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6.45pm for me    

If they pump a lot of high balls into the box, then we will need Guzan in goal, IMO.

The ref tried his best for Everton today!

If Derby fail to qualify for the playoffs, could Darren Bent play for us again this season?

Lets hope Steven Pienaar doesn't pass a late fitness test.

Looked a straight red to me. There was so much going on though I'm not sure. Clarke going off was a blessing him and Vlar don't work.

Looked a straight red to me. There was so much going on though I'm not sure. Clarke going off was a blessing him and Vlar don't work.

 

Yeah I didn't see the yellow come out. Maybe we can appeal it then?

 

Baker and Vlaar do seem to be best together.

You can't appeal two yellow cards.

If QPR were relegated, they could well be fined 40 million as they failed the championship FairPlay. So they might have to sell him to pay off the fine.

If Tom Cleverly were a footballer, He'd be crap. 

So, if he's planning on letting Andi and Gabby concentrate on playing up front, why would he want yet another striker?

 

Benteke

Weimann

Gabby

Kozak waiting in the wings

 

Plenty of cover for Benteke. We need backup creativity and flair more than we do another striker. If Gil suffers an injury, we're lacking that creative spark again.

What happens when if we get injuries on the wings?

Benteke, Bacuna and Sanchez need to step it up a bit. Very poor

Is the deal in plaice yet?

The important thing to know is that the tibia is always fixated with metal plates and rods. The fibula, however, is not always plated and can be left as is, depending on the severity of the fracture. I would assume based on what I've read that the fibular fracture was not severe enough after realigning it to warrant surgery. I would find it very hard to believe that doctors would have initially missed any fractures given it was compound, etc. 

 

Sometimes the fibula does not heal 100% in the sense that the calcification occurs as normal but the is no unification between the ends of the fracture. The function of the fibula is for muscle attachment and not for weight bearing, so it is normal for doctors to allow loaded activity with it not fully healed (Libor mentions this in the interview). Also, bones only adapt and heal to the stresses they are placed under (Wolff's Law). With that in mind, I think there was a discrepancy between how severe the English doctors thought the fibula break was versus the Italian doctors. The issue could also be that the Italian doctors gave Libor a training protocol based on what I just mentioned, expecting him to progress and for the bone to heal. However, they weren't able to directly follow-up with him under their protocols. The surgery report would have been forwarded to the English doctors so that they knew exactly what was found and what was done. They would have known how the fibula was treated. If the fibula fails to heal as normal there are further procedures that can then be done. From what I can understand from the translation, Libor had a bone graft, which is the unwanted, but normal, next step. It is possible that the English doctors had a viewpoint that was different than the Italians'. This is usual in the medical world. I had a player with the same injury that was cleared for full game play without a fully healed fibula. He of course had pain but didn't have any complications. Another surgeon might not have cleared him.

 

It would be interesting to see who exactly Libor was sent to in England. Not by name, but by specialty. Surgeons are a quirky type and they don't always like to operate on other surgeon's patients, but I would find it hard to believe that the caliber of surgeon a professional club should be sending their players to would be maltreating patients.

You took the words out of my mouth A-K. I don't think I could have written it any better. ;-)

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BBC: Blackpool have a corner! That is a first-half highlight, trust me. Nothing comes from it though. Can we make 22 subs at half-time?

22 mins and still no shot.

17 minutes and not one shot. We are class.

In a heart beat

This

We looked in complete control then another defensive error costs us and in the end we could easily have lost.  Cole was a big positive. 

Does that mean he will be dropped next week?

You're not allowed to play positive in a Lambert team.

Daniel Sturridge Chelsea

£12m

Mario Balotelli

Nacho Monreal Malaga £8.5m

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/9836414/Premier-League-transfers-Completed-deals-for-January-2013.html

I hate internationals. 

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