Lifting 40 elephants, standing on one leg for a month, icing his knee for 17 days; West Brom provided an inventive insight into Chris Brunt’s road to recovery following his anterior cruciate ligament injury by posting a graphic online.
Brunt returned to the Premier League after eight months out in the draw with Tottenham, playing a part in Nacer Chadli’s goal, but the informative pictorial showed the immense work done behind the scenes to get the Northern Irishman back to full fitness. It even revealed how he has improved certain areas of his game.
First-team fitness coach Matt Green explained the thinking behind releasing the data to the public and the meaning behind each statistic.