Jarrad Branthwaite will be out of action at least into the new year as the club announced that he is having surgery to fix his hamstring problem.
This comes as a massive blow after he failed to start the season, and it is likely to keep him out of action until well into the New Year, with a long period of recovovery and rehabilitation to follow surgery that will take place tomorrow.
He had returned to training on the grass last week with Merlin Rohl, who was fit enough to come off the bench as a late substitute at Manchester City on Saturday.
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Mark Murphy
1 Posted
20/10/2025 at
12:42:36
Anyone can verify or dismiss this?
Kevin Molloy
2 Posted
20/10/2025 at
12:58:20
No mention on Grand Old Team, Mark.
Ian Bennett
3 Posted
20/10/2025 at
13:07:54
It is on X, but not sure how reliable…
Ian Wilkins
4 Posted
20/10/2025 at
13:27:48
Needs a hamstring op, having just been out for 4 months with a hamstring problem…
Kevin Molloy
5 Posted
20/10/2025 at
14:00:03
GOT now covering it. Sickener.
Jack Convery
6 Posted
20/10/2025 at
14:29:51
Let’s hope it’s rubbish.
Andrew Keatley
7 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:11:57
I imagine hell be out for at least 3 months.
Brian Harrison
8 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:16:45
The club have just announced that Branthwaite has had a set back and will now require surgery.
Pat Kelly
9 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:25:35
Thats him out till next year, probably.
Kevin Molloy
10 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:25:58
How many times have we had this, ‘player suffers another setback from a nothing injury, now out for months’?
Joe McMahon
11 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:28:59
This always hits a small squad lacking in quality.
Jay Harris
12 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:33:18
Sickening for the lad and a real setback for us.
Raymond Fox
13 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:42:24
Sorry to say it’s looking like he’s one that’s always injured. Great shame but he’s not the first.
Christy Ring
14 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:42:40
I’m not a medical man, but out since start of season, and now they decide to operate, considering its the same injury he had previously? Massive loss.
David Bromwell
15 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:45:42
We are clearly short of defenders now.
Kieran Kinsella
16 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:53:10
How does it raise questions about the medical team? We have gone through numerous medical teams in the last 10 years, with RM blaming Danny Donachie, others blaming his replacements, Rafa blaming and changing everyone, etc etc. A recurrence of an injury is not uncommon. I don’t think our medical team today operate in the manner they did back when Walter Smith had medics injecting pain killers directly into Michael Ball’s ligaments. It is just one of those things in high level sport.
Michael Bennet
17 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:53:19
Fucking gutted.
Frank Crewe
18 Posted
20/10/2025 at
15:59:32
Back on the grass? Now he’s back on his ass.
We should count ourselves lucky Keane didn’t sign for anyone else after we released him.
Robert Williams
19 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:02:49
And probably sold to the highest bidder thereafter. Ugh!
Kevin Molloy
20 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:10:01
Often these injuries are not memorable in themselves, but the attempted rehab is a farce.
Jim Bennings
21 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:16:48
Spending more time injured and months recovering from injury than actually playing.
Paul Hewitt
22 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:18:14
If Branthwaite is fit next summer. Then it’s time to sell.
Josh Horne
23 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:26:33
Perhaps we will buy a right-back now?
Christy Ring
24 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:27:58
Can we not wish him a swift recovery instead of looking to sell him?
Paul Hewitt
25 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:38:03
If we can get good money for him in the summer, then we should sell.
Ian Bennett
26 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:43:41
Lost for words.
Andy Crooks
27 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:48:13
Utterly vile comment. You ruin this site.
Brent Stephens
28 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:55:45
Andy, its almost as if his posts are in fact a form of click bait to attract attention. Would anyone stoop so low?
Paul Hewitt
29 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:55:53
You need to get over yourself. It’s only bloody football, it’s a game.
Mike Gaynes
30 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:55:55
I feel a bit sick. Must be this new brand of coffee.
Jack Convery
31 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:58:24
We’ll need to dip into the freeby market surely, to get defensive cover in. An injury to one of our 3 CBs, will leave us one injury away from a crisis.
According to Transfermarket the best available are :
Takehiro Tomiyasu, former Arsenal RB, who has played RCB, LCB and LB. Major concern is the injury record. Knee injury kept him down to just one game last season and a calf injury season before caused him to miss a fair few games. Age 26 and Valued at £18m.
Renan Lodi, former Brazil International LB. Left Al Hilal in summer. Also played for Marseille, Athletico and Forest. He could play LB if Mykolenko was needed to play CB. Myko has played CB 19 times in the past, including for Ukraine. Valued at £13m. Age 27.
Sergio Reguilón, former Spurs LB. As Lodi above, providing cover for Myko. Valued at £6m. Age 28.
and that is it, unless you trawl through TM to find midfielders who can play defensive positions.
Jim Bennings
32 Posted
20/10/2025 at
16:59:12
Any kind of hamstring procedure or surgery usually takes 4 months recovery time and the fact we’ve given no definitive timescale on his return says as much.
This has obviously been a major problem for him for a ongoing amount of time now given the football he’s missed over the last half a year.
If he’s lucky he’ll be back training early March, the reality is though we won’t be seeing him until April and that’s arguable.
We really needed good news on Branthwaite because frankly our defence has looked all over the shop in most games this season.
Shaun Parker
33 Posted
20/10/2025 at
17:16:42
Isn’t it odd how he was lambasted last season (by myself included) and yet this season so far he hasn’t put a foot wrong,
Get a right-back, we have cover in Jake.
And for fuck’s sake, get us a striker,
Andrew Merrick
34 Posted
20/10/2025 at
17:28:13
Terrible news, I’m sure a lot if us were relishing him pulling the jersey back on at last…he must have pulled it again, back on the grass.
Right back is bloody essential now.
Andy Crooks
35 Posted
20/10/2025 at
17:28:15
@24, if you are discerning enough to think ” it’s only a game”, why the fuck do you devote some time, every day of your life, to come on here with snide attention seeking comments?
Kieran Kinsella
36 Posted
20/10/2025 at
17:35:34
Funny thing with Keane, as a long term critic of his myself. He actually did alright under Dyche though he was used sparingly. I wonder if the more pragmatic defensive minded Dyche/Moyes approach just suits him better? Whereas under Silva, Lampard etc they tried to “play” a bit more and him being a bit more skilled on the ball was given license to do that more, thus putting him into more situations where mistakes are costly.
But whatever the reason. He has been playing well of late.
Bill Hawker
37 Posted
20/10/2025 at
17:43:33
Hate hearing this but it would be much much worse if Keane wasn’t on his great form right now. Tarky & Keano can keep it going for us.
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