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Leeds United: I’m so gutted for injured Kisnorbo - Lorimer
Seeing the misfortune of someone like Patrick Kisnorbo makes me realise how lucky I was as a player.
My career finished at the age of 39 and in all my time I never suffered anything more serious than a muscle strain.
Those were annoying, of course, because I never liked missing games, but easy enough to shake off provided you looked after yourself – and nothing in comparison to the knee injury suffered by Kisnorbo against Burnley last week.
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It’s bad enough to be going for surgery on a season-ending problem once. To be doing so for the second time in less than two years must be so hard to take. These are the pitfalls of professional football and you know fine well that injury is only ever a slip or a bad tackle away, but that doesn’t make surgery any easier to deal with.
I see more serious injuries these days than I ever did 30 years ago. To my mind, that must be something to do with modern pitches which tend to be pretty hard and so well drained.
Surfaces today are wonderful to play on, but there’s absolutely no give in them. Think back to the soft, muddy pitches of the 1970s and 80s and things were different. They hardly lent themselves to free-flowing football but in their own way they gave us all a bit more protection. I’m sure that helped to prevent the spate of tendon and ligament injuries we see these days.
Recapture
Where Kisnorbo goes from here is difficult to say. He’s got a few hard and dark months ahead of him, and it will be soul-destroying to know that he’s been here before. You’ll rarely see anyone battle with more resolve than he did after he ruptured an Achilles tendon in 2010 and he’ll almost feel like those weeks and months of hard work and operations were for nothing.
I’ve no doubt at all that the players and staff at Thorp Arch will be rallying around him as best they can. It’s vital that support comes from all angles when you’re in the treatment room cursing your luck. The biggest frustration for Kisnorbo will be that after coming through the first half of the season these next few months were his chance to step things up and recapture his best form.
When you get into your 30s and you suffer a major injury, it’s only natural to think about your career and wonder if you’ll make it back. The physical damage hurts but the mental impact of a setback like his can be even bigger.
Last time, Kisnorbo showed a brilliant attitude and an utter determination to make sure he returned.
It’s very easy for me to say this now but it’s vital that he shows the same defiance again. He didn’t deserve this and I feel so sorry for him but if anyone can win this battle then it’s Paddy. I wish him all the best on another long road.
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superwhite
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 12:31 PMI'm afraid I havee lost respect for PL, his judgement has been terrible and his bias reporting unbelievable, so no, I don't even read him now.
Yorkshire Lad
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 10:38 AMNothing more than a muscle strain Peter ? All that ale that you have supped over the years nhas damaged your memory. I remember a teenage Peter Lorimer breaking his leg in a LU shirt !! It must have been a different one ?? :)
OzTyke
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 07:43 PMAgreed Peter, I wish Paddy a speedy recovery. While on that recovery road, it's important to occupy Paddy (he's still on the payroll after all) with some PR work for the club, maybe hosting in the suites, getting round some schools and footy nights etc, he is still looked up to and respected as mentioned previously, a great attitude and proud Leeds player (I know, I'm biased hehe!), he'd make a great ambassador for the club, as would his former sidekick Nayls when he's done. MOT
interm'landrover
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 04:46 PMI have huge respect for Peter Lorimer as a player but felt he lacked credibility as a journalist and fans representative appearing to be (understandably ) compromised by his affiliation to the chairman (that is something we can all live with ) but this use of his professional awareness and kinship is a decent piece and interesting to me as a fan.I could be wrong but I seem to recall PL suffering a serious injury as a teenager.No doubt someone can clarify my foggy memoryMOT!.
SOMERSETBAZ
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 04:02 PMWith respect, Kisnorbo hasn't been the same since his last injury. Hopefully, this will give someone else a chance but not sure we have anyone good enough for our requirements with-in our squad and feel we need and quickly, to bring someone in. Kisnorbo or O'Dea are not the answer to partner young Lees. Kisnorbo I feel will never play for Leeds United because of this and O'Dea is not worth a contract if we are thinking about going up. (big if). His distributionn is very poor which always puts us under pressure time and time again. However, it's a good read from Peter Lorimer, the first of his I've enjoyed reading for a while. Good luck Paddy, what ever happens you will always be a star of Leeds because of your attitude and commitment to the club and this is all what Leeds fans require.
Liam123
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 03:28 PMFor all of my moaning about Lorimer, I agree with every word here. Best of luck Kisnorbo.
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