2019/20 Andre Gomes

[Simon Buttle]

Anyone got a clue about this stuff?

No ligament damage? If so that's a minor miracle.

Also having dislocated it, is it likely to be dislocated easier and often?

I work in sports science, injuries are not really my area but i know a little bit and being an ex skateboarder i have had many a leg injury including one very serious ankle and leg fracture at the same time which resulted in my leg now being held together with multiple metal bars and pins. I would be really surprised if Gomes bent his ankle at 90 degrees and has no ligament damage, and tbh that is the serious/worrying bit. The fracture side of it should be ok depending on how it's reset, if it's with pins it will be slightly quicker than without, but that on it's own would be at least a few months as it's an ankle so you basically have to learn to walk again, let alone be a pro sports person. The key bit is how much damage has been done to ligaments and other soft tissue in the ankle/foot area. That can unfortunately take months and months to sort out, basically all the stuff you have down in your foot area is very strong as it has to support everything above it and if damaged it can take a long time to build it back up again, and i am not 100% convinced by our medical people tbh.

 

[roydo]

Seen this floating on Twitter, where's it come from exactly? Surely not.

Seems very unlikely doesnt it? Fracture and dislocation and ready to play in 16 weeks is Steve Austin levels of repair.

 

[Connor]

Seems very unlikely doesnt it? Fracture and dislocation and ready to play in 16 weeks is Steve Austin levels of repair.

It's absolutely mental

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

I work in sports science, injuries are not really my area but i know a little bit and being an ex skateboarder i have had many a leg injury including one very serious ankle and leg fracture at the same time which resulted in my leg now being held together with multiple metal bars and pins. I would be really surprised if Gomes bent his ankle at 90 degrees and has no ligament damage, and tbh that is the serious/worrying bit. The fracture side of it should be ok depending on how it's reset, if it's with pins it will be slightly quicker than without, but that on it's own would be at least a few months as it's an ankle so you basically have to learn to walk again, let alone be a pro sports person. The key bit is how much damage has been done to ligaments and other soft tissue in the ankle/foot area. That can unfortunately take months and months to sort out, basically all the stuff you have down in your foot area is very strong as it has to support everything above it and if damaged it can take a long time to build it back up again, and i am not 100% convinced by our medical people tbh.

There will definitely be ligament damage of some description but the difference between strained and torn is obviously massive. Ligaments are somewhat elastic so you just have to hope he got lucky with how it went during the impact.

I'm actually more confident in staff and surgeons with something like this than our minor injuries which we seem to take chances with.

 

[roydo]

It's absolutely mental

Twitter. Mental.

What you reckon?

 

[Connor]

Twitter. Mental.

What you reckon?

I saw it from a reporter lad who I know is good, but no one better to back it up.

I personally can't see the lad playing again this season, but I'm like you, guessing and waiting for someone to say something.

 

[Simon Buttle]

There will definitely be ligament damage of some description but the difference between strained and torn is obviously massive. Ligaments are somewhat elastic so you just have to hope he got lucky with how it went during the impact.

I'm actually more confident in staff and surgeons with something like this than our minor injuries which we seem to take chances with.

I just can't imagine anybody bending their ankle like that and not having some form of ligament damage, even if it's only a strain rather than a tear. But yeah like you im just hoping the hospital did a good job sorting it out, im sure the club will have made sure it was the best Doctor doing the surgery.

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

I just can't imagine anybody bending their ankle like that and not having some form of ligament damage, even if it's only a strain rather than a tear. But yeah like you im just hoping the hospital did a good job sorting it out, im sure the club will have made sure it was the best Doctor doing the surgery.

 

[john jako]

Go ed city lids. Swap for de bruyne?

 

[andydgg]

I had a motorbike accident and twisted my leg the wrong way round, my leg flopped to the side when they lifted the bike off and we thought it was a dislocated hip, ambulance men knew straight away and told me it's a body reaction, it flops like that and comes back but takes months for the cartlidge and ligaments to go back into place, it's like stretching an elastic band. Took me 5 months, and it's never the same. It looks like that's what happened to gomez, it'll go back but it'll take months and you can't rush it. I've ran 19 marathons since, after being told I'd be lucky to walk again, so hopefully he'll make it back onto the pitch, it'll just take time. Good Luck.

 

[Blue in Oklahoma]

I think Son's reputation in the league is carrying weight with some people. He is a well liked guy, plays for the team and has a total of 6 cards in total in 139 PL appearances. With that being said, the tackles was cynical to say the least, there was clear intent to make sure Gomes was obstructed in some way from the tackle, he went up studs high after the ball has been cleared, and the injury to Gomes is the aftermath he has to deal with. His reaction after the fact was justified, when he realized what his actions did, but that does not take away from the fact that he is the cause of the injury to Gomes. I have always been taught to own my mistakes, and in this case Son must live with his actions. Zero sympathy.

 

[Yorkie89]

Twitter. Mental.

What you reckon?

It only takes 4-8 weeks for the bone to set again it’s just about it being set correctly. Then the rehab to get it back to full strength. It’s basically dependant on how quickly Gomes body repairs itself. There is still 6 months to play so it’s not out the question although I think wait till pre season and potentially take a chance in one of those games and see from there

 

[Billy Dean]

I just can't imagine anybody bending their ankle like that and not having some form of ligament damage, even if it's only a strain rather than a tear. But yeah like you im just hoping the hospital did a good job sorting it out, im sure the club will have made sure it was the best Doctor doing the surgery.

The doctor in that video posted a few pages back basically said with the foot in the position it was the syndesmosis would've gone first, followed by the fracture. From what I understood from doctors when I had a minor ligament tear the syndesmosis is the worst ligament to damage in the ankle region.

 

[Nymzee]

He won't play again till next Christmas I reckon.

 

[BernieH]

I also would certainly not have any sympathy for any of our players had they done the same or ever have done the same.