Ross Stewart


Science paper summary on this injury below

Stewart was injured on 28th January. He's currently at 176 days from injury (I think) not sure how long he waited for surgery.

He will be at about 200 days on first day of the season.

He will be at approx 227 days on transfer deadline day.


Results 118 athletes (mean age 27.2±7.2 years) were included. 113 (96%) returned to unrestricted practice after a mean of 199±53 days, with faster recovery in players involved in national teams. Return to competition was after a mean of 274±114 days. In the 76 athletes with at least two seasons of follow-up, 14 (18%) did not compete at the pre-injury level during the two seasons following the index injury. Six players (8%) sustained a re-rupture within the first two seasons after return to play; four re-ruptures were in footballers who returned to play <180 days after injury. Age >30 years and re-ruptures had higher odds ratios of not returning to the same level of play.
Conclusions
96% of professional male football players who underwent surgery to repair an ATR returned to unrestricted practice and then competition after an average time of 7 and 9 months, respectively. However, 18% did not return to the same level of play within the two seasons following their return, with a higher risk in those experiencing a re-rupture.

So, based on averages he should be back in full training on 1st day of the season and by doing so should miss the danger of coming back too soon/re-rupture.

But nearly 1 in 5 dont reach the pre injury levels within 2 years.
But 4 in 5 do recover to the level they were at prior to their injury. Why look for bad news? It’s getting too much like the BBC!

Stewart is a fabulous player, moves well, and is an intelligent player. In my view, he is well worth a salary consistent with his best striker status before his injury.
 
Are you talking about Darren Anderton? The same Darren Anderton who played nearly 600 games?
Apologies for typo..... Yeah, that Darren Anderton.

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about his nickname and maybe let Google know too..... ;)

"Renowned as a player of huge potential, Anderton's career was constantly frustrated by injury, earning him the nickname "Sicknote", which was coined by Portsmouth goalkeeper Andy Gosney"
 
Apologies for typo..... Yeah, that Darren Anderton.

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about his nickname and maybe let Google know too..... ;)

"Renowned as a player of huge potential, Anderton's career was constantly frustrated by injury, earning him the nickname "Sicknote", which was coined by Portsmouth goalkeeper Andy Gosney"
Yeah his tag of being a sick note was totally unjustified, that was my point.
 
Apologies for typo..... Yeah, that Darren Anderton.

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about his nickname and maybe let Google know too..... ;)

"Renowned as a player of huge potential, Anderton's career was constantly frustrated by injury, earning him the nickname "Sicknote", which was coined by Portsmouth goalkeeper Andy Gosney"

The tag "Sicknote" was more down to him never really hitting the heights his talent deserved. He played nearly 600 games at the top of English football and got 30 England caps. If he didn't have injuries at crucial points of his career, he could have had the same sort of career as Giggs. 800 games, a lot more England caps and more than just one league cup medal in his cabinet. He turned Man United down at one point. People forget how good a player he was.
 
But 4 in 5 do recover to the level they were at prior to their injury. Why look for bad news? It’s getting too much like the BBC!

Stewart is a fabulous player, moves well, and is an intelligent player. In my view, he is well worth a salary consistent with his best striker status before his injury.

I thought it was just factual with no opinion either way
 
I thought it was just factual with no opinion either way
I really wasn't having a dig at you for reporting facts. I like facts and it takes away the emotive issues. But, at the time, (I can't remember) I might have been reading so much negativism about the Stewart situation, I just felt generally there is too much focus on bad outcomes. I'd rather look at the potential for success in the negotiations.
 
No. He's right up there with Quinny for me. Excellent striker. I really hope he stays.
When you say he's right up there with Niall Quinn........ I'm assuming you mean Niall Quinn, lead singer of The Cranberries? 🤔🤔

If you mean our Niall Quinn, give yourself a good talking to.
 
I thought about Niall Quinn and found this on Wikipedia:

'Irishman Quinn was Sunderland's record signing at £1.3 million when manager and former team mate Peter Reid persuaded him to pass up a lucrative contract in Malaysia to sign for newly promoted Sunderland prior to the start of the 1996-97 season. It looked money well spent when he scored twice and led the front line superbly as Sunderland swept Nottingham Forest away to record a 4-1 victory in the second game of the season at the County Ground. A serious knee ligament injury sustained the following month was however to disrupt both Quinn and his new teams rhythm, forcing the former Arsenal and Manchester City man to miss six months of the season.

On his return he never looked completely fit, with rumours constantly circulating that his career, at aged 30, might in fact be at an end.'

This sounds very much like another top forward who many on this board have now written off. We all know what Quinn and Kevin Phillips subsequently did together! Maybe Stewart will come again and amaze us.
 

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