Big Impact Player Injuries

[ancientpie]

What if Jatta doesn't play again

I bet you're a cheerful bugger to sit next to.

[forwardmagpie]

Iain McCulloch - say no more.

I fully agree, he was my favourite ever player.
It was a disaster that he suffered such a career ending injury.

[upthemaggies]

How could we forget the great Justin Fashanu!!!!!! Injured in the game at Ipswich in game 21 (half way through the last of the 3 top flight seasons) straight after scoring twice at Old Trafford, out for the rest of the season. We were a point behind safety, ended the campaign 9 points adrift.

[upthemaggies]

Be interested in that?

Don't get me started. Suffice to say Fwords gates had gone down 3 seasons in a row at the end of 75/76, ours were going up to surpass them. Also factor in Clough had failed badly at both Leeds and Brighton, so pressure on him would have been amplified had we maintained the challenge and gone up in 76. Things might have turned out very differently indeed.

[1955pie]

What are the chances of that? I've never heard of a player retire early because of concussion.

Concussion is a brain injury and should not be taken lightly. It can persist. It can recur.

[slack_pie]

Concussion is a brain injury and should not be taken lightly. It can persist. It can recur.

I'm not saying we should take it lightly. Just saying it must be pretty rare given that I can't think of a single instance of a player retiring early due to concussion.

[Glad2BeAPie]

I bet you're a cheerful bugger to sit next to.

Concussion can lead to something more serious like a bleed on the brain etc

[Kent Magpie]

I'm not saying we should take it lightly. Just saying it must be pretty rare given that I can't think of a single instance of a player retiring early due to concussion.

I think that may be as much to do with a lack of understanding / desire to address it within the game, than it not happening. There are a number of ex players who are seeing symptoms of reduced brain function - Alan Shearer did a documentary on it and was surprised at how much his brain seemed to be not working. Add to that the likes of Stephen Darby (?) who are suffering with terminal illnesses and I don't think you can say nobody retired from concussion as if it never happened... these players should have retired but didn't.

Now we know that they should have retired, I suspect we will see it start to be a thing.

[slack_pie]

I think that may be as much to do with a lack of understanding / desire to address it within the game, than it not happening. There are a number of ex players who are seeing symptoms of reduced brain function - Alan Shearer did a documentary on it and was surprised at how much his brain seemed to be not working. Add to that the likes of Stephen Darby (?) who are suffering with terminal illnesses and I don't think you can say nobody retired from concussion as if it never happened... these players should have retired but didn't.

Now we know that they should have retired, I suspect we will see it start to be a thing.

I'm not saying nobody retired from concussion, just that I can't think of a single instance. My point being that it would be incredibly rare and unlucky for both Jatta and Notts if he can't play again as a result of his recent injury.

[Kent Magpie]

I'm not saying nobody retired from concussion, just that I can't think of a single instance. My point being that it would be incredibly rare and unlucky for both Jatta and Notts if he can't play again as a result of his recent injury.

I get that... I'm just saying that it is more because it was an unappreciated injury and so there simply hasn't been enough time since it was recognised for there to be many / any retirements due to it. I don't think it will be as rare in the future as it is now, but it would be unlucky either way if Jatta had to retire from it (and worrying - imagine living the rest of your life knowing that you have a much higher risk of various neurological diseases and there is nothing you can do except wait and see).