General Napa

Lets hope he recovers well and can be back on the pitch as soon as possible.
 
BigCrompy said:
6 months is absolutely extreme.

The bone will have healed with or without surgery in 6 weeks, with modern physio and rehab facilities match fitness in 3 months is possible.

Far less disruptive than ligament injuries.
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I guess it depends on whether there was any muscle/ligament damage along with the break. But you're right, should hopefully be back around Christmas if everything goes well.
 
Having suffered a horrific broken leg playing soccer for Watlington FC when younger, and without any detail of the seriousness of Napa's injury, all I can say is there are "broken legs" and "broken legs" - In Napa's case it needed an X-Ray to determine it was broken, so one assumes it wasn't a compound fracture of Tib/Fib which would have been obvious and for a professional footballer devastating - compound fractures are generally pinned, and you can be walking on it within a week or so. In his case it sounds more likely to be a hairline fracture, which can heal much faster. After a year in hospital, with compound Tibia break, complicated by my body rejecting the steel plate, bone grafts, skin grafts and eternal infections my personal prognosis wasn't good - Guys hospital suggested removing the "dead bone" and replacing it with plastic, but the prospect of having an amputation and then having the stigma of one leg being shorter than the other was so shocking that I discharged myself - luckily the leg healed perfectly and 6m after leaving hospital I was playing again, although I definitely lost a yard of pace. Let's hope Napa has the lesser of two evils and it is "just" a hairline fracture, which for a young man like him could see him back pretty quickly - the biggest challenge may be the psychological challenge of playing without the fear that a crunching tackle will break it again. Good luck young man. Chin up
 
FalmouthOx said:
Having suffered a horrific broken leg playing soccer for Watlington FC when younger, and without any detail of the seriousness of Napa's injury, all I can say is there are "broken legs" and "broken legs" - In Napa's case it needed an X-Ray to determine it was broken, so one assumes it wasn't a compound fracture of Tib/Fib which would have been obvious and for a professional footballer devastating - compound fractures are generally pinned, and you can be walking on it within a week or so. In his case it sounds more likely to be a hairline fracture, which can heal much faster. After a year in hospital, with compound Tibia break, complicated by my body rejecting the steel plate, bone grafts, skin grafts and eternal infections my personal prognosis wasn't good - Guys hospital suggested removing the "dead bone" and replacing it with plastic, but the prospect of having an amputation and then having the stigma of one leg being shorter than the other was so shocking that I discharged myself - luckily the leg healed perfectly and 6m after leaving hospital I was playing again, although I definitely lost a yard of pace. Let's hope Napa has the lesser of two evils and it is "just" a hairline fracture, which for a young man like him could see him back pretty quickly - the biggest challenge may be the psychological challenge of playing without the fear that a crunching tackle will break it again. Good luck young man. Chin up
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sounds nasty. good to hear you ‘got back on your feet’ so to speak
 
It was a really horrendous and unnecessary tackle. I felt so sorry for Napa as you could tell how desperate he was to play on, even trying to stand up at one point.

I hope their number 2 realises the impact he could have had on a young man's career.

Get well soon, Malachi. Hope to see you on the pitch again soon.
 
Common Villager said:
It was a really horrendous and unnecessary tackle. I felt so sorry for Napa as you could tell how desperate he was to play on, even trying to stand up at one point.

I hope their number 2 realises the impact he could have had on a young man's career.

Get well soon, Malachi. Hope to see you on the pitch again soon.
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The same goes for the bloody ref.
 
They said last night that there was a visible lump, so it'll be more than a hairline fracture. Probably a snapped tibia as they said his shin got a whack. I hope he makes a full recovery and that he's our early season long-term injury, as we always seem to get one, although last year we had a few on that list.
 
This is the type of tackle and result that should be retrospectively reviewed for punishment. Plus, I’d get the ref punished for not dealing with it on the field. Wishful thinking but it makes my blood boil thinking about what does and doesn’t get punished.
 
Fourthstand said:
This is the type of tackle and result that should be retrospectively reviewed for punishment. Plus, I’d get the ref punished for not dealing with it on the field. Wishful thinking but it makes my blood boil thinking about what does and doesn’t get punished.
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celebrate scoring too vigourously = yellow card

break a fellow professional footballers leg in an after the whistle has gone, with a (literally) hospital 'challenge' = not even a word said by the match official ( shouldve been a straight red card IMO)

Wrong, wrong , wrong

No input (that I saw from either assistant, or the 4th official, Yates should be suspended from refereeing

Naismith should be on a minimum 6 match ban too ... even if its imposed retrospectively
but, think we all know the FA will live up to their initials and as per, do absolutely FA to the ref or player retrospectively, despite the evidence! ( more likely to take action against last
nights U's skipper for his comments post-match)
 
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A case for an effective VAR perhaps?

Why cannot the clubs video evidence (because there will be some) be used to sue either the tackler, the posh or maybe even the match officials (all three IMHO) for Napa's loss of earnings?

Just askin.
 
I hope that the club are making some sort of complaint about the tackle late and no intention to get the ball and standard of refereeing to not even give a card.The lad who done it needs it doing back to him but both legs broken. That will teach him.
 
Really sorry for the lad why do we seem to get bad injuries at the start of the season!
 
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