[GocartMozart]

my thought process is a little different then. See if this was a ligament tear, or a knee injury, akeles heal, or broken ankle, i'd have to start agreeing with you. However, I see this as a lot of bad luck due to a player who is overly aggressive to get back to work. He has one injury and when it starts improving another part of his leg over compensates to make up for the lack of strength in the muscle or ankle. The surgery was a minor one, but it has to heal properly and I don't doubt that it took a bit of time to recover. Does all this worry me? Yes, but I odn't see a major career threatening injury hear as with Ole, Smudge, Park, Silvestre or even Saha. Those are major injuries, mostly to the knees. This ankle stuff is more delicate, but it just takes patience.

My big problem is with people writing him off. People talking about him retiring and comparing him to Ole. That's just bullocks. The fact remains that we haven't heard one drop of evidence to make you think his career is finished. Until then, he will be back...if he ever left.