THFC6061 said:
ksf42001 said:
THFC6061 said:
I agree with what you say, but it was the Spurs medical team who made the decision for Lloris to continue on Sunday, not AVB or the player himself.
And as they are the same medical team who saved Fabrice Muamba's life not so long ago, I think they have a good idea of what they're doing.
Whether or not there should be a mandatory replacement for players with concussion is another matter entirely.
Wow, I wasn't actually attacking Spurs in general, as I openly stated similar incidents to other players on other teams. This is a sport-wide issue that'll have to be addressed sooner or later. Hopefully sooner, but i'm not optimistic on that.
Since you do apparently want to specifically defend Spurs though, please stop. You're embarrassing yourself. Spurs was wrong in this case. It's great that they saved Muamba's life, but they failed Lloris here. The problem is that they may not know if there are longer term ramifications for years.
Also, this story is not over. He probably shouldn't play either Thursday or over the weekend, or for a long as he still feels concussion symptoms. If he plays in that condition and suffers another concussion, it will be bad. Second-impact syndrome is almost always fatal with severe disability being the best case scenario.
Perhaps Lloris should never play football ever again - just to be on the really safe side?
Let's re-cap for just a moment though.
Goalkeeper bumps head.
Goalkeeper unconscious for a minute.
Goalkeeper gets up and tells medics he feels fine to continue.
Trained, competent and qualified medical professionals examine him and agree.
Subsequent scans shows no sign of concussion and that medics and goalkeeper therefore correct.
Lloris probably won't play on Thursday, but that will have nothing to do with any medical condition.
But I fully expect him to be back between the sticks at the Lane on Sunday against Newcastle.
"Perhaps Lloris should never play football ever again - just to be on the really safe side?"
- That was obviously my point, idiot...
"Let's re-cap for just a moment though."
- Ok
"Goalkeeper bumps head."
- suffers concussion
"Goalkeeper unconscious for a minute."
- so bad that he losses consciousness
"Goalkeeper gets up and tells medics he feels fine to continue."
- players would never lie to stay on the field now would they?
"Trained, competent and qualified medical professionals examine him and agree."
- In doing so, they go against all sports medicine procedure for head injuries. Also, no sports team medical staffs have ever been accused of poor care/decisions due to conflict of interest. Never happened ever...
"Subsequent scans shows no sign of concussion and that medics and goalkeeper therefore correct."
- No the scans didn't show no sign of concussion. The CT scan they performed was looking for a brain bleed, which is different than a concussion.
"Lloris probably won't play on Thursday, but that will have nothing to do with any medical condition."
- I'm aware of this fact.
"But I fully expect him to be back between the sticks at the Lane on Sunday against Newcastle."
- and that's what worries me, since that's a pretty quick full recovery from a concussion. Not saying it's impossible, but Spurs doesn't have the greatest track record any longer.
