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Ricardo Quaresma just suffered a fractured wrist in a league match in February. I got the second leg of a Champions League match coming up. Do you really think he'd sit out one to two months due to an _arm_ injury?
Bandage that thing up and hit the pitch. Does this not occur often in football? He's my only star . . .
A fractured wrist is a pretty serious injury. If you could guarantee 100% that no one would bang into him or tackle him causing him to fall then sure he could play football, but that isn't realistic. I've never noticed how many times various players go down in a game after a tackle or whatever, but your wrist is what takes the strain when you do (or at least it takes a fair amount of strain...I'm not a medical doctor!)
Think about when you run, your wrist is all over the place. Think about when you get fouled or fall over. Wrist goes straight out first to break your fall. You gotta rest that thing if it's fractured.
I understand all that but American football players use casts on their arms all the time. We are talking about offensive linemen (block and will occasionally hit the turf) and running backs (get tackled and will hit the ground).
I'm just surprised that they wouldn't throw a cast on there for an important match.
Originally posted by reo hustler:
I understand all that but American football players use casts on their arms all the time. We are talking about offensive linemen (block and will occasionally hit the turf) and running backs (get tackled and will hit the ground).
I'm just surprised that they wouldn't throw a cast on there for an important match.
Haha, this is true! But American Footballers are pretty tough. Our "soccer" boys are a little less so.
I play for my local team and I broke my wrist in a match, but carried on playing with the cast on and i had to have surgery on it (as i fell on it countless times), and that put me out of football for 6 months IIRC.
So all in all it's best if you wait 'til the wrist is better, speaking from personal experience.
Originally posted by reo hustler:
I understand all that but American football players use casts on their arms all the time. We are talking about offensive linemen (block and will occasionally hit the turf) and running backs (get tackled and will hit the ground).
I'm just surprised that they wouldn't throw a cast on there for an important match.
Forgot to mention an example. Shaun Alexander (running back) fractured his wrist this past September and still played with a protective brace. He'll take numerous hits as a running back (more than a right winger ever would).
Originally posted by reo hustler:
Forgot to mention an example. Shaun Alexander (running back) fractured his wrist this past September and still played with a protective brace. He'll take numerous hits as a running back (more than a right winger ever would).
Quaresma, man up!
I got Quaresma on the right since Leonardo (who I signed only uses his left football). I know he plays left IRL (although swaps in-game).
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Originally posted by SWaRFeGa:
Haha, this is true! But American Footballers are pretty tough. Our "soccer" boys are a little less so.
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