saafend_seagull
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Looks like he could have a career threatening injury tonight
Ankle dislocated and leg broken at the ankle joint. Sounds exactly (though maybe more severe) the same injury as LuaLua.
Poor bloke. Top player.
Horrible injury but broken bones aren't career enders in this day and age are they?
Not really, but is always a worry that they will never reach the same level as before the injury I suppose
But it's not because of any weakening of the bones themselves, as breaks that heal again are stronger than ever, at the break. Muscle damage and the resutant scar tissue may be another thing - and if there's any chance of bone-spurs or firing then it would be a problem.
The main issue is perhaps more psychological, in that the victim must feel a bit 'once bitten twice shy' so as to speak.
I was thinking about that re Macnulty and the removal of a kidney after a tackle. I mean he would have to be nervous about damaging the other one - even though the chances of similar happening to him must be millions against.