Finch Farm Cruciate Calamities
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Anyone think there might be something in the way the pitches have been laid at Finch Farm that's causing all these cruciate problems? That's now 4 and I don't think we had any problems like this at all in all the years at Bellefield, neither from what I can make out have any other club.
Barry Lightfoot,
Birkenhead Posted 03/04/2010 at 12:41:55
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Errrm... What did Finch Farm have to do with Gosling's injury?
We`ve had more injuries at St James Park than Finch Farm.
Talking of which, it looks like the Geordie fuckers are coming back, let's hope Arteta and Anichebe ram their jeers down their throats when we go back up there.
Oh, and although it's not quite in the Everton spirit, but how nice would it be to see Johnny H cut that twat Nolan in two?
Not very Corinthian, Dave... but I'd pay good money, even over the odds to see it.
Brendan O'Doherty
Posted 03/04/2010 at 17:53:59
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Barry, the clue to the answer could be in your name; i.e. the modern football boot.
I'd say the extra light football they use is the problem. It moves far too much and bounces higher etc. It's almost like the old beach ball — far too difficult too control easy. Players are having to adjust the bodies quicker and quicker and finally the knee buckles.
I'm still going with the 6'5'' goalkeeper diving onto his knee being a key factor in Gosling's injury. Think that was slightly more important than the actual ball or boots in use... but hey I'm no expert. Carry on playing scientist if you must.
I'm with those who say it's just freak occurences. Jags, Arteta and Yakubu were unfortunate and maybe you can point to underlying weaknesses for those players.
Fellaini, Gosling and Anichebe were simply the victim of tackles of various kinds — no weakness was needed for those injuries to occur.
I didn't realise that they were injured in Finch Farm, I thought that they were injured by either dodgy tackles or turning awkwardly.
All injuries were away from Finch Farm? And how many happened at Goodison?
I don't recall these type of injuries occurring 20 or 30 years ago. In those days it was the cartilage, which we never hear mentioned now. I am at a loss to explain these ligament injuries. Is it the pace of the game? Footwear? Different training techniques? Whatever it is, our injuries seem beyond coincidence.
Yes, the lower part of your leg and upper twisting the wrong way which can happen with nobody near is due to training methods, ball pressure, tightnesh of shoelaces, pitch density, diet, height, weight etc....
Didn't you guys know this?
There is only a matter of time before someone will tell us whose fault this is....
10 years ago, I had the run of the medical school library for 3 days and, suffering from stiffness in the Achilles at the drop of a hat, I read up on it. 3/5th of all Achilles is down to incorrect footware.
I saw yesterday that 2 players had injuries Achilles (Hardreidison?) and some other cruciate are out for 6 months; it will be interesting to see if theirs goes to 9 months plus or not...
One thing that totally shocked me concerning Dan's injury was that he continued playing. This must be the first time in football history that a player has actually not gone off on a stretcher after a cruciate ligament injury. I mean, he actually kicked the ball with that leg afterwards. That MUST have done more damage... or what?
All I'm infering is that our players seem to have a weakness here and what is causing that weakness? No other club seems to have the same problem... Four serious knee injuries.
I walked off the pitch when I did my cruciate ligament. It doesn't really seize up until a bit later. Fabregas and (I think) Craig Fagan have both walked, indeed kicked balls, on broken legs in the the last two seasons. You can't always tell how serious something is straight away.
I also don't think there's much you can do about knee injuries, they either happen or they don't. Regular muscle of minor joint problems can be down to training or physique, but if a big one happens it happens, and as has been pointed out, most of ours were in tackles, something you can do nothing about at all, short of banning tackling.
I thought at the time and still do that an obese goalie launching himself on to Gosling was totally irresponsible and frankly unnecessary. He may not have intended to inflict the injury but he certainly didn't care about the possible consequences.
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