Most of us have played football at various levels, and me and a few mates had a discussion about injuries.
Q. In the 15 or so years of playing football amateur/semi pro and a couple of ex pros how many players do you remember being out for a year or more ?
Most of us cited 6-8 weeks for the odd broken leg, and 3 months for a compound fracture
Yet, since the authorities banned proper tackling and boot companies started supplying players with slippers all these arty farty injuries seem to be regular occurrences.
Black boots, no shinny's and crunching tackles are the future