Christian Pulisic at AC Milan

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  1. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    Lineker and Shearer are current Brits, as far as I know
     
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  2. TimB4Last

    TimB4Last Member+

    May 5, 2006
    Dystopia
    That Bob Gibson story reminds me of the time I forced myself to complete a post despite suffering from a cracked fingernail.
     
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  3. smokarz

    smokarz Member+

    Aug 9, 2006
    Hartford, CT
    If he can raise his current level up a notch and win some key trophies, he will be in the conversations in a few years.

    After all, people will no longer have to compete with Messi and CR7 for the trophy.
     
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  4. smokarz

    smokarz Member+

    Aug 9, 2006
    Hartford, CT
    Did a bit more reading on his injury.

    Best case, out 4-8 weeks.

    Worse case, 4-6 months.

    Hoping for the best.
     
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  5. madvillain

    madvillain Member+

    Aug 28, 2011
    Club:
    Brooklyn Knights
    Luckily he doesn't have a history of hamstring problems and he was standing without assistance in the tunnel so surgery (4-6) months isn't on the table here.

    It's just a matter if it's a grade 1 or grade 2 strain. I'm hoping he's back training in about a month and it's a grade 1 obvioslly. Grade 2 will mean he misses all the preseason and probably we won't be seeing him feature until late fall.
     
  6. Jazzy Altidore

    Jazzy Altidore BigSoccer Yellow Card

    Sep 2, 2009
    San Francisco
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They way this injury happened concerns me.
     
  7. madvillain

    madvillain Member+

    Aug 28, 2011
    Club:
    Brooklyn Knights
    The way he keeps getting injuries concerns me. Pulling a hammy in these circumstances is completely understandable, but it keeps happening to various parts of his body in any circumstances.

    He's clearly working his ass off in training, he might need to tone it down a bit.
     
  8. freisland

    freisland Member+

    Jan 31, 2001
    Yes. I should have written "redundant Brit footie"...
     
  9. freisland

    freisland Member+

    Jan 31, 2001
    Surgery for a bad hamstring injury sucks. It's a big tendon and/or muscle and they often have to cut a lot of crap.

    Hoping it just requires a few weeks of beach.
     
  10. madvillain

    madvillain Member+

    Aug 28, 2011
    Club:
    Brooklyn Knights
    They also tend to happen when you over train quads relative to hamstring and the tendon gets pulled too tightly on the upper hamstring.

    Frankly Chelsea have had some pretty bad muscular issues the last two years, they might want to look at their training protocols.
     
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  11. ebbro

    ebbro Member+

    Jun 10, 2005
    That's kinda the way most hamstring injuries happen. The bigger concern to me is the amount/ frequency of injuries and the fact that his explosiveness is one of his best traits.
     
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  12. gogorath

    gogorath Member+

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    May 12, 2019
    Ronnie Lott literally cut off a finger to keep playing. Which is insane, but in the same vein.
     
  13. dougtee

    dougtee Member+

    Feb 7, 2007
    bad decision imo
     
  14. freisland

    freisland Member+

    Jan 31, 2001
    I once had a friend borrow my 4x pickup. He bottomed it out and cracked the tranny seal. But he kept on driving to show how tough my truck was. (Well, really to show how dumb he was, but I digress.)

    He instantly became a former friend. (and still owes me $ from the mess.)

    I'm not so sure how taking a multi-million lb. asset and encouraging them to continue a pretty meaningless sports moment at the risk of longer-term injury is super-smart, but it does seem to play well.
     
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  15. appwrangler

    appwrangler Member

    Barcelona
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    Dec 18, 2018
    Fingertip, but still pretty insane.
     
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  16. EruditeHobo

    EruditeHobo Member+

    Mar 29, 2007
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    “Back in no time” according to his IG. So he’s feeling pretty positive overall.
     
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  17. dougtee

    dougtee Member+

    Feb 7, 2007
    downtime is perfect for puli to pick jozys brain on how to care for hamstrings and do the direct polar diametric opposite
     
  18. Lloyd Heilbrunn

    Lloyd Heilbrunn Member+

    Feb 11, 2002
    Jupiter, Fl.
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Unfortunately, I'm starting to get JOB vibes...
     
  19. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Yes, yes, heroics are awesome to watch. But, at the end of the day, clubs want silverware.
     
  20. laxcoach

    laxcoach Member+

    United States
    Jul 29, 2017
    intermountain west
    Nat'l Team:
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    CP saw the opening and all he focused on was getting another goal. Not super smart in a long term thinking sort of way but very much a driven athlete sort of way.

    I've never had luck loaning out the pickup either, btw.
     
  21. grandinquisitor28

    Feb 11, 2002
    Nevada
    Jack Young Blood's Broken Leg:
    https://www.si.com/nfl/talkoffame/n...ungblood-from-pro-bowl-FfXWX0NtNk2QtXobmL0VRA

    Kirk Gibson's Heroic Moment:

    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28983202/viewers-guide-reliving-kirk-gibson-moment-ages

    Montana and the Chicken Soup game:
    https://fanbuzz.com/college-football/joe-montana-chicken-soup-game/

    Willis Reed hobbles off the bench:
    https://www.nba.com/top-nba-finals-moments-hobbled-willis-reed-inspires-game-7-1970-finals

    Michael Jordan's Flu Game

    https://www.espn.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/56853/truehoop-tv-mjs-trainer-on-mj


    The Food Poisoning game is probably the least impressive of them since we don't even know if it was true, but the Reed, Montana, Gibson, and Youngblood heroics are all true and even more incredible the deeper you dig.
     
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  22. FC Tallavana

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  23. grandinquisitor28

    Feb 11, 2002
    Nevada
    It's that part that allows you to admire Jack Youngblood's toughness, but if he projects said toughness to an expectation others must deliver on it starts to read as insane.

    I love all these stories because they exhibit traits of perseverance, toughness and commitment, but they're also negative traits because they illustrate a lack of perspective, and to some degree wisdom, and long term thinking/an understanding of the big picture.

    It makes sense because sports encapsulates both concepts, w/players and coaches exhibiting the concept of "living in the present" and general managers being the architects of long term thinking/team building (which is why it's nearly impossible to find situations where it's wise to hire one man to handle coaching and general management unless they have Bellichek's and Walsh's cut throat ability to handle both w/o too much sentiment (especially in the case of the former).
     
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  24. Lloyd Heilbrunn

    Lloyd Heilbrunn Member+

    Feb 11, 2002
    Jupiter, Fl.
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    One of my favorites is Bob Kuechenberg playing a Super Bowl with a newly inserted steel rod in his broken forearm! And shutting down an All-Pro tackle.

    Supposedly he later used the rod as a drink stirrer for his home bar...
     
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  25. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    What, no Kerri Strug?

    Also, where are all these diagnoses/prognoses on this thread coming from? Is there an actual prognosis from an actual doctor who actually saw him somewhere?
     
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