CityFarAndWide

1 hour ago, 1960maaan said:

To add some balance , apparently hamstring problems after ACL surgery is fairly common. Hamstring pain is common and I read part of a report that said ...

Persistent hamstring contracture ( shortening or hardening of muscles) after ACLR is associated with an increased risk of subsequent Cyclops syndrome.

Cyclops syndrome is caused by a scar tissue nodule adjacent to the tibial tunnel of the anterior cruciate ligament graft after surgery. These lesions result in pain and loss of extension with impingement of the lesion.

There is also no difference from a study, between age, gender , time of injury or proportion of professional athletes .

No good news in there, but at least it's necessarily not down to being injury prone or bad post op care. 

@spudski I also read that if they did use part of the Hamstring, it can grow back shorter, which you would think could cause problems stretching or twisting.

 

Hamstring is preferred for sports athletes because of the less invasive and long term problems with range of motion and less knee complications in general, its also (or was) a significantly better success rate downside is the healing time, it takes the graft up to 2 years to fully settle and "mature" as my specialist like to of called it. 

Now days they do keyhole surgery for it rather than open I believe thats completely redundant. The growing back or "shortening" is why they get on you from the moment usually you wake up from the operation with stretching the knee and keeping it straight a big concern especially amongst specialists for athletes. 

As someone who has suffered 3 ACL/PCL (2 in right 1 in left and a re-rupture in the final stages of recovery as he did) which forced me to call it a day at an academy at 20, I can tell you this, its a unfortunate domino effect and we can say or blame the medical department but drawing from own experiences with it, if or when complications and setbacks happen they will just happen; the trauma to that part of the body makes it unpredictable and will never recover.

Depending on how he had his repairs (There is various methods depending on the individuals needs). He will continue to suffer hamstring injuries as they are the most common and potentially further knee complications (tendonitis will be one) and will have to manage that along with his playing time for the rest of his playing career additionally that will also be impacted by how significant the potential acceleration of knee osteoarthritis could be in his situation.

He will suffer a shift in performance in areas of his game which is to no fault of his own. I would have realistic expectations of him never being the "same" player. 

10 minutes ago, Greenman15 said:

I’ve got one in S18 as I can’t make it today 

I have Dmd you

Traveled down to be let down last minute. Looking for a ticket preferly south or dolman. Have a Bristol sport if easier to transfer and happy to pay in whatever way. DM. 

6 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Apart from our two centre backs “not good enough for a top six team” could equally apply to everyone else.

Going to get scolded by a few on here for this opinion but not sure Vyner is top 6 either. Improved, yes. Promotion material, no.

Only thing worse than our ability to go forward is Max's kicking

21 minutes ago, alexukhc said:

Tbh Aldershot have a lovely little set up from academy up 

Can vouch, I spent some time there and have nothing but positive experiences, hindered by catchment area a little but superb setup with what they are working with.

Looking for 1 or 2 tickets doesn't matter if upper or lower. 

1 hour ago, LondonBristolian said:

I'm assuming the wallet checking is due to the increased amount of coke use at football matches. I'm not keen on being over-intrusively searched but I'm also not keen on coked-up arseholes creating a shittier atmosphere for everyone.

What feels frustrating as much as anything is the inconsistency. My search was pretty light touch - I had no bag and I barely even got a pat down - so it seems a bit wrong if they're intensely searching some but not others. 

I was in lower tier Z2 and I saw it had kicked off a bit between stewards and fans at the beginning of the second half but saw what was happening quite late on so didn't know how it had started. If it was this, it seems a bit odd they were conducting searches in the ground in the middle of the match. I can get why someone would be annoyed at that. I've no problem being searched - and I've no problem with someone searching my wallet (the moths that get disturbed by it might feel otherwise!) - as long as it's when they're doing the searches at the start of the match and it's being applied consistently. But if not, I'd want to know why my wallet was being searched then and why me in particular. 

How it started was they were asking for tickets to get back into the areas with Z2/Z3 being the main areas of problem where some (even a young boy) did not have them at hand as either family/partner/friend so were not letting them back in which obviously got peoples backs up and rightly so with how some of the stewards were being. Dont get me wrong obviously always a few trying to get into different areas but bottlenecking was not helping.

The wallet check was weird as the steward didn't bother with me wasn't even bothered to check my pockets. but my dad with the steward next to me searched him pretty intensively including his wallet

Heads up the weather spoons isn't taking away fans and the bellushi isn't open currently as not enough security at the door. Leaving just the sindercombe for all those pub goes. 

22 minutes ago, New2City said:

You can blame a fellow City fan for that... he promised to take me to a match if I ever came over to visit, and silly me, I didn't even ask what team or anything. UK Border Control always gives me funny looks when I say I'm coming over for the footy and they ask what team I am going to see! 

I've been to 12 matches in 5 trips since 2013.

Only if you can guarantee wins can you come over for a 6th if not ill contact Border Force and you can be banned. 

6 minutes ago, BCFCGav said:

I promise I take no pleasure in it - but injuries to Conway and Weimann when we’re in a relegation battle just to get us a third round replay against the Jacks? I can’t fathom how that’s a good day. A defeat and no injuries would’ve been absolutely fine, it’s just a cup we won’t win!

Fair enough, I may disagree but I understand the rational behind your opinion, some on here just want to moan for the sake of moaning 

No pleasing some on here, if we lost there would of been a meltdown, we grinded out a replay and people still want to moan about it

If one Adult going last minute happy to pay for it

I live in Reading so can get one on the day either at ground or Town

1 minute ago, Betty Swallocks said:

The problem is with there now, they’ve split what was the away end into half. Despite the rest of the ground being mostly empty, they’ve allowed 1k or so to take up the other half of that end. 
God knows how much money they have turned down as a result. 

It was an attempt to improve home atmosphere or that's the reason they gave when doing it

Does anyone have a spare code going? Would like to take the old man to a game

We are never getting penalty

The same ref has been given our game against Luton next Tuesday ... is this some kind of sick joke?

How any City player wants to shake the officials hands after that display is beyond me

You just know the ref will give 7 minutes added on and a dodgy decision in that time

Just now, Andy082005 said:

Have we actually had any chances though?

A few half chances 

Don't get me wrong I would snatch your hand off for 3rd at this stage of the season if handed to me at the start.

Mags needs to be dropped period; his performances of late have been shocking.

Day light robbery and I don't even careeeee

Tuesdays game looks even more pointless if SC isn't going to recognise JET's claim to a place

The whole only make changes with less than 10 minutes to go is becoming tedious now. 

Any sign of Jet?

Nope.