Not necesarily. There are things that take longer to heal than a break.

Glad to hear it, it looked quite bad on the pitch and they took all precautions taking time to get him off. Hopefully he'll be back for you guys soon.

Hope its not too bad, now we know its not a break. Fingers crossed.

Great news, obviously we'd rather have no injuries at all, and i'm just glad its not as break.


Realistically, they way his leg was positioned there isn't anything worse than a break that could have happened, hopefully he'll be back sooner rather than later.

Correct, I tore my ankle ligaments when I was 17 and the consultant told me it would have been preferable to break the ankle. He said it was because broken bones can often heal stronger than they were originally, but ligaments, once damaged never return to 100% and can take much longer to return to something like normal. Mine are still a problem occationally a number of years later.

But as I said, in this case. Ebola would be worse, but there's no suggestion he's got that, nor of any ligament injury.

Must admit, my first reaction when I read it was not a break was "oh shît" because to require stretchering off when not a break could well point to serious ligament issues - as people have said.

Fingers crossed for the best out come for the lad.

Yes it's often said that ligament damage is a worse injury than a broken bones for sports men and women.

Well I'd be surprised to say the least if a serious ligament damage case wasn't diagnosed, or even hinted at, by the Bulls physio/med staff - the signs and symptoms aren't tough to spot. Though I suppose you never know. Still, to date nobody from the Bulls has used the 'L' word whereas if he had ligament damage they would certainly have done a scan to assess how bad this damage was.

When the swelling subsides. And you don't just turn up and get a scan on the spot. Although hopes must be that this is not a serious injury, it is surely premature to confidently rule it out?

There have been cases of deep bruising which initially point to a break along with the type of pain associated with one. (Even worse would be the type of blood clot problem John O'shea is suffering from at Man U, even with their access to the best medical attention he could get!) It's to be be hoped the next diagnosis will be not as bad as feared!

If it's ebola how long will he be out for?