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Apparently is back running !
Do you think he could be back pre season ?
Apparently is back running !
Do you think he could be back pre season ?
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Charlie Oatway
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Albion Dan
Banned
After over a year and a half out I have big doubts that Charlie is going to come back to standard. We need a leader like him in the team but he was hardly the best footballer before his injury, so have doubts he will ever get back in the side.
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
- 16,286
Albion Dan said:
We really did miss him when he got injured though, one of the reasons we got relegated that season IMHO.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Da Man Clay said:
Big injury and he will struggle
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
- 10,974
Albion Dan said:
It's a long time for a fella his age to be out of football but nobody will know if he can still do it or not until he try's.
Cheeky Monkey
Well-known member
- Jul 17, 2003
- 23,884
He gave a talk at my other half's school in Patcham on Tuesday. Apparently out of the 40 odd kids in attendance only a couple of them had any real interest in BHA. He told them that the best time of his playing career to date was at.............B.....r....entford! Said he hated his time at Torquay as it was in the middle of nowhere.
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JJ McClure
Go Jags
Da Man Clay said:
Agree with that, but after such along time out will he be the same player? I very much doubt it.
Seagullible
Super Keeper
big shame but it's gonna be hard for him. Think we're better off waiting and seeing rather than writing off just yet
The Timekeeper
FAT BOY 'NOT' SLIM
Agree, lets wait and see what he can do. Don't write him off just yet.
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
- 16,286
JJ McClure said:
I agree, still his game wasn't about pace ect. I think he still may be able to do a job.
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
Best of luck to him I say. The club are offering him a month-to-month contract, which I think is sensible. If he proves his fitness then good, if not then both parties can move on.
Nemesis
SERIOUSLY!
The Timekeeper said:
One thing is for certain-if anyone in our current squad can do it, it'll be Charlie. He will give it 100%, that we can be sure of.
Good luck to him in his efforts.
RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
I am optimistic.
A year-and-a-half off for injury, surgery, and recovery is par for the course in baseball for the arm surgery pitchers undergo known as Tommy John surgery -- a tendon transplant -- and any number of pitchers have solid, even exceptional careers
Surely a pitcher's arm is as stressed, and is as vulnerable as a soccer player's legs....
A year-and-a-half off for injury, surgery, and recovery is par for the course in baseball for the arm surgery pitchers undergo known as Tommy John surgery -- a tendon transplant -- and any number of pitchers have solid, even exceptional careers
Surely a pitcher's arm is as stressed, and is as vulnerable as a soccer player's legs....
Nemesis
SERIOUSLY!
RexCathedra said:
Possibly more stressed and vulnerable. A fastball is not kind to the arm and shoulder. 8 innings of doing that every 4th or 5th day and it's amazing these guys last the whole season.
B.W.
New member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 13,666
I was a big critic of Charlie... thought he brought nothing to the team for a long, long time... then, for that half-season before he got injured, he was vital to our midfield... really put himself about but, for the first time, with purpose... and when he passed, he kept it simple... didn't give the ball away as he had done earlier... so, I wish him a swift recovery to full fitness.... he can make a real diffrerence in L1, IMHO...