Ouch. pt 2
Before the groundbreaking news about eduardo’s injury, let’s look at farhan’s daily dose of his paragraph-long talk on the happenings during today.
The main highlight would be the match between express and normal. We lost, due to some poor defending and just sheer superiority between the 2 streams. Sigh, nvm. I don’t mind losing, knowing how good the opponents played. And with some players from our team being ‘not in the mood’, yeah, we didn’t do well.
That’s about it. Now, the news on eduardo. From soccernet.com,
‘Eduardo da Silva could have lost his left foot had medical staff not been so prompt in treating his horrific leg break, according to a specialist. The Arsenal striker is recovering from emergency surgery after a sickening tackle from Birmingham defender Martin Taylor in Saturday’s Barclays Premier League match at St Andrews.
Osteopath and physiotherapist Tim Allardyce revealed that any delay in attending to such an injury would likely result in amputation.
He said on BBC Radio Five Live: ‘You can lose the foot, simple as. Once the foot dislocates like that, it can badly damage the blood vessels and it’s very, very serious.
‘The foot needs to be relocated immediately or almost immediately to save it and emergency surgery is completely necessary.’
Allardyce warned Croatia international Eduardo he faces a long road back to fitness and fears he may never fully recover.
‘Imagine your worst ankle sprain and make it about 10 times worse and you’re getting close to where Eduardo is,’ Allardyce said.
‘He could be out for several months. We’d expect a normal person to be out for about six months.
‘With the level of fitness he’ll need to get back to, it could be anywhere around the nine months mark.’
He added: ‘Potentially, the bones will heal but there’s all the other damage around the area, such as the ligament damage, the tendon damage, the soft tissue damage, the damage to the joint capsule.
‘He’s going to have to do an awful lot of work to regain full mobility and strength to the ankle to get him up to the standard of playing international football. Whether he can do that or not, I’m not sure.’
Even if Eduardo makes a complete physical recovery, Allardyce is also concerned about any lasting psychological trauma.
‘Once you’ve sustained such a serious injury, you’ll always tend to be aware of it before you regain full strength and confidence,’ he said.
‘It will have a big psychological effect, certainly for the next year, maybe for several months after that.’ ‘
Anyway, from http://thegoonerforum.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/good-news-on-eduardo-injury/,
‘News reports in Croatia state that Eduardo called Croation coach Bilić last night from hospital.
Bilić said: “He called me, said he was okay and will definitely return. I felt huge optimism in his voice and the will to return to the pitch. The important thing right now is that Eduardo is mentally strong and believes in his return, which will help his recovery.”
This is a good sign for the hitman, as many doubted he would ever play again.
Also he will be transferred from Birmingham’s Selly Oak hospital to London this afternoon. The surgery was successful, and for the next six weeks he will be wearing a semi-open cast.
The Gooner Forum will keep you updated with any news on his recovery, and we all wish Eduardo the best of luck.’
Well, that’s about it for now. More to come i’m sure. Wish him all the best…
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