With Orlando Pirates confirming that Vincent Pule could be out of action for up to 12 weeks, we check out some of the fan reactions to the news.
What's the story?
It appears that the Pirates physio room is filling up, with a number of important first team players set to miss a number of crucial fixtures leading into the latter stages of the year.
Injury Woes
At the moment, Zakhele Lepasa, Innocent Maela and also, Thembinkosi Lorch are unavailable owing to long term injuries. Now though, Bucs have given an update on Pule, who picked up and injury while on national team duty last weekend.
The Soweto club took to their official website where they confirmed that the attacker suffered a grade III tear of the quad and could be out of action for up to 12 weeks.
Duty Calls
All of Tshegofatso Mabasa, Deon Hotto, Gabadinho Mhango and Terrence Dzvukamanja have re-joined the team after the international break, while Pule begins his time on the side lines.
That being said, the reactions among Bucs fans on social media has not been savoury in recent times, given the club's injury woes.
Here are some of the reactions:
Weeh you loaned out players like saleng now our squad is getting thinner and thinner worse we still have CAFCC games aweeh maah
Fatigue ,injuries ,covid , thin squad saphela weeh
Something wrong with Pirates medical team players always getting injuries that last for months, it was Lepasa, Mabasa,Lorch, Ofori and now Pule
Mara this team is a joke ...lorch out for 3 months now it's pule????sies!!!
Yah no Orlando Pirates is a hospital.. pic.twitter.com/zmijmfhN5e
Yhooo! 12 weeks! Thats too much! Hopefully we will start to play 4-4-2 when things are like this. To give players like Radiopane, Mntambo and others to play their original positions so we can create and score goals.
He'll be out for 12 Weeks.??????? this ain't good at all pic.twitter.com/rfUmoY56F3
Have your say…
Do you think the abovementioned injuries will hinder Pirates chances at winning silverware?
