Hurts So Good
Filed under: Bloopers, Injuries
Thanks to Davey for the hookup.
Thanks to Davey for the hookup.
UPDATE - O’Shea and Evans are both in from the start for United.
With an abundance of injuries to Sir Alex Ferguson’s squad ahead of their Champions League clash with Jose Mourinho’s Inter at the San Siro and initial questions as to who would pair with Rio Ferdinand in the back, the Red Devils defensive troubles became worsened after confirmation that 18 year old Brazilian right back Rafael Da Silva did not board the flight to Milan.
David Moyes’ worst fears were realized after confirmation that creative midfielder Mikel Arteta has ruptured his ACL and will be on the shelf for a minimum of 6 months.
Rafa Benitez has included Steven Gerrard on the flight to Madrid after the England International had recovered enough from the hamstring injury suffered in the FA Cup loss to Everton to make it through their final training session under the watchful eye of the Liverpool medical staff.
With Nemanja Vidic out suspended, Wes Brown and Gary Neville not quite ready to go yet and Johnny Evans suffering a flare up of an old injury at the weekend against Blackburn, there’s talk that Sir Alex Ferguson could be looking at defensive midfielder Michael Carrick sliding to the back and pairing with Rio Ferdinand against Inter Milan.
First you get hit in the junk with a basketball from 50 feet away and then you blow out your ACL when you leg gets caught in the net on the way down. This was not a good 10 seconds for the NBAs Milwakee Bucks mascot Bango! (more…)
UPDATE - The news is worse than first feared for Hull City and new signing Jimmy Bullard as the 30 year old has undergone ACL Reconstruction.
A club statement read: ‘Jimmy Bullard underwent a procedure last night in America to repair a torn cartilage.
‘Whilst performing the arthroscopy, the surgeon noticed fresh damage to his anterior cruciate ligament.
‘In the best interests of both the player and Hull City Football Club it was decided to undertake a reconstruction of the damaged ligament which means that Jimmy will be unavailable for the remainder of this season.
After making just one very short cameo appearance after signing for Hull City for a 5 Million Pound fee from Fulham, sometimes England International Jimmy Bullard is on his way to Colorado to see knee specialist to the football elite, Dr. Richard Steadman.
After only getting through 45 minutes of a pre-season friendly against Tirana back in October, AC Milan centerback Alessandro Nesta has finally gone under the knife to fix chronic back problems by the same surgeon that advised him against surgery just 5 months ago.