Just seen this on Facebook Tottenham are putting their faith in the once controversial blood- spinning technique to speed up Gareth Bale's recovery from an ankle injury. Does anyone know what this is and is it safe and legal!
I read about it before, I think we used it when Defoe was injured. Basically it involves taking a patient's blood and spinning it to get a certain type of healing cell to the to gather together and is reinjected and the more concentrated group of healing cells can speed up recovery time for certain injuries. Or something like that. Wenger, unsurprisingly, thought it should be banned when asked about us using it but it's not performance enhancing, just recovery enhancing. He'll be calling for bans on plasters next.
There's a story in The Fail. Basically, it's pretty much as YV described it... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...pinning-technique-speed-Welshmans-return.html
It's something to do with taking a sample of someone's blood, adding some enhanced healing bits and pieces to it and then injecting it back into the patients' area of discomfort. Meant to heal something like 3 times as fast as general treatment.
Kaboul returning is brilliant news. Our best CB by a distance in my opinion and his return couldn't have come at a better time. He got 60 minutes against a West Ham XI last night so here's hoping maybe 1 or 2 weeks til he's back to first team duties (I hope!).
Cheers lads. But even if he does use this method it will still be 2 matches out - last Sundays match and the Basel game.
Yes, great news that he played for the U21's. let's hope that he completes a successful rehabilitation. We've missed him badly, IMO.
This comment might sound a bit arsier than it is intended, but at what point did you feel we missed him badly? Daws came into the team and we went 10 un beaten, and Jan has generally been pretty awsome and scoring for fun. Only time I would have had him in (when returning from injury and therefor re-fighting for his first team place) is for Europa in stead of Gallas. BUt I think Willy would have been played regardless? Would you have had him at right back? Also, I don't know why but this whole blood spinning weirds me out a bit. Still, sounds like our recovery team are far more advanced now with AVB at the helm.
For me personally he's been badly missed all season, he's our best CB, regardless of how well Daws/ Verts/ Caulker/ Gallas have done, Kaboul is better than the lot so for me, having him in the team would've resulted in better defensive displays and less goals conceded, especially from corners/ high balls and therefore resulting in more points being picked up.
Lets just hold our horses a bit. Professional Players, at this level, who are returning to the scene, after a long, long injury period are sometimes not the same as when they were last fully fit. Some take an unimaginable length of time to be anything like the player they had been before. This I believe is one of the differences between the human body and machines. Lets just temper our expectation. In doing so, we will not over burden the player or disappoint ourshelves.. too much.
Sorry, but personally I don't rate Dawson that highly. He frightens me every time I see him up against a decent side. Kaboul on the other hand was rapidly becoming one of the best CB's in Europe, IMO.
He needs to cut out the silly fouls on the edge of the box to be considered one of the best in Europe. imo
Chris Ramsey on Kaboul: "He did well, had no problems really," "He wanted to play an extra 15 minutes as well, showed a fantastic attitude and wanted to push his fitness a little more. "Tom Carroll showed a great attitude as well, as he always does. All the senior professionals have set an example when they've come into the squad. "Overall, when you look at the fact that a player like Younes returns to action after eight months out and the experience the younger lads gain playing alongside him, it's another great exercise for us." Good to hear.
Yup, Kaboul was our best CB last year (given Ledley was playing on half a knee), and one of the best CBs in the Prem. But even if he makes a brilliant recovery, you can't expect him to be at his best in his first game or two back. We should and in all likelihood will ease him back into the lineup, but it's unlikely he'll be ready to start until the last 2-3 games. On the original topic, is anyone else worried we'll start a crocked Bale against Man City and regret it? I'm still not convinced he'll be fully fit any time soon, and if he's not, I don't want to play him. It's bad for us and it's bad for him. The team which started against Everton is not the best group in the world, but they weren't bad, all things considered, and they'd be in with a chance against Man City, particularly if you swap out Dempsey. In any case, they looked fully fit and energetic, and I want those qualities at least.
