On the western mail a few days ago, surprised nobody picked it up to be honest, I think this is his last realistic hope of playing again, really sad for the guy as obviously he wants a career in the game. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footba...rgery-to-put-comeback-on-hold-91466-29482804/
Yes read this a few weeks back, down the local, most Jacks I talk to think he's finished, but I always live in hope of him returning, maybe I'm a dreamer!!............... please log in to view this image
Nothing wrong in dreaming but I'm afraid a reality check is needed for us all who think he's coming back to his full potential .It doesn't look good
I've got a bet on for Bodde to score against manure. He probably won't get back to his full potential, but if he can get fit enough to play half hour, he can still do a really important job for us.
It seems set-back after set-back. But why not, we've gone this far??!! If what they say, that the cartilage is now the issue & not the ligament. This 'shaving' op will hopefully, once & for all, sort it. I don't have a lot of confidence, but this might finally be the make or break!!
I wish bodde all the best but i have given up ever seeing him play for us at a standard that is required from him, He was a brilliant player 3 years ago and i feel now that he would not be good enough for our reserves let alone the first team. he has been out of the game for far too long and i feel for him but that's the way it is and he and us should stop clutching at straws in the hope he will be like the younger player he was as it ain't going to happen. it defies logic...
It says on the BBC that he has keyhole surgery tomorrow (monday) to try and rectify the knee problem, last chance saloon I feel for him, hope it's successful http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15138020.stm
I don't know exactly what started Hargreaves injury problems, but I know he suffered from acute tendonitis for a long time...so in the latter it wasn't completely the same. He may well have had other afflictions though.
I may be wrong but am pretty sure he's on a pay as you play contract, so we aren't losing any money. I don't think he'd be having a minor op if there was no possibility of him returning. So SCFC and his doctors must think there is hope for him. If there wasn't then they'd give up. But it's a bit difficult to tell. Seems like he's at a critical stage and it could go either way.
I don't think that "pay as you play" really means "no play, no pay". Or else he wouldn't have signed the contract - the guy would be completely skint and unable to pay his bills if he wasn't getting paid anything. So in that sense, we must be paying him something - probably not much, but something. The amount we are paying will probably be topped up by certain amounts if he starts/plays 90mins/comes on as a sub. I'm guessing that the scar tissue on his cartilage is causing him discomfort by not allowing his knee joint to smoothly operate (for those who don't know, the cartilage is the slippery material that stops bones within a joint scraping on each other). Get the op done, get him into training and then the reserves and let's see if he can play 4/5 reserve games without any problems. If we do, I think he'll be back around New Year. If he requires any more surgery after this one, I think we'll just have to let him go - that would be a sad day.
I "hate" the ****er, because of the disrespect he has shown to my team, however I don't "hate" him so much that I would like to see his career finished.........hope the medics can sort him out
Why on Earth do people think "pay as you play" means players get **** all if they arnt on the pitch!! Do people really think ferrie is over here and using his own savings to pay bills etc ?? Bodde is on a fair chunk of money which increases when he plays (not likely to ever happen) think along the lines of getting 40% of 10k a week when not playing and the full 10k when he is playing . Ferrie is in no rush to end his career early here ,he gets too well paid to walk around complaining about his knee not being right ! it is up to the club how much % they pay him it could be that he gets 80-90% of his full wage it could be less. for those of you that think ferrie is here and paying his own way have a look at this link RE pay as you play contracts.Note the part where it mentions "a very low base salary" of course what is low to us and low to a pro footballer is open to interpretation http://www.inbrief.co.uk/football-law/pay-as-you-play.htm
of course he is on a basic wage. pay as you play only means bonuses that the players get for a win or draw......boddie would be on a tidy sum......
No point going on about the guys contract, no sod knows what that is apart from the club directors and bodde himself, this is about his operation, and whether its likely he will get back on the field of play.
Techniques for Repairing Knee Cartilage In the past 20 years, researchers and surgeons have made advances in repairing and restoring knee cartilage, but no foolproof method exists. Options for cartilage repair include: Shaving or Debridement: One of the most common treatments for cartilage defects that have not worn to the bone. Using a pencil-thin instrument called an arthroscope inserted into the knee through a small incision, a surgeon shaves and smooths shredded or frayed cartilage. Debridement is often used in combination with the other treatments. Because the technique doesn't fix underlying causes of injury, symptoms may return. Success rate*: 75 percent Doctors in Europe and Australia are performing some cartilage regeneration surgeries arthroscopically, and several companies are competing to improve the type of cell grown for cartilage repair. Researchers are also experimenting with growing cartilage cells on tiny pieces of scaffolding; they hope it will let surgeons implant a substance more like actual cartilage, potentially saving months of recovery time, says Kai Mithoefer, an orthopedic surgeon with Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston and clinical instructor of orthopedics at Harvard Medical School. "It's a very exciting and encouraging evolution," he said. Three months after her surgery, McMillan sounds like a different woman. "I'm doing better than expected," she says. "I had three days of misery, but now my knee hasn't felt so good since before it started hurting.".......... Let's hope this all works for the benefit of all concerned, Bodde, the club, and the patient Swansea fans!........ please log in to view this image
