Made you proud to see that one paper featured, from all of his clubs, a photo of him in a City shirt.
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I saw him play for sheff u youth against our lot at ferriby tore us apart Head and shoulders above any other performance I’ve seen Good luck to him hope he is cancer free and has a great career I’d lost every bit of muscle’: David Brooks on cancer and return to football Ben Fisher please log in to view this image David Brooks has opened up on his recovery from cancer, with the Bournemouth and Wales winger admitting that football paled into insignificance as he fought back from stage-two Hodgkin lymphoma. Brooks, who returned to Premier League action last month, has revealed he put on 15kg (2st 5lb) after six months of chemotherapy and said his household was tearful after learning he would return to playing. Brooks confirmed he was cancer-free in March 2022 but a hamstring problem delayed his first-team return. The 25-year-old received a warm ovation from both sets of supporters after making his first-team comeback as a second-half substitute at Aston Villa, 536 days on from his previous appearance. Three days later he scored a hat-trick for Bournemouth’s development squad on his first start for 18 months and this month he made another appearance as a substitute in a Premier League defeat by Brighton. “Football was my life for 24 years before I was diagnosed and for a brief moment, in the grand scheme of things, football didn’t matter,” Brooks told Premier League Productions. “It was about my health and my mentality.” The Football Association of Wales medical staff helped detect the illness in the buildup to matches against Czech Republic and Estonia in October 2021 after Brooks reported symptoms synonymous with a cancer diagnosis. Brooks said he had been struggling to sleep, experienced night sweats, noticed a sudden drop in weight and “couldn’t get my legs to take me where they needed to go”. “I went for a blood test that evening and had more tests the following day and within 24 hours I was back in London having a biopsy,” Brooks said. “We were yet to receive confirmation but the doctor told me that it did look like it was cancer and that I needed to prepare myself for that news. You almost don’t want to believe it. When you hear the word ‘cancer’ as a young lad you don’t expect yourself to be in that position where you need to know everything about it, unless you’ve had a relative that has gone through that process. please log in to view this image David Brooks back training with Bournemouth in March. Photograph: Robin Jones/AFC Bournemouth/Getty Images “I’m not in touch with my emotions on a day-to-day basis but when a cancer diagnosis comes into play, it’s just very different. It’s difficult to stay composed in that situation but I never really let it out until I was on my own. I didn’t want a fuss and just let everyone do what they needed to do, then when I was on my own I had a bit of a cry and hoped everything was going to be all right. “I was diagnosed with stage-two Hodgkin lymphoma and the prognosis was a positive one. I was told I would be given six months of chemotherapy and would hopefully be OK after that. You have to be prepared that you might not get good news at the end of that period and deal with it as it lies, but I had to have it in my head that it was six months of chemo and then just try to get back playing.” Brooks said he initially found the cancer treatment not as difficult as feared before the reality hit home after the second and third rounds of chemotherapy. “My girlfriend used to come to every chemo and I remember just trying to fall asleep so I wouldn’t be sick,” he said. Of his comeback, he said: “I’d lost every bit of muscle and put on more than 15kg of weight, so I needed to get that off me and put muscle on before I could even think about stepping on a pitch again.” Clearance to play was another emotional moment. “There were a few tears in the house when they told me,” he said. “I was just over the moon that it had worked and I didn’t have to go through it any more.” Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Brooks said he was able to celebrate Bournemouth’s promotion last season for about 15 minutes before feeling “completely out of breath”. He could feature for Bournemouth at home to West Ham on Sunday and is expected to return to Rob Page’s squad for June’s double-header of Euro 2024 qualifiers at home to Armenia and away to Turkey. “The thought that I might not be able to do what I dreamt of all my life was a difficult thought,” Brooks said. “But I never stopped trying and thankfully my body managed to pull together to get me back. Now I just want to be as fit as possible whenever I’m called upon.”
The Man U fan at my place is leaving tomorrow (from Rochdale so should support them but there you go) I'll be making the most of the opportunity for one last dig
He’s been shocking for three years. He’s also developed an ego that is unwarranted for a player of his ability. Southgate keeps picking him for England, he’ll put in a 6 or 7 out of 10 performance against some minnow then he goes back to Man Utd thinking he’s the best defender in the world and tells the media he doesn’t have to prove himself to anyone. Never really thought he was all that when he played for us. Had one decent season in the Premier League in a side that got relegated then went to Leicester. In terms of technical ability, Michael Dawson and Curtis Davies were always the better centre-halves but Phelan gave Maguire his chance and he took it and did alright. Compare Maguire’s career trajectory with Robertson’s since they both left us and it’s night and day.
Falklands war art installation given ‘fitting place’ in Portsmouth Standing With Giants, created for 40th anniversary, commemorates troops and islanders who died Steven Morris please log in to view this image Lifesize silhouetted figures representing the 255 British military personnel and three civilians who lost their lives in the Falklands war have been installed on the parade ground and ramparts at Fort Nelson in Portsmouth. The art installation, Standing With Giants, was created to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict and its arrival in the Hampshire port is regarded as particularly poignant as so many of the British ships left and returned there. Andy Gatherer, who was a 19-year-old marine engineer and mechanic on HMS Glamorgan during the conflict, was one of the first to view the installation on Thursday. He said: “It’s fabulous. It grabs you as you walk around the corner and see the silhouettes.” Gatherer, 60, said it reminded him of the sailors he knew that lost their lives in the conflict. “That’s very personal to me. It brings back a lot of memories. We had to bury them at sea so to have something tangible here is very powerful.” Standing With Giants is a community project set up by the Oxfordshire artist Dan Barton and a group of local volunteers. They create large-scale art installations using recycled building materials. To complement the art installation, Fort Nelson is staging an exhibition – Falklands 40: What Portsmouth Saw – which tells some of the personal stories of homecomings to Portsmouth after the conflict. The show features images from the local paper the News, footage from BBC South, interviews with local veterans, as well as a display of guns used in the conflict. Fort Nelson’s public engagement manager, Lizzie Puddick, said: “We are honoured to host this art installation and think it will be a striking reminder of how many lives were lost in the Falklands conflict. “The Falklands affected a lot of our local community in Portsmouth and Hampshire, so Fort Nelson seems a fitting place for Standing With Giants to be on display.” Barton said: “We have been overwhelmed by the amazing reactions from veterans and families of the fallen who have visited our installations. The installations seem to connect with people and evoke emotion. Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. “Our ethos is to value life, to understand and appreciate why we have our freedom, and to remember and pay tribute to those who have fallen so we can live the lives we have today – Standing With Giants is a great way of using art to do this.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65114547 Greatest FA Cup semi-finals this century There hasn't been a third-tier club in the FA Cup final since the Football League expanded beyond two divisions, but Sheffield United were hoping to seal their place in the history books. The Blades, deep into a third successive campaign in League One, led Premier League Hull 2-1 at half-time. However, Hull struck twice in the opening 10 minutes of the second period to swing the pendulum in their favour. Stephen Quinn pulled Hull further clear, making it 4-2, but Jamie Murphy hit back for the South Yorkshire side to set up a tense finale. As the Blades threw bodies forward in search of an equaliser, the Tigers grabbed a fifth through David Meyler to reach their first-ever FA Cup final.
Tbh, I see it differently. When he was with us, I never for one moment thought he'd go on to play for Man U, and regularly for England (55 caps and 7 goals). I of course liked him but thought he was too slow to make the step up. Like Robertson, he's done incredibly well. I feel in the past couple of years or so, he's copped for a lot of undeserved criticism, and has maybe become a bit of a scapegoat at Man U. Last night they were poor all over the field, from (or especially from) the keeper right through to strikers. Sevilla were good, but not as good as Man U were poor. Ten Haag has a big job to do this summer, and I expect Maguire will be a casualty, but he'll be and do absolutely fine for a number of PL clubs. Pity we can't have him back, but would never happen; maybe he'll do a Barmby and go back to Sheff Utd - fair play to him if he does.
Just seen on some sports news that Ten Haag is a big believer in playing out from the back and big Harry and de Gea don't fit in with that idea.
I thought that was Harry’s strength? He’s a good lad but was never the player the press made him out to be
