Barnsley players’ cars checked as Hill seeks answer to injuries

BARNSLEY’S horrific injury count is driving boss Keith Hill mad – quite literally.

The Reds have been down to the bare bones all season in terms of squad options and are set to be without 11 players for the second weekend running at home to Bristol City tomorrow – with only 12 senior players training this week.

A number of players are out with hamstring problems and in a bid to discover why, Hill is even looking into the cars they drive.

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Hill said: “To legislate for the type of injuries we’ve got, you must have really seriously good finances, which unfortunately we haven’t got.

“We’ve looked at every possible reason for the injuries. We’ve even gone so far to look at the type of car the players are driving and the distance they are travelling each day. Especially for those with hamstring problems where we’ve sought advice from sports science departments at Premier League clubs and they are coming up with types of cars for hamstring injuries and seating positions for the duration of the journey.

“We’ve been assured everything we’ve been doing on the training pitch is correct and we just can’t find the reason why we are picking up so many injures other than the possibility of travelling and the type of car they are driving.”