No way back for Hume

Sadly I don't think any player who has been injured as badly as Hume can risk playing football again.
I hope I'm wrong!

 

Thats a nice...

Enthusiastic post for our Humey to read; arsehole. Abit of positivity for the lad for christ sake.

 

I don't know mate , Cech has the helmet to protect his his Skull, surley Hume will do the same, altho the physcological(SP) side of things wil play a key role.

 

hopefully you are wrong, but i think if he does return he wont have the same sort of confidence as he did before

 

RE: Thats a nice...

find 'Ian Hume' on Wiki pedia and read the last line.

 

He WILL return

He's that type of player who doesn't let anything stand in his way!!

 

RE: He WILL return

I hope you're right. Do you know of any player who has returned to this level of football after such a life threatening injury?
Could any club risk it?
Sincerely hope I'm wrong!

 

RE: Positivity

Is positivity burying your head in the sand and ignoring a realistic possibility? Positivity could be deemed as lying to yourself. One would be naive to deny there is a chance Hume might never play again and I'm sure the original poster hopes that he's proved wrong as much as anyone.

 

let's see how the skull heals eh ?

people like Dalgliesh and Mabbut have played after serious fractures of the cheek bone. It depends how bad the fracture was and I don't think we know. It may be that the operation was to correct bleeding and not due to the severity of the fracture. I'm not in the game of writing him off just yet and the comparison with Peter Checz (sp) may not be right as I seem to remember that he had a depressed fracture. I HOPE that the fracture was just the cause of the bleed problem and that once the skull has healed then it will be as strong as before. The emotional scars, well that's up to Iain, his family, the support from the club and not least us the fans.

 

RE: I think you are wrong .. probably

I too hope I'm wrong, but what a risk he would take if he did return.

 

RE: Positivity

It would be brilliant if he did return but if he was my son or brother or husband I'd be urging him to quit.

 

Cant trust everything you read on wikipedia

But if it is right then it probably only means the subject has been brought up to him and he's probs told em where to shove it!

 

Heading a heavy football.......

 

not being a doctor

I'm not qualified to assess his ability to return, do we have a doctor, surgeon etc on the board who could give a qualified opinion. Cech returned, but how often does a keeper have to head the ball?
You break your leg, you return as it mends as good as it was before in most cases. If you effectively break your head (simplistic, I know), does it mend as good as before or do you have to avoid contact sport for life?

Worrying times indeed for him and his family.

On a more businesslike note, if his career is ended can the club sue Utd/Morgan for compo on their million+ investment?

 

Now I know this is slightly different

but players with the most horrendous injuries like Eduardo come back to the game. It's amazing what the modern medics can do so why not with Iain eh ?

 

RE: let's see how the skull heals eh ?

Thanks Dave.
It's not a question of how the skull heals it's a question of how much damage has occurred to the tissue beneathh the skull and how vulnerable that part of the brain will be in the future due to the fractured skull. The skull bones will knit together and be as strong as before, the concern is what is the state of things directly under where the original fracture occured.
I'm no medic but I can't see any dr having the confidence and certainty to give Hume the go-ahead to resume his playing career.
I hope I'm wrong - it would be brilliant to see him back next season.

 

Fair enough

I'm just trying to be positive about an aweful situation.</p>

 

Not true

Depends on the nature of the skull fracture. Steve Livingstone of Grimsby fractured the base of his skull in a collision with Ravanelli of Derby in August 2002 and was back playing again by October 2002.

 

Yes there is.</p>

There has to be.</p>

Come on Humey........................
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