stretford77:
What are you talking about? He has a serious illness which nothing can be done about, he has been playing through his career with the condition and has tried to play through it giving 100% to this club. Fletcher shouldn't even be mentioned in same breath as Hargreaves.
I'm not comparing his illness to Hargreaves' injuries. But the pattern we saw with Hargreaves will in all likelihood be repeated with Fletch. We'll be told he's nearing a return and everyone will build their hopes up, only for his illness to flare up again, or for him to pull up with a muscle tear due to being out for so long. I just hope SAF doesn't repeat the same mistake he made with Hargreaves and hold off signing midfield reinforcements on the off chance Fletch does make a full recovery with no recurrence of his illness or additional injury problems.
I mean Fletch is in an even worse position than Hargreaves when it comes to trying to regain his fitness, because during a flare up he can't digest enough to sustain regular exercise, so his muscles will be wasting away.