SO MR Reliable Tim Howard played through the pain barrier with a dislocated finger during the USA’s friendly game with Brazil.
Yeah, cheers for that Tim.
“He managed to play the rest of the game but was deemed unfit upon his return to his English Premier League club,” says one U.S. footy website.
So the Blues have to contend without their number one keeper, whose handsome wages they pay, for a major home fixture against Man U, our Uefa cup opener and a tricky away day to Villa.
Tim Howard may be patriotic and want to play every minute of every match for his country. But at the very least he owed Everton a bit of professional consideration.
By playing on with his injury he almost certainly made it worse. Howard may think that was worth it in a friendly they were already losing comfortably.
I don’t and neither I suspect will David Moyes.
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Greg Murphy wrote...
I was on holiday when this happened and returned to ask (at the Utd game) "where's Howard?" I was told about the dodgy digit and immediately thought it suss (smacks wrist) what with us playing Fergie. But no, I was told, "he's genuinely injured - he wasn't so bad at first but the doctors said it was apparently up like a balloon (the finger I presume) on the flight home and it's that which made it worse". Which I thought even more suss. "Aeroplanes do weird things," said my lecturer sensing my sceptism. Again, though, it seemed I was being overly cynical. But I then found the quote from one of the Team US flunkies who flew back with him (Chipper McCandy or some nutball name) and it seems that one of Tim's airborne piggies was indeed too post-flight swollen to either go to market or play Manyoo, Metallist, Villa and, presumably, "t'Owls". Now I'm no air pressure boffin or medical expert, but it kept nagging away as to how much a plane journey could make a dislocated finger do a Hindenberg. Now we know. The flight had nothing to do with it; for plenty of people take to the skies with all manner of crocked bits without seeing them gorge-up like a helium fest. However, those who dislocate joints (especially goalkeepers - For Finger's Sake!!!) who then play the rest of a footy game thus making a bad injury even worse are bound to see some "jumbo sausage"...whether they fly or not. The balloon!
Posted by: Greg Murphy | September 26, 2007 10:14 AM