True, but that isn't kicking leading to long-term injury, that is player with a chronic groin problem taking kicking out of his game as a preventative measure.

Picking up a cup of tea was a big risk of straining a finger muscle for Scully.

<fx: Pedant> There are no finger muscles </fx>

But point well made.

Two times Man of Steel, lifelong Man of Biscuit.

No finger muscles eh? Wow, you learn something new everyday on here. So what is it that makes ones fingers move?

Tendons stretching from the palm of the hand pulling on the finger bones.

<fx: Really REALLY Pedantic> That isn't quite true </fx>

There are muscles in the fingers (arrectores pilorum, which control the movement of hair follicles), but you are right in that you wouldn't be able to strain them 'picking up a cup of tea' as they have no bearing on movement of the actual finger.

Anyway, back to goalkicking

So we've established that kicking can lead to injury. Good.

Yes, but so can walking down the street, getting into bed, falling on a marshmallow. The kicking itself didn't lead to 'long term injury' as suggested however, it merely aggravated a problem that was already present.

To suggest that kicking should be taken away from a fully fit player as it 'can lead to long term injuries' is as ludicrous as suggesting that a player shouldn't catch high balls for fear of hurting a finger.

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Whoever is goalkicking for you this week will be getting loads of practice the way we are playing

Don't be daft, we never beat the mighty HKR.

When you do it tends to be a thrashing