I’ll keep on bouncing back, vows David McGoldrick

David McGoldrick knows people are frustrated.

Two years and more of one injury after another have led to that. Knees. Hamstrings. Thighs. Ah, you could go on, but you catch the drift. He’s tried the yoga and the bands and the stretches. It all added 45 minutes onto his day but it hasn’t warded off all the evil spirits.

The season was less than a week old when he suffered his latest misfortune playing for Ipswich Town. He wasn’t on 10 minutes as a half-time sub in the EFL Cup game against Stevenage when he went up for a header, landed awkwardly on his ankle and ruptured the bloody thing.