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monkeymfc

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Hallo you lot. Thank you for letting us have George Saville back and sorry you got beat by 'ull. They going DOWN. Hope you have a great season, despite today.

Just to say got a piece in The Sunday Times tomorrow about football without headers, following the Spennymoor game last week. Largely about Boro and the work done by Billy Gates's wife, Dr Judith Gates, on establishing a link between neurogenerative disease and heading the ball. It's heartbreaking, some of the stories.

First injury I ever had in football was in 1970 when I dived to head to head the ball into the goal for Nunthorpe Avenue and Skelton's defender kicked me in the head. Nose still broken today. Probably explains a lot.

UTB, UTAP.
 
monkeymfc said:
Hallo you lot. Thank you for letting us have George Saville back and sorry you got beat by 'ull. They going DOWN. Hope you have a great season, despite today.

Just to say got a piece in The Sunday Times tomorrow about football without headers, following the Spennymoor game last week. Largely about Boro and the work done by Billy Gates's wife, Dr Judith Gates, on establishing a link between neurogenerative disease and heading the ball. It's heartbreaking, some of the stories.

First injury I ever had in football was in 1970 when I dived to head to head the ball into the goal for Nunthorpe Avenue and Skelton's defender kicked me in the head. Nose still broken today. Probably explains a lot.

UTB, UTAP.
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I had to take a break from football in 1977, aged 25. I was suffering migraines immediately after football finished. They lasted 4 days 'ish. Went to see a neurologist for a diagnosis and he said you've the same as Pop Robson (migraine not talent!) Footballers migraine. Makes you wonder.
 
Cannot imagine how a solution can be implemented.
Not have everyone donning crash hats surely and won't a heading ban make the game a bit like 5 a side ?
 
Lottowyn said:
Cannot imagine how a solution can be implemented.
Not have everyone donning crash hats surely and won't a heading ban make the game a bit like 5 a side ?
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Maybe, it'll certainly make the game more pass and move. I guess they will introduce treating using your the head just like using your hand, ie free kick, and if you deny a goalscoring opportunity it'll be a card.

Not sure how players like Andy Carroll would have got on
 
Lottowyn said:
Cannot imagine how a solution can be implemented.
Not have everyone donning crash hats surely and won't a heading ban make the game a bit like 5 a side ?
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They've already implemented it at youth level in the US. It's an indirect free kick for any deliberate heading of the ball.

Heading in practice sessions is also restricted.
 
zzzzz said:
Boxing banned
Tag rugby
No headers in football

Thank fk I was born to see real sport.
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Zzzz you are talking as though it’s some kind of “nanny state” example. When bodies like the Alzheimer’s Society produce a report on the linkeage then it has to be taken seriously.

www.alzheimers.org.uk

Football and dementia risk - is there a link?

News that professional footballers might be at a greater risk of dementia, and why that might be the case, has been the subject of great debate and interest. Our researchers examine the latest evidence around heading the ball and discuss what we know so far.
www.alzheimers.org.uk www.alzheimers.org.uk
 
Cardiffdaffs said:
Zzzz you are talking as though it’s some kind of “nanny state” example. When bodies like the Alzheimer’s Society produce a report on the linkeage then it has to be taken seriously.

www.alzheimers.org.uk

Football and dementia risk - is there a link?

News that professional footballers might be at a greater risk of dementia, and why that might be the case, has been the subject of great debate and interest. Our researchers examine the latest evidence around heading the ball and discuss what we know so far.
www.alzheimers.org.uk www.alzheimers.org.uk
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Stop football, people get hurt.
Stop rugby
Stop cricket
Stop boxing
Stop UFC
Stop hockey
Stop horse racing
Stop motorsport

Lets all just sit in front of our PC's and pretend.
 
zzzzz said:
Stop football, people get hurt.
Stop rugby
Stop cricket
Stop boxing
Stop UFC
Stop hockey
Stop horse racing
Stop motorsport

Lets all just sit in front of our PC's and pretend.
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Yeah and thank god we could have a crafty ciggie behind the bike sheds when we were at school before they spotted a linkage between smoking and lung cancer. Those were the days.
 
I do wonder if the data and understanding is skewed.

I mean, are lots of older footballers who are currently being diagnosed or treated for neurological disorders, the result of the "old" style heavy leather footballs and the resulting increased levels of trauma experienced when compared to the levels of TBI and impacts etc the current day footballer is on the receiving end from modern synthetic footballs?

I know that when I was a kid in the 70's and 80's , getting whacked by a wet sodden casey was one of the worst pains imaginable. do the current crop of super light footballs do the same?
 
monkeymfc said:
Hallo you lot. Thank you for letting us have George Saville back and sorry you got beat by 'ull. They going DOWN. Hope you have a great season, despite today.

Just to say got a piece in The Sunday Times tomorrow about football without headers, following the Spennymoor game last week. Largely about Boro and the work done by Billy Gates's wife, Dr Judith Gates, on establishing a link between neurogenerative disease and heading the ball. It's heartbreaking, some of the stories.

First injury I ever had in football was in 1970 when I dived to head to head the ball into the goal for Nunthorpe Avenue and Skelton's defender kicked me in the head. Nose still broken today. Probably explains a lot.

UTB, UTAP.
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Nice to see u back
Still in Saltburn?
 
I think the issue here is that in Jeff Astle big jack and even our own willie’s day the balls were a far cry from what they they are now as back then water sodden Casey that were more akin to a medicine ball than a football.

So I think it’s impossible to compare eras as there’s no doubt it’s a lot safer now as technology has moved on. Thankfully

Of course We should continue to review and study today’s game but to compare eras as some have and continue to do so is just not right. There’s no real correlation between what they went through and the modern game. Thankfully.
 
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