Antonio Valencia faces five months out.

[Pogue Mahone]

True. I can relate to this even in my very low amateur football level, I've had plenty of different knocks but kept on playing only to realize the following that it was a rather serious injury. With the adrenaline, unless the injury prevents from completely moving, you'll always want to play.

Exactly. Plus you often have the opposite scenario. Something which absolutely kills when it happens and really bothers you throughout the game, then heals up perfectly within a day or two afterwards.

 

[kouroux]

Exactly. Plus you often have the opposite scenario. Something which absolutely kills when it happens and really bothers you throughout the game, then heals up perfectly within a day or two afterwards.

I had that too Somebody cleared the ball and unfortunately I caught the ball in my big face from 2 meters out. I was completely out of it and had to stop playing but felt absolutely fine an hour later.

 

[Varun]

A comment like that could only come from someone who's never played competitive football, or any other contact sport (which is, I suspect, also true of @iKeano). Feeling discomfort and playing on is a routine part of playing contact sports. If every player got subbed off whenever they had to play through some pain/discomfort then no game would ever finish with everyone on the pitch.

A post like this could only come from someone so far up his arse that he can't help making arrogant know it all posts. Valencia has always brought out the worst in you anyways so I'll let it be.

 

[iKeano]

Point proven. If you're going to correct me you could have at least used the word whose

Haha.... Pointing out my grammatical shortcomings in an 'edited' post.

Jog on.

 

[iKeano]

A comment like that could only come from someone who's never played competitive football, or any other contact sport (which is, I suspect, also true of @iKeano). Feeling discomfort and playing on is a routine part of playing contact sports. If every player got subbed off whenever they had to play through some pain/discomfort then no game would ever finish with everyone on the pitch.

As erroneous as you are judgemental, I played contact sport for many years. Even at amature level Gaelic football, coaches would substitute players who were visibly labouring after a knock.
You're missing my entire point, yes, 'running it off' is a part of every contact sport, but not for a full hour when someone has been so visibly impacted by a knock and the 'running off' process is showing no signs of easing up!

 

[Nobby style]

A post like this could only come from someone so far up his arse that he can't help making arrogant know it all posts. Valencia has always brought out the worst in you anyways so I'll let it be.

Actually, he sounds spot on. You sound like someone who doesn´t know what they´re talking about, has never played at competitive levels, and sticks their head up their ass to try and frame a self righteous opinion of one of our players being stupid. The arrogance is yours. Valencia brings out the worst in the haters cause he usually proves them wrong and they end up sticking their head further up their ass, just like you.

 

[Varun]

Actually, he sounds spot on. You sound like someone who doesn´t know what they´re talking about, has never played at competitive levels, and sticks their head up their ass to try and frame a self righteous opinion of one of our players being stupid. The arrogance is yours. Valencia brings out the worst in the haters cause he usually proves them wrong and they end up sticking their head further up their ass, just like you.

The part in bold is why I said last time that I wouldn't bother with you in a discussion about Valencia. No one hates a player that plays for us ffs. An absolutely self absorbed idiot would think people hate a player that plays for the club they support just because they don't agree with his views.

Anyways, stick to the childish captain vroom shite which is about the level of discussion you are capable of and wait till Darmian has a bad game so that you can go berserk in his thread like last time.

 

[Nobby style]

The part in bold is why I said last time that I wouldn't bother with you in a discussion about Valencia. No one hates a player that plays for us ffs. An absolutely self absorbed idiot would think people hate a player that plays for the club they support just because they don't agree with his views.

Anyways, stick to the childish captain vroom shite which is about the level of discussion you are capable of and wait till Darmian has a bad game so that you can go berserk in his thread like last time.

Be sure to keep us posted on the stupidity of our players, inspector. We all await your well referenced insights.

 

[Varun]

Be sure to keep us posted on the stupidity of our players, inspector. We all await your well referenced insights.

The part in bold is why I said last time that I wouldn't bother with you in a discussion about Valencia. No one hates a player that plays for us ffs. An absolutely self absorbed idiot would think people hate a player that plays for the club they support just because they don't agree with his views.

Anyways, stick to the childish captain vroom shite which is about the level of discussion you are capable of and wait till Darmian has a bad game so that you can go berserk in his thread like last time.

Good.