Poor ould' Colin Healy rebreaks his leg!

eirebhoy

http://www.safc.com/article.asp?article=228928&Title=More+injury+heartache+for+Healy&lid=Latest+News&sub=latest+news&navlid=news&sublid=

Colin Healy has broken his leg for the second time in nine months.

The Sunderland midfielder suffered the crushing blow in training this morning, just a week after rejoining Mick McCarthy's squad on a day-to-day basis following a long injury lay-off.

It happened as Healy joined in a first-team training session but was not the result of a challenge or tackle. X-rays at lunchtime confirmed that the double break is in the same place as the original injury.

Mick McCarthy said: "I'm absolutely as sick as I could be for Colin and of course we'll do whatever it takes to help him through this."

The 25-year-old has been out of action since December when he badly fractured the lower part of his right leg in Sunderland's game at Coventry last season.

It is an upsetting and luckless setback for the former Celtic man who was close to making a playing return after working hard to recover from the initial double fracture.

The first break happened as a result of a bad tackle by Coventry's Youssef Safri, who moved to Norwich in the summer.

I really feel so sorry for him. I doubt he'll ever be the same again now that he'll be 18-20 months without kicking a ball (other than a week or two in between).

bizmark

Jesus poor guy wonder will he just pack it in now

mayordenis

another keith o' neill

kilkennycat2004

Really tough break (no pun intended).
particularly after the Saipan incident where he was so badly treated.

Dewey

I'm only gutted for Healy. I cant belive it. I was wondering when we would see him this season for Sunderland and now this happens. First he gets a call for McCarthy saying your in the squad for the World Cup and then he isnt. then he breaks his leg and misses the hole friendlys and the start of the World Cup quilifiers, and now he will be out for another year.

I cant see Sunderland re-newing his contract at the end of the season.

Big Nelly

Tis is a shame! though he wud be the player to replace Keane! hopefully he will be back soon!

ALLGOOD

Thats a real sickner. Remember his debut for Ireland around 3 years ago at Lansdown against Russia I think it was, every tackle he made was excellent and his general performance was better, hard to believe thats going to be the peak of his career !!! Promised so much but...

woosaysdan

i just hope its not another young talent wasted!!!

The Rooster

Bizarrely, I heard today from a work colleague who is from Sunderland that the talk in Sunderland is that the tackle in question was made by Mick McCarthy!

Not saying that it was in any way malicious, but it really adds insult to injury.

Big Nelly

The Rooster wrote:

Bizarrely, I heard today from a work colleague who is from Sunderland that the talk in Sunderland is that the tackle in question was made by Mick McCarthy!

Not saying that it was in any way malicious, but it really adds insult to injury.

Yeah heard this but McCarthy has come out and said it wasnt him and he just went over on it!

Big Ears

Big Nelly wrote:

Yeah heard this but McCarthy has come out and said it wasnt him and he just went over on it!

So McCarthy did break his leg :eek: .
Tis a shame alright , I remember the origional challenge that broke his leg , it was dreadful .

Roar

Big Nelly wrote:

Yeah heard this but McCarthy has come out and said it wasnt him and he just went over on it!

well the very fact he has to deny it says a lot really.....

eirebhoy

Roar wrote:

well the very fact he has to deny it says a lot really.....

Why is that? He got asked a question and gave an answer. He had 3 choices, say Colin broke his leg in a tackle with him, tell the reporter to skip the question or say he had nothing to do with Healy's break.

gandalf

"So Mick why didn't ya get me over to Saipan quickly enough?"

"I told ya Colin leave it!!"

CRACK !!!!

"Arrrghh"

"Whoops!"

The Muppet

I heard that the leg was broken in a challenge with Mick in training and that it broke in exactly the same place as it previously did. It sounds like it was not properly healed. If that is true it could have serious consequences on colins chances of ever playing football professionally again