Forsyth and Forson knee injury updates
Johannes Hoff Thorup acknowledges it is now a nervous wait to see if Gabe Forsyth can resume his Championship debut season after a knee injury.
Thorup’s 18-year-old player made his league debut against Blackburn in August, following an impressive pre-season performance.
Despite signing a new contract at Carrow Road, the Scot’s season was cut short due to a knee injury sustained during a 2-1 loss to Cardiff City on November 2.
Forsyth’s recuperation was stopped due to knee pain, and he is reaching the end of injectable therapy.
“We still try to do his rehab and do everything without surgery, because we don’t think, and also the experts that he’s been seeing, they say the same, there’s no need for it,” Thorup told me.
“But, of course, we have to listen to the athlete when he says he continues to feel pain. We tried another approach with injections, one per week for three weeks, and I believe he will get his final one this week.
“We’ll see how it goes, and if he’s pain-free when he starts running and passing again, he can be integrated into the team.
” So it will probably be a week or two before we can integrate him into the team.
“If not, it implies we’ll have to do something radically different than what we did before. This is certainly one of the last steps before we have to decide if we need to take more drastic measures.”
Amankwah Forson, another young midfield potential, is experiencing similar fitness issues due to a knee injury sustained during the FA Cup third round defeat to Brighton.
“Unfortunately, it’s not really getting better, and more blood keeps coming into that area even though we drain it,” Thorup remarked at Colney on Thursday, ahead of the league trip to Hull City.
“We’re still looking at a couple of weeks, if not more, because he hasn’t even started training or jogging. This was a hard one, but it also shocked us.
“It will be two to three weeks before he’s back with us in training, and then, of course, probably another week before he’s ready for game time.”
Liam Gibbs joins two other young midfielders who are now injured.
The former Ipswich Town youngster made just eight minutes into his recovery from a hamstring injury in November’s 6-1 triumph over Plymouth before suffering more hamstring problems.
“He is doing light running,” Throup explained. “We have to be very careful with him since it has happened three times already, once last season and twice this season.
It’s too many times, so we need to be extra cautious with him. But Light is running, and he is still alone.”
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