Gibbs breaks foot...for real this time
Tuesday, 24 November 09, 04:55 PM · Comments(7)
In what is sure to take the gloss of a spanking 2-0 win and qualification in the Champions League, Kieran Gibbs has suffered a confirmed broken metatarsal in his left foot which will require surgery tomorrow. As you may remember, I said in my preview that I thought we should give him a rest to make sure that he was fit and well for Cheslea. Guess Wenger doesn't read LadyArse.
I think we can take from that was well that there must have been a weakness from the challenge while on u21 duty.
A full match review will come tomorrow, but thought I'd fire out this rather depressing update.
Bollocks. Guess we should have known better than to think our injury jinx might have finally passed.
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I can't believe he started the game.
sad as it is, it was a coincidence. It was his other foot. That challenge was ridiculous, especially in the 94th minute of a game you can't win. Liege tosser
Reply to moley:
Good point...maybe I just had a feeling, i forgot it was his other foot he hurt in u21 duty (that's been happening a lot lately lol)..but let's just blame Stuart Pearce anyway
I think we can blame boots that are more like slippers.
Reply to JamrockRover:
Personally, and without being silly this time, I actually blame blades..does anyone remeber this type of injury when all players wore studs?
Reply to moley:
I agree. I thought Mangala should have walked before that. He'd got away with a few lunges during the second half after his yellow card.
Bad referee last night. Not just for that though... Just a bad ref.
Reply to LadyArse:
Was the mangala wearing cleats?
I don't know if cleats are the problem. It was a stupid challenge that would have resulted in the same injury had Mangala been wearing studs. I think the argument is whether the upper on football boots offer any protection.
I remember a guy from my work turned up to five-a-side in cleats once and completely chewed up the astro turf in them, lol. Huge divots and ruts everywhere after about ten minutes. Needless to say we snuck out rather sharpish afterwards.