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Oviedo gets World Cup boost
Specialist feels he will be fit in time

That is the assessment of a specialist in London this week who feels that the fullback could be ready to play in Brazil just five months after suffering the horrific injury at Stevenage.
The 23 year-old had a rod inserted in his tibia on the Monday after the FA Cup Fourth Round tie and was quickly on the road of rehabilitation, tweeting video of himself on an exercise bike just three weeks after undergoing the surgery.
Roberto Martinez explained today that before flying back to his native Costa Rica, Oviedo saw an independent specialist in London who says his prospects for fulfilling his World Cup dream are good.
"Bryan is well ahead in his recovery time," Martinez is quoted in The Guardian. "We have sent him back to Costa Rica because we are working with the national team who want to assess him.
"He saw an independent specialist in London before he went away and the specialist feels he can make the World Cup. That would be an incredible statement given he suffered the injury six weeks ago at Stevenage."
The club will work with the Costa Rican national team over the next fortnight to assess and track his progress and Martinez stresses that Everton won't stand in his way if he is ready in time to play in Brazil.
"The World Cup is an incredible opportunity for him so that is why we are working together with the national team to try to get him fully fit," Martinez continued.
"It would be phenomenal for him personally if he was to make it. He has been very positive from the beginning.
"Physically he is a machine, so I would have no concerns over that. He's a quick healer but he's also got that positive mentality and he's got that goal of getting to the World Cup. He is a great example for anyone."
"We know for sure that he's going to be fit for pre-season but if we can get him fit for the World Cup it would be incredible. For a player to go through an injury like that and make a World Cup would mean so much. We want that to happen, I certainly wouldn't stand in the way. He deserves it to happen. We would get a better player back at Everton if Bryan has played in the World Cup.
"There is no reason for us to feel it is a risk him going the World Cup but we just hope that Costa Rica can use him, otherwise it would be pointless them taking him."
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2 Posted 13/03/2014 at 23:13:37
Bravo, Bryan, and best of luck. We're proud of ya!
3 Posted 13/03/2014 at 23:15:45
4 Posted 13/03/2014 at 23:17:04
5 Posted 14/03/2014 at 00:50:56
6 Posted 14/03/2014 at 01:04:36
7 Posted 14/03/2014 at 01:09:57
8 Posted 14/03/2014 at 02:02:12
"Free kick to Costa Rico, Ovideo placing the ball, he plays for Everton you know, oh my word, what a goal, Hart was like a paralyzed aardvark, Oviedo, my word, Ovideo does it again inside 10 minutes, Ennggeerrland 0 Costa Rica 2, you couldn't write this stuff, it's Juan of the Rovers but in real life."
God I hope so.
9 Posted 14/03/2014 at 03:41:57
10 Posted 14/03/2014 at 05:35:28
11 Posted 14/03/2014 at 07:05:07
12 Posted 14/03/2014 at 07:50:06
13 Posted 14/03/2014 at 08:25:35
Love his quote... "You can either throw the towl in, or use it to wipe the sweat from your brow."
Get well soon, Bryan.
14 Posted 14/03/2014 at 08:47:38
15 Posted 14/03/2014 at 11:38:51
16 Posted 14/03/2014 at 12:15:45
As for you, Paul Ferry, words fail me, I would never ever want any England team to get beat whether it's Football, Cricket, Rugby or underwater tiddlywinks.
Even if Gerrard or Sturridge score the winner in the final, I'll get drunk for a week — and I don't drink.
17 Posted 14/03/2014 at 12:46:06
18 Posted 14/03/2014 at 13:15:46
As for England, I would rather Everton won the toss versus Cardiff than England win the World Cup.
19 Posted 14/03/2014 at 13:43:53
Everton to Win The Cup or England to win the World Cup?? (rubs chin and mulls over own question...)
Sorry but I'd go for England, only because I've seen us win 2 FA Cups and we get a chance every year.
20 Posted 14/03/2014 at 16:23:30
I really couldn't care less about how the England team does.
21 Posted 14/03/2014 at 16:32:40
Me?
I wouldn't bat an eye if England lost every game from now til doomsday - to coin a phrase, I couldn't (and don't) give a fuck.
There is a reason..sort of.
I can't stand patriotism/nationalism in any form, or displays of the same.
I don't get people being 'proud' of a country they didn't choose to be born in.
I've never got it and never will.
I'm not screaming for them to lose or anything (like I am with the England Rugby Union side) I just don't give a fuck.
You were shocked and said 'words fail me' re Paul Ferry's sentiments but it might interest you to know you're the first Evertonian I've seen post, saying you would put an England trophy before an Everton trophy.
(nb: not saying you're the first to post it, just that I've seen).
22 Posted 14/03/2014 at 17:32:24
23 Posted 14/03/2014 at 17:41:09
24 Posted 14/03/2014 at 18:18:06
25 Posted 14/03/2014 at 18:25:45
26 Posted 14/03/2014 at 18:58:58
Id be proud to point Bryan out as a Blue this summer to my friends who only pay attention to "soccer" every four years.
Then ill have to show them pics of his broken leg on my phone and feel guilty about it.....but what can ya do
Good luck Bryan! Viva Coastal Rica!
27 Posted 14/03/2014 at 19:13:23
In fact, I'll be supporting Costa Rica if he does make it into their squad.
England? I won't be supporting them and never have despite being English (the only exception being in '86 when we had Reidy and Lineker in the team).
Do I want to see Creasehead lifting the World Cup and being lauded for the next few decades like Bobby Moore? No chance. I've never hated a player more than Gerrard - and I include Sewer Rat in that. Then there's the toe-curling Daniel (Danielle on weekends) Sturridge and his celebratory dance. What an embarrassment.
And listening to the cockney-accented mob chanting"Eng-ur-land" just makes me squirm. The same bunch of scumbags chanting, "sign-on" when they visit Goodison Park.
28 Posted 14/03/2014 at 19:31:24
29 Posted 14/03/2014 at 19:34:59
Seems like a genuine, down to earth bloke. Good luck, Bry, fingers crossed you make it fella.
30 Posted 14/03/2014 at 19:57:47
31 Posted 14/03/2014 at 19:49:35
I don’t support International teams; I would like England to do well, up to the point of not winning it, as the media would turn into a jingoistic fanfare.
My own country RoI, I cant fucking stand, albeit they now have a few blues on board, but the most successful ones had too many redshites to consider ever shouting for the boys in green. That little prick Houghton, the accent changing Whelan, the Lawrenson brasser, and born again Paddy Aldo. I could never contemplate supporting these players just because they changed the colour of their jersey.
One team One support. Otherwise you’re just another glory-hunting brasser.
32 Posted 14/03/2014 at 20:45:00
34 Posted 14/03/2014 at 21:52:41
A vomit- inducing vision and I won't be able to sleep tonight now!
35 Posted 14/03/2014 at 21:55:28
36 Posted 15/03/2014 at 05:19:17
As for England, I can't stand watching them – I don't wish them to win anything while they have that prick Stevie G twat-face on the pitch. I also cringe at the thought that Henderson will be one of the first names on the team sheet. What a fucking donkey!
37 Posted 15/03/2014 at 09:47:24
Like others, I would like any national team with a Blue to beat an England team without one. If both teams have one, I would feel neutral. I hate all the fake patriotism and nationalism during World Cups.
By the way, can someone at the club have a word with RM to stop saying "incredible" all the time – it's getting incredibly irritating.
38 Posted 15/03/2014 at 10:12:38
She turned round and said, "Oh, I hope they get slaughtered then."
Me dad said to her, "No wonder they're bitter.
Happy days, mam. 83 now and she's still the same. It's a generational thing, isn't it?
39 Posted 15/03/2014 at 22:29:59
But I struggle to support a bunch of individuals like Rooney, Gerrard, Terry, Cole, Ferdinand. Lets face it, the mainstays of the team have been cunts for over a decade. Turned me off the team completely. Plus the media and the flag wavers.
Personally, the only thing better than seeing England get beaten will be to see an Everton player score the winning goal against them.
Best of luck Bryan!
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1 Posted 13/03/2014 at 22:47:42
Would prefer him to rehabilitate properly and do a full pre-season!!