they are all cruciate ligament injuries..so they are the same type of injury..i knew I shouldnt have said Identical.
Because there not Identical?


they are all cruciate ligament injuries..so they are the same type of injury..i knew I shouldnt have said Identical.


Talk about looking for someone to blame for what is just down to pot luck for every footie player at every level across the globe. The level these players play at alone will dictate higher odds of an injury.2 injuries close together, and suddenly someone is at fault?
If it were 2 broken legs we wouldnt have had this topic now would we.
Our players have had the best treatment - and will have the best treatment in the future.
Because there not Identical?![]()

I cant believe what I am reading!Talk about looking for someone to blame for what is just down to pot luck for every footie player at every level across the globe. The level these players play at alone will dictate higher odds of an injury.
I play footie every week and, touch wood, have never suffered a serious injury like Jags did at the weekend. I do not even warm up properly at the start of the game! Maybe he should have prepared for his game like I did the night before with a huge steak and chips meal and around 5 or 6 pints of hurlimanns? Or, listen to the people who know what they are talking about because its their job and their damn good at it? I wonder if Jags, Arteta the Yak etc are questioning training methods and conditioning at the club?
These last few years have been the happiest I have ever been to be an Evertonian, we're boss right now, in a final, qualified for Europe again, got a manager who other clubs fans really do admire who has really put together a great team, and he really knows what he is doing too. But, sometimes I just don't get this looking for someone to blame as soon as the slightest thing goes a little wrong. We lost saturday, it happens to TOP clubs every now and then, and as Chico pointed out not to us that often. But, since saturday you would think we have been on a run of 20 odd games without a win.
Just like Yak's and Arteta's injury, Jag's was just pure bad luck.
Why are ACL tears such a big problem?
When the knee is unstable, patients often complain of a sensation that the knee will 'give out' from under them. When this giving way sensation is because of an ACL injury, the knee joint is sliding too much. This can be a problem because each episode of instability (the 'giving way' sensation) can cause damage to the knee cartilage. Therefore an ACL injury makes patients more prone to developing arthritis and meniscus tears.
Athletes often have particular difficulty once they have sustained an ACL injury. Many sports require a functioning ACL to perform common maneuvers such as cutting, pivoting, and sudden turns. These high demand sports sports include, but are not limited to:
Patients may be able to function in their normal daily activities without a normal ACL, but these high-demand sports may prove difficult. Therefore, athletes are often faced with the decision to undergo surgery in order to return to their previous level of competition. What factors contribute to ACL injuries?
- Football
- Soccer
- Basketball
- Skiing
- Gymnastics
- Hockey (Ice and Field)
- Wrestling
- Lacrosse
- Rugby
ACL injuries can strike anyone, but there are certainly some individuals more prone to ACL injury. Sports listed above can cause high forces to be placed on the ACL. Participants in these sports are especially prone to ACL injury. Another factor that contributes to ACL injuries is the gender of the patient. In college basketball, women players may be up to 8 times more likely than their male counterparts to sustain an ACL injury. There are different theories as to why women are especially susceptible to ACL injury.
By all accounts, footballers are more prone to ACL Injuries as are some other sportsmen/women. The sport itself means there is more chances of the injury. Just bad luck which players get struck down.
By all accounts, footballers are more prone to ACL Injuries as are some other sportsmen/women. The sport itself means there is more chances of the injury. Just bad luck which players get struck down.
Which makes no sense, Jags and Arteta are not prone to these types of injuries or they would be getting them season in and out (the injuries arteta has had previously have had nothing to do with ACL), however maybe vaughan could be classed as prone because i believe this has happened 3 times alone to the poor kid..which I think has kept him out of the team for the best part of the last 4 seasons.
Thing you have to bare in mind is, this is the first season where 3 identical and potentially career ending injuries have occured where 2 of those injuries are within 2 months of each other, and the injury which potentially ended vaughan's career a couple years ago, and he is now suffering for it (he was before came back again). Hindsight is a wonderful thing for us fans, but i do think Moyse surely needs to look at this and do some sort of investigation about why this has occured twice in a relatively short period of time.
I dont want this to become so common we end up loosing all of our best players..that is why I am very concerned. ACL is potentially career ending, and there is no guarantee the same injury (as been explained above so well) will not plight the same players over and over, the evidence is right there in vaughan..this is why this type of injury needs special consideration and taken very seriously..its no good just coming out with "its just bad luck" we need to be sure those training methods which reduce these types of injuries are being taken on board seriously (and i cite arteta and jags as case in point..i honestly do not believe jags would have been injured like this had the training been compulsory for all first team players, it would be been reduced significantly, to the point it very likely wouldnt have happened..but now its happened twice so close together)..arteta and jags will likely suffer for the rest of their careers with these horrific injuries reoccuring.