ASHTON GET ALL CLEAR!!!

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DEAN Ashton has been given the all-clear by a specialist to play in tonight''s clash against Hull City at Carrow Road.

The City striker suffered a small depressed fracture of the frontal sinus after a clash of heads with Reading''s Graeme Murty during last Saturday''s 1-0 defeat.

Yesterday a specialist in London said Ashton was ok to play tonight though he has the option of wearing a protective mask if he prefers.

A City club spokesman confirmed: "Dean saw a specialist in London yesterday who, with the aid of scans, confirmed he has a small depressed fracture of the frontal sinus with no other associated injury or concussion.

"He has given Dean the all-clear to play tonight with or without a protective mask depending on Dean''s preference."

Discuss

[Peter Gates 0]

Small depressed fracture, may need mask to play, sounds to me like he should have come off on Saturday, somebody is incompetent either Worthy (which we all know) or the medical staff.

At least we now know one of the players was depressed Saturday night.

[DumbleDelia is Magic 0]

Don''t let him take penalties

[Saint Canary 0]

[quote]Small depressed fracture, may need mask to play, sounds to me like he should have come off on Saturday, somebody is incompetent either Worthy (which we all know) or the medical staff. At least we now...[/quote]

He wanted to play on and the medical staff gave him the OK. 

It is no ones fault and no one risked his health.  Deano (like all players) is insured against career ending injuries and if they thought that him playing on would seriously harm him they would have taken him off.  He is at the very least insured for the price of his transfer and there is no way anyone at the club would want to kiss goodbye to £4m or endanger the player.

[Alan 0]

Are they insured against injury. The premiuns would be pretty high.

[Canary Wundaboy 1,358]

[quote]Don''t let him take penalties[/quote]

Seconded.

Let Flem take them.

[nobbyg 0]

[quote]Are they insured against injury. The premiuns would be pretty high.[/quote]

The other reason for having a medical when you by a player.  First being that he is fit to play football the second being to ensure he can be insured.

Like being made to have an MOT the day before you sell your car.

 

Darren Eadie and Leicester will have "earnt" cash from him retiring.  Nothing can replace playing or losing a player but does keep Eadie in crazy clothes and stupid haircuts.

[Ark 0]

[quote]Don''t let him take penalties[/quote]

One of my contacts inside Carrow Road tells me that he was struck directly on the "cerebalum penaltoid", the part of the brain responsible for aiming balls at targets from 12 yards.