Ryan Thomas looks set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines. You’ve presumably been reading details in the press. Today, it has been suggested he’d be out for six to nine months.
As I previously anticipated, Ryan Thomas will have his rapturous reception in Zwolle on Saturday 25th August 2018 when the domestic champions PSV are coming to town. A warm and appreciative ' get-well' has been scheduled in the 30th minute, coinciding with his squad numbers at PEC Zwolle and PSV.
It’s a shame really a gesture has been engineered, captured and orchestrated by a group of supporters who feel they are bigger than the club and have manoeuvred themselves in a position to dictate terrace emotions. The kind of robotic nono’s and bloated bokito’s who’d hush the crowd for applauding too early to their liking; it’s nothing short of moral hijacking. He would have spontaneously received his accolades at any rate in the first place.
Criticasters, galloping on their hobbyhorse in the pundit and talk shows merry-go-round, feeding on juicy quotes, speculated Ryan Thomas injured himself in training, too eager to prove them wrong and PSV right. Thomas has been labeled by supporters and mainstream media as an ‘excuse of a contingency signing ‘ and as 'a lightweight substitute back-up bargain' for the void left by the failed transfer of long-held prospect Mexican Erick Gutierrez. PSV cannot afford him.
Diabolical irony dictates that the unlucky Thomas incident occurred on the immaculately maintained surface of purpose-cultivated natural grass PSV are renowned for. PEC Zwolle have been the whipping boys of the Dutch top flight for years and years, exploiting what has been grotesquely classified as ‘ injury-prone semi-hybrid artificial turf, larded with tiny rubber particles’.
If PSV qualifies for the first proper stage of the 2018/19 European Champions League, it would generate €35mio as an entry bonus; enough to snatch Erck Gutierrrez from the natural green, green grass at home in Mexico as a stand-in for Ryan Thomas. Ooh, the diabolical and twisted irony.
Ryan Thomas’ character dictates that he and his knee will come out stronger out of this recovery period, although I will always have my concern about his fragile physique, regardless of his visits to gyms.
Saturday 25th August 2018. Football’s coming home…
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Van Bommel baalt bij PSV: 'Dit nieuws was niet best, heel triest voor hem'
Van Bommel gutted at PSV: ‘ bad news, very sad for him’.
Friday 24th August 2018
Mark van Bommel leeft mee met Ryan Thomas. De middenvelder (23) heeft zijn kruisband gescheurd, amper een week na zijn droomtransfer naar PSV. Mogelijk gaat PSV nog de markt op.
Mark van Bommel sympathizes with midfield Ryan Thomas suffering from a severe anterior cruciate ligament
Door de zware knieblessure ligt Thomas er zes tot negen maanden uit. "Dit nieuws was niet best. Heel vervelend als dit na vier dagen gebeurt", reageert Van Bommel op de persconferentie,
Thomas has been ruled out for six to nine months. ‘ Very bad news, particularly sad it should happen after four days’, quoting Van Bommel at a press conference.
