Theo Out for SIX Months!

[Niall_Quinn]

Nothing wrong with scotto tbf.

Apart from the fact Dixon was 84 times better than him.

[fakeyank]

Great article here:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/...122029314.html

Raheem Sterling?!

I thought this was a piece from the onion!

[Niall_Quinn]

Raheem Sterling?!

I thought this was a piece from the onion!

No, the Onion tries to mix elements of reality with farce to achieve a humorous result. Here we have only farce.

[Master Splinter]

Tbf, Sterling has been playing well and is a far superior player (now and in the future) to one-week wonders like Lennon, Townsend and Youngy.

[Niall_Quinn]

Tbf, Sterling has been playing well and is a far superior player (now and in the future) to one-week wonders like Lennon, Townsend and Youngy.

But he's not in their league when it comes to diving and I think we'll need to rely heavily on that. So Youngy for me, he is world class.

[footloose, the wanderer]

Bobby Pires did! Was that ACL or PCL? Calling Dr Singh.....

Bobby missed 2002 WC ........before becoming an INVINCIBLE!!!

There's a parallel to follow

I wouldn't be surprised if Bobby is involved in helping Theo along his road to recovery

It's a bad injury. Players in the past never came back the same. I think Owen suffered the same sort of injury.

[selassie]

It's pretty much the worst kind of injury a player like Theo could get, given he is reliant on his pace and movement.

Yeah it's not good. I am hoping Theo is really eased back in because this type of injury tends to lead to a load more injuries when players come back, just niggling little injuries like muscle strains etc.

The one saving grace is Theo has time on his side, I think if he would have picked up this injury in say 5 or 6 years time then it would have been curtains for him because he would be naturally losing his pace anyway.

If rehabilitated properly he should be OK...

[JonasTC]

The kind of injury is not that bad for Theo, since he's mostly reliant on running 100mph straight. It would be much for players like Cazorla or Özil, that are running left, right, up and down. When it happend to me, the doctor told me that it hits in when you do what he described as "running around corners". Walcott is getting the best care in the world for that injury, so we'll see him come back strong for next season

[fakeyank]

Flamini tore his ACL too but he looks as good as new. I agree with JonasTC that its not the speed you have a problem with, its the instant change of direction or lateral movements which are the biggest concerns.. I should know, having torn my right ACL

[BOBN]

Bobby Pires did! Was that ACL or PCL? Calling Dr Singh.....

Bobby missed 2002 WC ........before becoming an INVINCIBLE!!!

There's a parallel to follow

I wouldn't be surprised if Bobby is involved in helping Theo along his road to recovery

Nah, he was never as good as that 01-02 season again tbh.

Best player in the world for a few months.