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Eduardo
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:17 am
by itsme
I saw the challenge on Match Of The Day last night and woke up this morning thinking about it, it's knocked me sick.
Poor bastard.
Hope he can make a full recovery.
As for the challenge....My personal view is that it was a disgraceful tackle.
After seeing the horror replay, you can see that Eduardo was just too quick for Taylor and just moved the ball away.
Opinions ???
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:58 am
by mjd
Awful thing to happen to someone, I dont think I want to see a replay, the look on some of the Arsenal players, and medical staff said everything.
Hope he recovers
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:23 pm
by ma71lda
When I saw the tackle in real-time it looked clumsy as if Eduardo was simply too fast for him. After seeng slow-mo replays and pictures in the paper the studs were showing and now we know why players go ballistic when these challenges are made.
An injury like this has been on the cards for a while now and I hope he makes a full recovery. Most of us will remember David Buusts' injury for Coventry against Man Utd. Now that was sick, one half of his leg was vertical the other horizontal, with a nice pool of blood on the pitch - it even made Schmeichel physically sick.
Has anyone ever seen the clip of the American kids paintballing, where the lad slips off the step ladders and snaps his leg? Don't know if it was fake but it looked nasty.
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:35 pm
by ma71lda
For anyone interested in viewing the above clip its still on FHM.com. Its in the 100 greatest videos section and its at number 61.
Enjoy..........or maybe not.
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:19 pm
by bigv038
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:04 pm
by dangerous
Saw the slow motion replay on MOTD and it was absolutely horrific. Looks exactly the same as Busst's injury and while I hope he makes a full recovery I just don't see it happening. Apparently by the time Busst has had all the operations he needed there wasn't enough muscle left to work the tendons (the bones healed fine).
As for the challenge it was pretty bad but no different to the type of "studs up" tackles you see week in week out. The only difference was Eduardo had his one standing leg planted and there was nowhere for it to go. It could and maybe should now lead to a massive clamp down on these sorts of tackles because now we have seen the consequences.
It will be such a shame if he doesnt play again. One of the best finishers in the Premiership in my opinion.
