mlmorris
September 12th, 2006, 04:51 PM
This article is hilarious.
Milligan relives pain of Fred's elbow
By David Riccio
September 10, 2006
THE "disgusting" elbow that felled Sydney FC's Mark Milligan last week was just centimetres from being a fatal blow.
Leading sports surgeon John Best and Sydney Swans doctor Nathan Gibbs said the sickening strike to Milligan's jugular by Melbourne's Brazilian import Fred could have been life-threatening.
"The jugular includes veins and arteries and is the circulation connecting the head and neck area and the heart," Best said.
"Trauma to that area, if deep enough, can interrupt the blood flow to and from the brain. That would be very painful but if you were to rupture one of those vessels it could be life-threatening."
Gibbs added: "If you're hit hard enough it affects air getting into your lungs. It could be extremely life-threatening. It's certainly a dangerous thing that needs to be policed."
Fred, a marquee player with Melbourne Victory, was this week found guilty of violent conduct by the FFA and suspended for three matches.
Victory is considering an appeal against the suspension and have until Wednesday evening to do so.
Milligan suffered the blow in an off-the-ball incident during Victory's 3-2 win over the champion at Telstra Dome last weekend.
The 21-year-old midfielder was unable to breathe and needed urgent medical attention after going into shock.
"It was a low act, it was disgusting," Milligan said.
"I'm not one to whinge about things and I love a challenge as much as the next bloke, but this was like walking down the street and someone just whacking you one."
Milligan said he held genuine fears for his life moments after the incident.
"I couldn't breathe ... it doesn't get much more serious," he said. "I went into shock because I didn't know what was happening. I've had people say I'm really lucky he didn't get me a little better ... it could've been much worse."
Milligan has rejected Melbourne CEO Geoff Miles's claims he had overreacted.
"There was no need for me to overreact, they caught everything from every angle," Milligan said.
"As he hit me, he kept running and ran straight over to the sideline.
"That proves the guilt, that he ran to the bench straight away and asked to be subbed.
"I've never seen anything this low in my career.
"Obviously you get bad challenges and things happen off the ball when you're scrambling around the box but I've never experienced anything like that."
Despite struggling to train this week, Milligan will play against Perth Glory in Perth this afternoon.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,20380787-23215,00.html?from=rss
What an idiot.
Struggles to train, scared for his life... yet he didn't mind standing up to finish playing the game.
Milligan relives pain of Fred's elbow
By David Riccio
September 10, 2006
THE "disgusting" elbow that felled Sydney FC's Mark Milligan last week was just centimetres from being a fatal blow.
Leading sports surgeon John Best and Sydney Swans doctor Nathan Gibbs said the sickening strike to Milligan's jugular by Melbourne's Brazilian import Fred could have been life-threatening.
"The jugular includes veins and arteries and is the circulation connecting the head and neck area and the heart," Best said.
"Trauma to that area, if deep enough, can interrupt the blood flow to and from the brain. That would be very painful but if you were to rupture one of those vessels it could be life-threatening."
Gibbs added: "If you're hit hard enough it affects air getting into your lungs. It could be extremely life-threatening. It's certainly a dangerous thing that needs to be policed."
Fred, a marquee player with Melbourne Victory, was this week found guilty of violent conduct by the FFA and suspended for three matches.
Victory is considering an appeal against the suspension and have until Wednesday evening to do so.
Milligan suffered the blow in an off-the-ball incident during Victory's 3-2 win over the champion at Telstra Dome last weekend.
The 21-year-old midfielder was unable to breathe and needed urgent medical attention after going into shock.
"It was a low act, it was disgusting," Milligan said.
"I'm not one to whinge about things and I love a challenge as much as the next bloke, but this was like walking down the street and someone just whacking you one."
Milligan said he held genuine fears for his life moments after the incident.
"I couldn't breathe ... it doesn't get much more serious," he said. "I went into shock because I didn't know what was happening. I've had people say I'm really lucky he didn't get me a little better ... it could've been much worse."
Milligan has rejected Melbourne CEO Geoff Miles's claims he had overreacted.
"There was no need for me to overreact, they caught everything from every angle," Milligan said.
"As he hit me, he kept running and ran straight over to the sideline.
"That proves the guilt, that he ran to the bench straight away and asked to be subbed.
"I've never seen anything this low in my career.
"Obviously you get bad challenges and things happen off the ball when you're scrambling around the box but I've never experienced anything like that."
Despite struggling to train this week, Milligan will play against Perth Glory in Perth this afternoon.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,20380787-23215,00.html?from=rss
What an idiot.
Struggles to train, scared for his life... yet he didn't mind standing up to finish playing the game.