Season › 2024-25 › News The Rumour Mill Breaking Rumour: Hamstring injury for Branthwaite Michael Kenrick | 13/08/2025 57comments | Jump to last On social media, The Bobble is claiming that Jarrad Branthwaite has suffered a hamstring injury in training… We await any further developments. Reader Comments (57) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Sam Hoare 1 Posted 13/08/2025 at 16:48:36 Hamstring injury for Branthwaite apparently. Darn it! Liam Mogan 2 Posted 13/08/2025 at 16:58:44 Branthwaite picks up a lot of strain type injuries. Christy Ring 3 Posted 13/08/2025 at 17:12:24 Sam,Where have you heard about Branthwaite injury, a huge set back, if true? Rob Halligan 4 Posted 13/08/2025 at 17:26:09 My ITK has not informed me of any injury to Branthwaite, and hes normally quick on the ball about anything Jarrad. He will probably tell me in the next few minutes or so, now!! Ian Bennett 5 Posted 13/08/2025 at 17:29:43 It's on the Bobble on X. Don't know if its legitimate. Christy Ring 6 Posted 13/08/2025 at 17:31:11 Rob, Hope you hear nothing Rob, a good sign! Brian Wilkinson 7 Posted 13/08/2025 at 17:38:07 Bobble has tweeted hamstring injury for Branthwaite in training today, he is normally spot on. Christy Ring 8 Posted 13/08/2025 at 17:44:34 So if its true about Branthwaite, with OBrien at fullback, Keane will start on Monday? Wasnt he out for preseason with the same issue? Sam Hoare 9 Posted 13/08/2025 at 17:56:36 This is one of the many reasons why we needed to prioritise a RB, because ideally it would be our 3rd choice CB (OBrien) playing with Tarkowski instead of our 4th choice but hes needed at RB instead. Stuart Sharp 10 Posted 13/08/2025 at 18:11:30 Exactly Sam. Our defensive options are worryingly limited. Mike Doyle 11 Posted 13/08/2025 at 18:17:43 Rob. Hope you are crouched behind that bush in Calderstones Park waiting for ITK to appear with an update. Lee Courtliff 12 Posted 13/08/2025 at 18:18:48 Patterson at RB???? Christy Ring 13 Posted 13/08/2025 at 18:32:58 Lee, Patterson constantly injured, out again. Colin Glassar 14 Posted 13/08/2025 at 18:33:52 Shit. Fuck. Crap. Bollocks. Merde. Mierda. Scheisse. Ostia. Joder. Jesus H. Sodding hell. Bugger. FFS. Damn. Darn it, etc….. We are cursed!!!Lee, Id rather get Hibbo back Jake FitzGerald 15 Posted 13/08/2025 at 18:34:27 Good. Now theyll have to get a proper RB in. Rob Halligan 16 Posted 13/08/2025 at 18:37:31 Mike, my ITK lives in Cumbria so I doubt he will appear in Caldies. 😂😂😂 Mike Gaynes 17 Posted 13/08/2025 at 18:49:48 With Myko out also, seems like Seamus starts in Week 1. Either LB or RB. Seamus/Tarks/Keane/Jake?Keane/Tarks/Jake/Seamus? Colin Glassar 18 Posted 13/08/2025 at 18:53:18 Garner OBrien Tarkowski Anzou(?). Jay Harris 19 Posted 13/08/2025 at 18:57:48 Jarred's injury record is starting to be worrying for such a young lad.This is devastating news especially with Myko out for 6 weeks. Brian Harrison 20 Posted 13/08/2025 at 19:15:08 Hope if he has a hamstring injury its not to bad, and only out for weeks instead of months. Haven't heard anything about Mykolenko after coming off after a few minutes on Sat, lets hope he is ok and it was only a precaution. Should both be missing for the Leeds game then Seamus has to come in and play left back young Anzou isn't ready for the Premier league at the moment. Typical Everton we are all on a high after signing Grealish only to be kicked in the teeth by a possible injury to Branthwaite. Mark Murphy 21 Posted 13/08/2025 at 19:22:26 I think I know Robs in the know and so unless the bobble is also from Cumbria Im hoping this is bollocks. Colin Glassar 22 Posted 13/08/2025 at 19:22:36 Rob 16, you have us all hanging on a thread waiting for your latest update. Rob Halligan 23 Posted 13/08/2025 at 19:26:10 Colin, no doubt he will let me know, but as yet, no word from him. Clive Rogers 24 Posted 13/08/2025 at 19:28:56 Moyes may go three at the back with Garner and either Anzou or McNeil as wingbacks and Keane coming in. Mick O'Malley 25 Posted 13/08/2025 at 19:30:32 Maybe McNiel could play left back if needed, Jarred does seem to pick up his fair share of injuries, if this is true its typical something pisses on our chips just as things were looking up, we need to sign a right fullback ASAP Rob Halligan 26 Posted 13/08/2025 at 19:32:26 This is no rumour…….Mansfield at home in the Carabao Cup Joe McMahon 27 Posted 13/08/2025 at 19:33:06 The Everton curse, injuries to key players days away from season starting. Incredible isn't it. Jim Bennings 29 Posted 13/08/2025 at 19:45:53 Jarrad is starting to pick up a few niggly injuries now which may need looking at. He missed the start of last season and end and now misses the start of the new one. Michael Bennet 30 Posted 13/08/2025 at 20:09:01 Just seen on Twitter that Branthwaite has done his hamstring, God knows if its accurate but this journo has most thing right up to now, has anyone heard anything. Ernie Baywood 31 Posted 13/08/2025 at 20:11:28 It's being reported on plenty of news sites.Hoping it's not the quad again. David West 32 Posted 13/08/2025 at 20:55:10 Shows how thin this squad is. I've got more hair than this squads got depth I'm no jack grealish! Hard to build depth over 1 window to be fair to Moyes. There's depth, and then there's a squad full of shite overpaid mercenaries. If we can get a few good loans, which usually come last minute of the window, a good RW& RB, weather this defensive injury issue, the window will be a success in my eyes. Hopefully, we are getting our injuries early and out the way. 9 PL teams dealing with European football this year, we could spring a surprise only playing once a week if we beef out the squad ! Dennis Stevens 33 Posted 13/08/2025 at 21:13:39 But not a competitive 1st team match, Dave - at least not for us. Liam Mogan 34 Posted 13/08/2025 at 21:13:53 Just watching Spurs rolling over PSG. Well organised, fit and superb on set pieces. Dave Abrahams 35 Posted 13/08/2025 at 21:13:57 It's being reported in the Daily Mirror that Jarrad has suffered an injury, in training, in the right hamstring that will keep him out until the end of September. The report is saying it's the same hamstring that he injured at the end of last season. Dave Abrahams 36 Posted 13/08/2025 at 21:16:04 Dennis (33) No, Dennis, definitely not a competitive first team game. Jack Convery 37 Posted 13/08/2025 at 21:18:25 Branthwaite 'injury' is hopefully a strain, if true. Thank God we kept Keane and given our full back situation, it's a good job we gave Seamus, another season too.It could be a back 3 versus Leeds. Liam Mogan 38 Posted 13/08/2025 at 21:24:00 I'd probably say why didn't we replace Keane with a decent CB, rather than thank God he's still here, Jack! Michael Bennet 39 Posted 13/08/2025 at 21:24:31 He could be another John Stones, Tony — always something wrong with him. Let's wait and see. Sean Kelly 40 Posted 13/08/2025 at 21:34:18 Fuck! I hope he's not out for long/ Bobby Mallon 41 Posted 13/08/2025 at 21:47:19 6 to 8 weeks. The 23-year-old is understood to have aggravated the same hamstring in his right thigh that saw him limp of in the final game at Goodison against Southampton in May. It's never good when the same injury keeps happening Tom Bowers 42 Posted 13/08/2025 at 21:47:35 Wonderful injury news and the first game not yet played. No Branthwaite, no Mykolenko. What next?Hopefully O'Brien, Tarkowski and Keane will hold the fort but it's at fullback where we may be weak. Garner may be utilized on the right but I am not sure yet about the new left back.We will need big performances by the midfield to stymie the opposition as it's there where I see we have stuttered in the past. Hopefully the new blood there will settle in quickly. Sean Kearns 43 Posted 13/08/2025 at 21:58:24 Cometh the hour, cometh the man!! Our Seamus can still hold down RB like prime Cafu! Big Jake to boss the back 4.. Adam at LB and hopefully plays so good he stays in the team John Raftery 44 Posted 13/08/2025 at 22:08:57 Recurring hamstring injuries for such a young player suggests he may have an underlying bio-mechanical issue. If that isnt addressed and resolved Jarrad will very likely continue to suffer this type of injury. Colin Glassar 45 Posted 13/08/2025 at 22:12:18 At least for 30 minutes, Sean. Paul Smith 46 Posted 13/08/2025 at 22:14:40 Should have cashed in ;) Mike Gaynes 47 Posted 13/08/2025 at 22:21:02 I would be astonished to see Aznou in a back 4. He has started only eight top-level games at LB in his life. And lost 7 of the 8.Maybe wingback in a back three, but even there Moyes is more likely to go with McNeil. Brendan Fox 48 Posted 13/08/2025 at 22:29:50 Hopefully for Jarrad if the injury is confirmed is given the correct amount of time to recover from the injury and assessed correctly before being thrown back in the deep end. Shit happens players get injured, the squad need to front up and other players in the squad need to step up and be counted. Si Cooper 49 Posted 13/08/2025 at 22:55:45 Mike (47), not sure of the relevance of the number of previous games lost unless you are explicitly saying or merely speculating the losses were due to Anzou.I dont actually disagree that it would be surprising to see Anzou starting in a back four, simply because of his youth and limited time at the club, but I also have reservations about Dwight McNeil in that specific set-up as well. Three at the back with wing-backs seems the most unlikely solution unless theyve been planning for that for a while.Ah well, at least this defensive ‘crisis is a timely reminder to the recruitment team that its not yet appropriate to rest on their laurels. Les Callan 50 Posted 13/08/2025 at 23:26:39 Branthwaite didnt look right to me from the very first minute against Accrington. Something not right there. Brendan Fox 51 Posted 13/08/2025 at 00:03:12 John @ 44 Deffo on to something regarding a possible bio mechanical issue considering the injuries he's suffered and the frequency he's suffered over the past couple of seasons Nick Page 52 Posted 14/08/2025 at 00:30:26 Call the Witch Doctor. Brendan McLaughlin 53 Posted 14/08/2025 at 00:35:42 Which Doctor...Nick? Mark Taylor 54 Posted 14/08/2025 at 00:40:18 We all know and have done since the end of the season, we have big gaps at RW, RB and LB. These positions needed filling first especially given Myko's injury and the fact that Patterson has almost certainly played his last match for us, given how little Moyes rates him (and he's probably right on that).Grealish was a luxury when we really needed to focus on the essentials Ryan Holroyd 55 Posted 14/08/2025 at 01:03:35 We signed a left back Mark Eric Myles 56 Posted 14/08/2025 at 01:34:03 Paul #46, maybe that's the plan? Ernie Baywood 57 Posted 14/08/2025 at 02:36:15 I feel like I go on about this a bit... but... as soon as DCL did his quad it was the start of a string of problems. For some reason, Everton couldn't see the long game and kept rushing him back.I remember Jarrad being reported as having a "minor quad" injury and a few of us pointed out that there's no such thing as a "minor" quad injury. It wasn't his first either.As someone who has had it, it's a prick of an injury. You never quite know when you're past it and it leads to all sorts of other niggles as you try to work around it.I'm a bit concerned he's going to have an issue unless we give him a long rest and rehab.Maybe he comes good, but a right back is now an absolute priority so that we can have Jake cover. Jay Harris 58 Posted 14/08/2025 at 04:29:45 Personally speaking I haven't been impressed with Jake in the middle. While he does a fine job at RB.I thought I would never hear myself say this but I would persist with Michael Keane for now.LB is the real issue. It is apparent Anjou is not ready for the Prem yet so we shouldnt destroy his confidence. There is talk of Getting Zinchenko from Arsenal as he wants more game time. That wouldnt be a bad thing. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb