Drogba fractures arm
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From: Jellore on 4 Jun 2010 18:35 On Jun 5, 4:04 am, Kaise...(a)gmail.com wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:38:09 -0700 (PDT), Abubakr > > <deltara...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >On Jun 5, 12:15 am, "Paul C" <p...(a)thersgb.net> wrote: > >> ..in friendly v Japan. > > >And just when it was looking like being a good WC. > > Terrible news. I noticed J S Park wasn't playing against Spain > and wondered about that. About Drogba, Rene van der Kerkhof may have > been playing with a hairline fracture in 1978 and he was awesome, so > anything is possible. > > The Brits are going to miss Ferdinand badly. > > DK How are the Welsh; Scots or Northern Irish going to miss Rio?
From: MH on 4 Jun 2010 18:59 Jellore wrote: > On Jun 5, 4:04 am, Kaise...(a)gmail.com wrote: >> On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:38:09 -0700 (PDT), Abubakr >> >> <deltara...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Jun 5, 12:15 am, "Paul C" <p...(a)thersgb.net> wrote: >>>> ..in friendly v Japan. >>> And just when it was looking like being a good WC. >> Terrible news. I noticed J S Park wasn't playing against Spain >> and wondered about that. About Drogba, Rene van der Kerkhof may have >> been playing with a hairline fracture in 1978 and he was awesome, so >> anything is possible. >> >> The Brits are going to miss Ferdinand badly. >> >> DK > > How are the Welsh; Scots or Northern Irish going to miss Rio? Unfortunately, probably by not qualifying for WC 2014.
From: MetalGuru on 4 Jun 2010 20:39 "Google Beta User" <wanyikuli(a)gmail.com> wrote > Rio Ferdinand's out too: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/04/rio-ferdinand-injury-world-cup Rumour has it that Pirlo could be out as well - at least for a few games http://italy.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/breaking-news-pirlo-to-possibly-miss-world-cup.html
From: Abubakr on 4 Jun 2010 20:49 On Jun 5, 2:43 am, MH <MHnos...(a)ucalgary.ca> wrote: > Mike Babyak wrote: > > Paul C wrote: > >> ..in friendly v Japan. > > > Video of play. > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FFfsad7hm8 > > > That's Essien, Ballack, now this and possibly Rio. Also heard that JS > > Park was injured for S Korea, but haven't seen confirmation. > > So why does he have to stay on the ground rolling around, get stretchers > etc.? You can walk off the field with a broken arm (this I know from > personal experience, and that of several team-mates!). And it sounds > like this isn't a particularly bad fracture, as SGE allegedly hasn't > ruled out Drogba's participation yet. Come on, man, he plays for Chelsea, been the top scorer in the EPL and has played in a Champions League final -he's entitled to hold up the match however he likes.
From: KaiserD2 on 4 Jun 2010 21:18
On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 12:26:13 -0700 (PDT), jvazquez(a)semavenca.com wrote: >On 4 jun, 14:04, Kaise...(a)gmail.com wrote: >> On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:38:09 -0700 (PDT), Abubakr >> >> <deltara...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >On Jun 5, 12:15 am, "Paul C" <p...(a)thersgb.net> wrote: >> >> ..in friendly v Japan. >> >> >And just when it was looking like being a good WC. >> >> � � �Terrible news. I noticed J S Park wasn't playing against Spain >> and wondered about that. About Drogba, Rene van der Kerkhof may have >> been playing with a hairline fracture in 1978 and he was awesome, so >> anything is possible. >> > >Beckenbauer played with a noticeable arm injury in Mexico 70 semifinal >and Jose Luis Brown did the same for Argentina in the final of Mexico >86. > >JV Those were shoulder separations--Beckenbauer's was, anyway--and they couldn't be substituted (Germany made its second substitution while Beckenbauer was lying on the ground, too proud to admit he was badly hurt apparently, and Argentina had no other central defender.) They managed to finish the games. But they wouldn't have started another game like that. Now that I hear Drogba's is his elbow, not forearm, I'm not optimistic. Terribly sad. DK |