ANOTHER OPERATION!

Flints

He's farked.

Won't be available for SL, probably wont be available for NZ.

Another piece of bone has been removed.

Sh!t.

Poor sod.
Gotta feel for the guy.

Yep, could've been a real champ.

Sounds like there was quite a bit of work to be done, both excess bone removal and removal of bone fragments. God knows why there was still so much to do, but maybe, just maybe this may sort it. We can only hope.

Jesus - stop cutting him open. Just let the guy rest up properly without rushing him back the second the stitches come out.

His injury has been 'managed' quite pathetically...

Dello wrote:Jesus - stop cutting him open. Just let the guy rest up properly without rushing him back the second the stitches come out.

His injury has been 'managed' quite pathetically...

Does sound like there has been poor management, but if there were fragments that needed removing and excess bone growth then really there was no option but to operate.

This time give him the proper recovery period. If he's not quite ready for the 2008 season, don't rush him back

doctorspin wrote:

Dello wrote:Jesus - stop cutting him open. Just let the guy rest up properly without rushing him back the second the stitches come out.

His injury has been 'managed' quite pathetically...

Does sound like there has been poor management, but if there were fragments that needed removing and excess bone growth then really there was no option but to operate.

Doc... would he have got those fragments from bowling since his last injury or could they have been missed?

I suppose it's only natural to try and rush someone back when it's the player who is crucial to the balance of your side.

I think the selectors need to plan for life without him now, and if he comes back at the level he was then that's a bonus. The trouble is every batsman who can turn his arm over or bowler who can hold a bat will be hailed as his successor for the next 10 years...

JKLever wrote:

doctorspin wrote:

Dello wrote:Jesus - stop cutting him open. Just let the guy rest up properly without rushing him back the second the stitches come out.

His injury has been 'managed' quite pathetically...

Does sound like there has been poor management, but if there were fragments that needed removing and excess bone growth then really there was no option but to operate.

Doc... would he have got those fragments from bowling since his last injury or could they have been missed?

I was wondering the same. Really don't know. If he did then the outlook would seem poor. I suspect it is more likely that they were the result and debris of previous operations, in which case, if they were the main problem, this op. may make a big positive difference. You  really shouldn't get bone fragments from wear and tear, even with the excessive forces of fast bowling

That is the problem with operating. You can cause as many problems as you are trying to cure, not that there was any alternative to operating on any of the occassions.

Who decides when Flintoff can resume playing? The German doctor who operates on him? Lancashire's doctors? Flintoff himself?

Henry wrote:Who decides when Flintoff can resume playing? The German doctor who operates on him? Lancashire's doctors? Flintoff himself?

SMS Phonepoll

Cant see him playing Test cricket again unless he starts batting better and more consistently than he ever has done before in his career. He's not good enough to bat at six, and he's not fit enough to be part of a four man attack. Conundrum.

Flintoff should learn to bowl lefthanded ..it would save his ankle

Yet another pearl of wisdom from an idiot.

Sad to see his career finish like this. Agree totally with Mudge on this one.

Way to early to call someones career like that IMO

(Although I was always insistent S Jones would be back, so I know farkall)

Be a miracle if he comes back at Test level, IMO.

Yep, got to agree with lardy on this one . . . as much as it sickens me to agree with a Tozzie.

Ah, ya big country hick.

btw ... which bit of Japan are you in now?

The Big Sushi . . . Tokyo. (Well, yokohama to be honest).

right

well, you're safe then

Safe from what or whom?