Dazzler21 said:

No. Position Player 1 GK Dillon Phillips 2 DF Adam Matthews 🚑 3 DF Ben Purrington  4 DF Deji Oshilaja 5 DF Tom Lockyer 6 DF Jason Pearce 7 MF Jonny Williams🚑 8 MF Jake Forster-Caskey🚑 9 FW Lyle Taylor🚑 10 FW Chuks Aneke 11 MF Conor Gallagher (on loan from Chelsea) 12 DF Lewis Page🚑

No. Position Player 13 GK Ben Amos 🚑 14 FW Jonathan Leko (on loan from West Brom) 15 MF Darren Pratley 17 FW Macauley Bonne 20 DF Chris Solly 21 MF Beram Kayal (on loan from Brighton) 23 DF Naby Sarr 24 MF Josh Cullen (on loan from West Ham) 26 FW Tomer Hemed🚑 28 MF Sam Field (on loan from West Brom)🚑 29 MF Erhun Oztumer 32 MF George Lapslie 🚑

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Henry Irving said:

Pelling1993 said:

I'm sorry but Page is an absolute waste of squad space, literally stealing a living for the last 2 years

He's injured.  He's not injured himself on purpose nor is he pulling a sickie to avoid playing.  How is he "stealing" anything?  

 Exactly this... We took a chance on him knowing it was a risk, a calculated gamble. It's not paid off so far. He is back training and by the sound of it has been focused on coming back fitter and stronger. Hopefully means he is more resilient on his return.

A good defender when fit and we chose to renew him with that in mind.

Sage said:

Imagine something consistently stopping you from doing something you love doing and each time you think you’re there, something happens which can be of no fault of your own.

What would that do to your state of mind? 

As an injury prone runner & casual footballer, I use these two activities combined with some weight volume training to really better my mental health. The dopamine release caused by physical activity is so beneficial to that mental state.

Having recently been out for almost 3 months, (first big injury in 2 years!) I can somewhat empathise with his situation. It's hard to keep in shape when you can't train which messes with you mentally as you can see and feel your body changing for the worse. Then you know the road back gets further the longer you're out for. 

Personally I found the only thing I could do to keep some level of fitness was lift weights, which means you gain weight, muscle weight but weight which means your running fitness suffers at first when you come back, which mentally makes you doubt whether you can get back fit though over time that additional muscle mass can help with increased pace for sprints and physicality to hold your own against bigger players. 

It's hard work for me to do that outside of work, imagine having the added stress and pressure of it being your job on the line too... 

Only thing he's stealing is my respect for not jacking it in after such a horrid time, but I suspect that is more down to his lack of available other options than anything else.