Fabrice Muamba

[sybian]

My son has just rang me and said, Boltons Muamba has collapsed and died during Boltons match against Spurs, any one with any further info.

[scudger99]

Nothing confirmed other than he was still being resuscitated on the way to the hospital.

Judging by the reactions of players on both sides, it's a very bad scenario.

Fingers crossed for the lad, shades of Vivien Foe there.

Very distressing to see, and fair play to the tv cameras for panning back and refusing to make a circus of it.

[Phoenix]

Google is your friend

[Pidge]

Google is your friend

 

Negged for being a smartarse twat when people are only showing genuine concern.

[Code]

I think he will be okay, but his career is finished going by other recent football related incidents like this.

[Pidge]

Stable Condition according to SSN.

[sybian]

Thats really good news.

[Gym Beglin]

Boltons injury problems mount.

 

Horrible, glad I wasn't watching.

[Kowalski]

Horrific and puts things in perspective.

 

Hope the guys gonna be ok.

 

YNWA

[jacco maccaco]

Great news he's Stable.

 

Quite harrowing watching it and trying to explain to 2 children whats happening

 

Well done to both teams medical staff in reacting so quickly.

[Danny_Kop]

Good to hear he's now in a stable condition

[lifetime fan]

Critically ill according to statement from spuds just released.

[Phoenix]

Negged for being a smartarse twat when people are only showing genuine concern.

 

There are loads of people on the other thread who have provided info. pure laziness starting a thread. anyway not the place

[julian dicks]

our lads wore heart moniters on wednesday v ajax. YNWA mate,recover my friend.

[Paco]

our lads wore heart moniters on wednesday v ajax. YNWA mate,recover my friend.

 

someone on 5 live (think his name was andy scott? a manager in league 2 or something) he was saying that those heart monitors only monitor what the heart is doing at that time and wouldn't necessarily identify any potential heart problems. he said all players need to get cardiographs done once or twice a year and they only cost like £35 - with the all the money in football why the fuck have they not been getting this before now?

 

Marc Vivien Foe died about 10 years ago from something like this - how can it still be happening?

[ThewaytoRome]

someone on 5 live (think his name was andy scott? a manager in league 2 or something) he was saying that those heart monitors only monitor what the heart is doing at that time and wouldn't necessarily identify any potential heart problems. he said all players need to get cardiographs done once or twice a year and they only cost like £35 - with the all the money in football why the fuck have they not been getting this before now?

 

Marc Vivien Foe died about 10 years ago from something like this - how can it still be happening?

 

1 in 20 sudden heart attack deaths are unexplained. In life these things just happen.

[Paco]

Stable Condition according to SSN.

 

someone else on 5 live there possibly from Bolton wanderers saying he couldn't even put into words what he felt about this mistruth being reported.

 

good old sky eh.

[Paco]

1 in 20 sudden heart attack deaths are unexplained. In life these things just happen.

 

well this guy was saying that the FA etc could be doing more starting with these cardiographs

[Tossed and blown]

Stable refers to the trends in his observations, and critical implies the level of care required. It's all definitions, but he can be both stable and critical. I think the primary problem will be the level of damage his nervous system (brain primarily) has suffered due to lack of oxygen delivery before they got his heart back working. Modern cardiology is very clever and once he's in that hospital I'd be very surprised if they couldn't do a reasonable job on the heart. Dealing with any brain damage will be a different proposition.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

The amount of money the professionals are on they could easily get these cardiographs done themselves. It would give them peace of mind. Maybe some good will come out of this and the football authorities around the World will make it compulsory for professional footballers to have these check ups done. In today's modern game they put their bodies through a hell of a lot.

[Newport]

I thought UEFA did it after Puerta died. All players in the two highest divisons here in Norway had to have a scan to be given a player's licence before the 2008 season.

[therevivalist]

Yeah reported in stable condition which is positive news. My prayers are with him and his family.

[ThewaytoRome]

well this guy was saying that the FA etc could be doing more starting with these cardiographs

 

What I meant was that these cardiographs sometimes dont find anything

[SCOUSE TAPAS]

Heres the latest news about him.

 

 

 

Fabrice Muamba remains in critical condition in intensive care

 

 

Bolton's Fabrice Muamba is critically ill and will remain in intensive care until at least Monday morning.

The midfielder, 23, was taken to London Chest Hospital's heart attack centre after suffering a cardiac arrest during Saturday's FA Cup tie at Tottenham.

A joint statement from the club and hospital on Sunday at 1100 GMT said: "Fabrice Muamba remains in a critical condition in intensive care.

"As is normal, he remains anaesthetised and will be for at least 24 hours."

[/url] Muamba 'critically ill' - Bolton boss Coyle

 

The statement added: "Fabrice received prolonged resuscitation at the ground and on route to The London Chest Hospital, where his heart eventually started working. His condition continues to be closely monitored by the cardiac specialists."

Bolton manager Owen Coyle said: "Fabrice's family have asked me to pass on their thanks for the many, many kind messages of support from not only Bolton fans but also fans from clubs across the country and abroad.

"All our thoughts and prayers are for Fabrice and his family at this time. The family would also like to thank the media for respecting their privacy at this time."

Coyle had earlier stated: "It's very serious. There's no getting away from that. God willing, he makes it through."

Bolton's Premier League game at Aston Villa on Tuesday night has been postponed.

Medics spent six minutes trying to resuscitate the former England under-21 international on the White Hart Lane pitch after he fell to the ground with no other players around him.

MUAMBA FACTFILE

 

 

• Born on 6 April 1988 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
  
• Progressed through Arsenal's youth academy, representing England at every level from under-16 to under-21
  
• Joined Birmingham in 2007, having been there on loan previously, then moved to Bolton the following year
  
• Appeared at the 2011 European Under-21 Championship in Denmark for England Under-21s, for whom he made 33 appearances
  

 

 

The score was 1-1 when the quarter-final was abandoned after 41 minutes.

In a statement released on Sunday Spurs chairman Daniel Levy said: "Our thoughts are with Fabrice's family and Bolton Wanderers, and we are all willing him to pull through. Events such as this put everything into perspective.

"We are immensely proud and grateful to the medical teams at both clubs, their response was immediate and professional. Our thanks also to both sets of fans for their support and behaviour.

"Too often we read the negatives about football and yet last night, at a time of intense emergency and uncertainty, we saw the true humanity and empathy of the footballing family."

Manager Harry Redknapp said: "All our thoughts are with Fabrice, his family, Owen Coyle and the club. It was the right decision to abandon the game - everybody was in a state of shock and it wouldn't have been right to carry on.

"Football is the last thing on anyone's mind when an awful situation such as this happens. All we are thinking about now is Fabrice and his family."

Members of Muamba's family and his fiancee attended the hospital on Saturday night.

PLAYERS' MESSAGES ON TWITTER

 

"Praying for you Fab. Hope he's OK. Thoughts with him and his family. For all those asking, I know as much as you do. Waiting anxiously for updates from teammates. Fab is a fighter!" Bolton midfielder Stuart Holden

"Pray for Fab. God willing he will pull through." Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe

"All our hearts with Fabrice Muamba, one of my closest friends at Bolton. I'm shocked, wishing him a fast recovery." Wigan's former Bolton goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi

"Hope Fabrice Muamba is OK. Praying for him and his family. Still in shock." Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney

"Doesn't matter who you support. Doesn't matter if you aren't a football fan. Doesn't matter if you aren't religious. Pray for Fabrice Muamba." Tottenham defender Kyle Walker

"I'm so sad about what happened to Fabrice Muamba today. Played with him for a couple of years. What a great guy. Always a smile on his face. Please Fabrice bring that smile back. My thoughts are with you and your lovely family!" Arsenal captain Robin van Persie

 

 

Medical staff gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Muamba, who was born in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) but moved to England aged 11, and tried to revive him with a defibrillator.

In total, six medics were treating the player, who joined Wanderers from Birmingham in 2008 and has made 148 appearances for the club.

Both sets of supporters chanted Muamba's name as he was taken off the pitch on a stretcher. ESPN, who were broadcasting the match, reported that he was not breathing as he was taken into the tunnel.

Referee Howard Webb called the visibly shaken players off the field after consulting with Coyle and Redknapp.

After Muamba had been taken to hospital, the match was abandoned.

The former Arsenal midfielder was accompanied in the ambulance by Coyle and club captain Kevin Davies.

Football Focus presenter Dan Walker had an exchange of text messages with Davies on Saturday evening.

"Encouragingly, he [Davies] said Fabrice is showing real fight which is the best possible news," Walker said.

"Kevin says he is not giving up and he's digging in and showing a bit of battle.

"The fact they got him breathing again makes you marvel at the work these paramedics, doctors and nurses do."

Arsenal defender Johan Djourou, who played with Muamba at the Gunners, posted on Twitter that he had visited his friend in hospital.

BBC 5 Live's Ian Dennis, who was commentating on the game, describes what he saw.

 

"Just left the hospital. Love you so much man! Keep fighting. Everybody please pray for him he's an amazing man and friend."

BBC Radio 5 live's chief football reporter Ian Dennis, who was covering the game at White Hart Lane, witnessed medics rushing to aid Muamba.

"When the medical staff arrived his face was on the turf," he said.

"You could see them using a defibrillator and he was [electronically] charged on at least two occasions. Everyone could see Fabrice Muamba was fighting for his life.

"If he does pull through it will be down to the quick actions of the medics."

[J-V]

It took two hours to restart his heart.