Re: Saints starting 17 for 2012 : Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:33 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

It happened to scott gibbs and it didn't keep him out that long iirc.
Mind you, i remeber it happening to gary chambers ina game against us and it was horrific.
Obviously many of us will remember Cunninghams injury he got playing aginst the kiwis.

Cunningham's was worse because didn't he break the bone as well as dislocate it?

Re: Saints starting 17 for 2012 : Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:45 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Cunningham's was worse because didn't he break the bone as well as dislocate it?

I think you're right.

A quick look at Gibbs on the heritage site suggests he was injured on 15th Feb and didn't play again that season (which ended on 14th May). He played in a pre season friendly against Hull on 6th August.

Re: Saints starting 17 for 2012 : Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:16 am  

It all depends on how far it was put out of joint and if there is any muscular/tendon damage.It looked bad on the tv but we wont know until the club tell us how bad it is.

Re: Saints starting 17 for 2012 : Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:23 am  

St pete wrote:

He'll defo be back as it will heal but how he plays is another thing.

Has he had an op, or was it just reset? This seems like the sort of injury that once it happens, almost invariably happens again.

Re: Saints starting 17 for 2012 : Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:25 am  

SomersetSaint wrote:

Has he had an op, or was it just reset? This seems like the sort of injury that once it happens, almost invariably happens again.

Shenton went for his operation yesterday according to Saints on Twitter.

Re: Saints starting 17 for 2012 : Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:33 am  

I had a bad fall about three years ago. I did what the surgeon referred to as 'the terrible triad', meaning I'd dislocated the elbow, broken bones and damaged the ligaments. I had a frame on it for about six weeks and could hardly bend or straighten the arm at all for a while. After an operation and a lot of physio and exercise I got it to a point where I can bend it almost as well as before (I can lift a pint glass to my lips, anyway) and straighten it about two thirds as well as previously. I also have a titanium radial head now. If it's anything like that I'd be surprised if we saw the same player as the last third of the season.

I'm a little ray of sunshine, I know

In his favour, Shenton is half the age I was when I did it, he's a professional athlete and will have access to the best treatment and rehabilitation available.

Re: Saints starting 17 for 2012 : Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:42 pm  

Fingers crossed for the lad. Really hope he can get back to form he's been showing the past 3/4 games.

Re: Saints starting 17 for 2012 : Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:03 pm  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

Fingers crossed for the lad. Really hope he can get back to form he's been showing the past 3/4 games.

Assuming he gets back ok, I think we'll see a lot more of him once Lomaskell have a full off season together in place and have the ball moving well both ways, which we didn't really see this year.

Re: Saints starting 17 for 2012 : Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:06 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Assuming he gets back ok, I think we'll see a lot more of him once Lomaskell have a full off season together in place and have the ball moving well both ways, which we didn't really see this year.

Lomaskell will be nothing more than a fond memory once Lance is dropping balls all over the show in the halves next year.

Re: Saints starting 17 for 2012 : Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:23 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Lomaskell will be nothing more than a fond memory once Lance is dropping balls all over the show in the halves next year.

The public will not allow it. I can see the banner now.