing until 2023 at the earliest. Needs surgery on the cartilage problem that’s been keeping him out.

Absolutely gutting for him.
2023?! wow - that must be some injury he's got to keep him out of the game for 11 months - unless he can't have surgery until a few months time.

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Re: Andrew Nelson

Post by darlo reborn » Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:51 pm

I`ve been waiting 2 yrs to get some dental work done on the nhs because of covid roll on May

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Re: Andrew Nelson

Post by H1987 » Thu Feb 10, 2022 9:10 am

spen666 wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:02 pm
H1987 wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:00 am
Such a shame. Hope we can stick by him and he gets himself sorted for next season.
His twitter account post says he won't be playing before the 2023/24 season. Not sure if that was a typo by him.
Jees, I missed that and just read 2023. At that point, you've got to wonder if he'll ever play at a decent level again. Such a shame. Hope he can get himself sorted and maybe he can train with us in the meantime (I'd assume his contract with us will be long gone at that stage).

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Re: Andrew Nelson

Post by jjljks » Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:01 pm

Don't think we can afford to carry Nella for yet another couple of years. Our squad has been stretched to the limit, especially in forward line, hence AA has a harsh decision to make & pull the plug rather than renew his contract. Make some room for some youngster in development to step into the squad and wish Nella a full recovery in the long term.

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Re: Andrew Nelson

Post by lo36789 » Thu Feb 10, 2022 1:21 pm

jjljks wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:01 pm
Don't think we can afford to carry Nella for yet another couple of years. Our squad has been stretched to the limit, especially in forward line, hence AA has a harsh decision to make & pull the plug rather than renew his contract. Make some room for some youngster in development to step into the squad and wish Nella a full recovery in the long term.
Depends what his terms are - if you are an injury risk getting anything but pay as you play will be hard.

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Re: Andrew Nelson

Post by Old Git » Thu Feb 10, 2022 1:52 pm

Would imagine he will have to look for a job outside of football if he hasn’t yet done that. Unfortunately, he is probably never going to be able to play full time, and the best he can hope for is to get back playing part time at some future point. I don’t believe he has been costing us a great deal of money this season but presumably even that will not continue much longer.
Good luck to the lad. Sounds like time to find another career path and hopefully he can do that successfully.

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