Alex Oxlade Chamberlain aka "The Ox"

[Buzzo]

https://twitter.com/NoorPatty/status...81119383470080

He doesn’t look miles away from fitness based on that..?

[Lecter]

Part of the comeback this season will be mental as well, surely. Testing his knee in those first few tackles, and seeing it hold up. I imagine that would take a while for anyone to get past, no matter how positive your mentality.

I think they are ultra careful with that injury and overkill the recovery time because if you breakdown during the recovery chances are you have to have the op again and its a long long road back

[Lecter]

He doesn’t look miles away from fitness based on that..?

As I said above they will overkill the recovery because the last thing they want is him to breakdown

I think hes ahead of schedule but I suspect not as far ahead as some believe

[ntto]

he should just postpone any thought of a come back and start fresh again in preseason.

more chance of a better recovery and removes all sentiment from any decision. Best for player and best for club

[Alex]

Why? Its a hell of a aim for him. Get fit and get some minutes in a potential title winning season.

Imagine how he would feel if he worked his nuts off all year, for Klopp to say "Yeah there is 6 weeks left of the season, but rest up and get ready for LA Galaxy in the summer"

Would be extremely demoralising. Even if its a few 10-20 minute sub appearances. He needs to play if he is fit. Plus, hes ****ing brilliant. So will add a bit to our Midfield.

[Assassin]

Why? Its a hell of a aim for him. Get fit and get some minutes in a potential title winning season.

Imagine how he would feel if he worked his nuts off all year, for Klopp to say "Yeah there is 6 weeks left of the season, but rest up and get ready for LA Galaxy in the summer"

Would be extremely demoralising. Even if its a few 10-20 minute sub appearances. He needs to play if he is fit. Plus, hes ****ing brilliant. So will add a bit to our Midfield.

This. If he is fit and ready, he is fit and ready. The medical team and Klopp will not allow him to play unless he is fit

[RedReet]

he should just postpone any thought of a come back and start fresh again in preseason.

more chance of a better recovery and removes all sentiment from any decision. Best for player and best for club

Is it though? No guarantees he won't breakdown next year or get hit by a bus. This season could be a once in a lifetime chance to be part of a historic event, so if there is a chance he will be fit, I'm not sure how he will feel it's in his interest to postpone his return as a precaution.

I get the point you are making, but it's a lot easier for you or me to see it that way, totally different for the person involved. If I was in his position, I know what I would be doing.

[RedReet]

Why? Its a hell of a aim for him. Get fit and get some minutes in a potential title winning season.

Imagine how he would feel if he worked his nuts off all year, for Klopp to say "Yeah there is 6 weeks left of the season, but rest up and get ready for LA Galaxy in the summer"

Would be extremely demoralising. Even if its a few 10-20 minute sub appearances. He needs to play if he is fit. Plus, hes ****ing brilliant. So will add a bit to our Midfield.

Got interrupted after I started my post above.

[Lecter]

Why? Its a hell of a aim for him. Get fit and get some minutes in a potential title winning season.

Imagine how he would feel if he worked his nuts off all year, for Klopp to say "Yeah there is 6 weeks left of the season, but rest up and get ready for LA Galaxy in the summer"

Would be extremely demoralising. Even if its a few 10-20 minute sub appearances. He needs to play if he is fit. Plus, hes ****ing brilliant. So will add a bit to our Midfield.

And if he breaks down the first thing we will hear is he should have been rested more and eased back in

History should tell us this is an injury that you need to be over cautious on

I would rather wrap him in cotton wool than in anyway run any kind of risk of him doing it again

[Lecter]

If I was in his position, I know what I would be doing.

He will be taking the advice off the people in the medical teams close to him

It looks like hes ahead of schedule and even Klopp has said this but I am not sure they will push him or allow him to push himself too much

[Assassin]

And if he breaks down the first thing we will hear is he should have been rested more and eased back in

History should tell us this is an injury that you need to be over cautious on

I would rather wrap him in cotton wool than in anyway run any kind of risk of him doing it again

In all fairness Leccy, the medical staff are better qualified than all of us. It will be ultimatley them who give the green or the red light

[Pablo]

And if he breaks down the first thing we will hear is he should have been rested more and eased back in

History should tell us this is an injury that you need to be over cautious on

I would rather wrap him in cotton wool than in anyway run any kind of risk of him doing it again

I reckon that outlook is becoming a bit old-fashioned and out-dated now Lecter. I think sports science has moved on from that. He looks so fit already. They will have a million metrics on all aspect of his fitness. They know he's close and they've no need to rush him.

The way they have publicised that he'll be back in full training before the end of Feb shows how confident they are.

Assuming there's no more setbacks I'd expect him to play about 10 games before the end of the season, which will be a massive boost before the run-in.

[Liverpool]

Has there been a more hotly anticipated return than this? Struggling to think of any of our main players who have done their ACL.

[Alex]

I reckon that outlook is becoming a bit old-fashioned and out-dated now Lecter. I think sports science has moved on from that. He looks so fit already. They will have a million metrics on all aspect of his fitness. They know he's close and they've no need to rush him.

The way they have publicised that he'll be back in full training before the end of Feb shows how confident they are.

Assuming there's no more setbacks I'd expect him to play about 10 games before the end of the season, which will be a massive boost before the run-in.

So at the end of Feb, I think we have 10 league games remaining. I think 10’is optimistic. But certainly we should have him for at least the last 5 (based on nothing but optimism)

[Phoenix07]

There's two U23 games in March, so maybe they'll test him there first, see how he responds, and take it from there.