Ryan Mason

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So, a fractured skull - is it advisable for a player to ever play again or is that career ending?

I asked the same question of a hospital radiographer today & he said it was "unlikely" that Mason would be able to play again as an outfield player.....

Unlike normal bone breaks the skull being made up of plates fused together they do not repair well & leave an intrinsic weakness
 
Not sure how these things work, but would a club ever get insurance cover to play a player who had suffered a fractured skull? If the answer to that is No, then Ryan's career could be over...Hope I am wrong.
 
Not sure how these things work, but would a club ever get insurance cover to play a player who had suffered a fractured skull? If the answer to that is No, then Ryan's career could be over...Hope I am wrong.

His career could be over regardless of our insurance arrangements...
 
Sounds positive for him, seems to have pulled up well and it's on the minor end (according to reports I've seen) so who knows. At this stage just great to hear he's responsive and importantly has memories leading right up to the incident, that's incredibly lucky as it suggests very little mental incapcitation. A lot of head injuries lead to the sufferer having no memory leading up to the incident.
 
I'd think the same
Just saying what was said (mind you they couldn't remember his name yesterday so not much hope of accuracy)
 
They are not exactly renowned for accuracy.
Louise Taylor has been doing some good reporting on Hull City this season. She appears to have a good grasp of what's going on, it sounds from
There is quiet confidence at the KCom Stadium...
that she has had word from people itk. I thought the details around the kind of rehabilitation Ryan would face was interesting anyway.
 
Louise Taylor has been doing some good reporting on Hull City this season. She appears to have a good grasp of what's going on, it sounds from that she has had word from people itk.

To be fair she's just about the one national you see in every home game press conference.

I always remember her ripping Brownie's "I saved a suicidal woman on the Humber Bridge" story to shreds in a presser, when everyone else was just happy to swallow it. His face when she said she'd put a call in straight away to get the CCTV... <laugh>
 
I asked the same question of a hospital radiographer today & he said it was "unlikely" that Mason would be able to play again as an outfield player.....

Unlike normal bone breaks the skull being made up of plates fused together they do not repair well & leave an intrinsic weakness

It's entirely possible; Danny Seaborne suffered a fractured skull (much different circumstances...attacked at a nightclub) a few years ago while with Saints, which included blood clots on the brain and quite a bit of time on life support. He returned and continued on as a defender; still playing, actually, in the SPL.