Head Injuries

Head injuries dont always mean concussion. If a player has a cut, which some staples or glue and a bandage will sort out, and if the physio has gone through the correct procedure identifying that the player didnt lose consciousness, the player manager and physio all are happy for him to continue, so be it

 

Why?

Isn't the physio there to make that call?

 

According to Simon Parker when Webster was getting abuse from the crowd today after the game had been stopped for his head injury he made a 1-0 signal at the City fans. At the time we were winning, surely a sign of concussion

 

Maybe he was referring to the Play off final v Millwall.

 

Probably was.

 

Are you referring to the numerous fake head injuries sustained by Carlisle players today?

 

The problem we’re now encountering is players are getting wise to the rules. If a counter attack is on, players will stay down & feign a head injury

 

Can't take a risk. We don't know if fake our not.

Did we win the game? Let's move on.

Now why to fans keep running on the pitch? That's something we can control

 

It was to Carlisle's advantage to twice go down with a head injury today. I genuinely have no idea if they were faking it or not, so it might just have been one of those days.

Referees have to go with the rules, which err on the side of caution for good reason. I don't think you can put it on a referee to judge if a head injury is fake or not. Let's hope the majority of players and clubs prefer to avoid gaming the system on this.

 

There is a strict FA protocol on concussion, I've just renewed my Emergency Aid!

Anyone with suspected concussion must be removed from play immediately. There is a Graduated Return To Play protocol but this differs for grassroots and professional clubs. Grassroots clubs - player must rest for 14 days, only after this time and free of symptoms can they resume any type of physical activity and then return to full physical activity over the next 14/21 days. For professional clubs it is different as they have Enhanced Care Facilities so the timeframe is very different and much shorter. They have access to MRI and CT scans so can assess players in more detail to ensure no damage and hence can return to play much quicker.

But yes some teams do seem to make a meal of it to stop play when outnumbered!!

One of the funniest things though now is that the players don't seem to know the new rules when ref stops play!! Team in possession when ref blows have to get it back in the same place as when whistle blown...none of this give the ball to opposition to boot it back to goalie and lose position.

 

He was winding the kids up in the Kop. They took the piss and he said something along the lines of i dont care and i get paid loads of money while you come here to watch. Was so glad when we scored that third the man is a complete douche. In his defence he did turn to the kop at the final whistle and clap in respect which no other carlisle players did.

 

It could work, but then potentially you introduce the risk of a player not seeking treatment to avoid being subbed?

 

There’s been a lot worse teams in the last 7-8 years come here than Carlisle!!!!!

 

Daftest thing was making the City player involved in the clash who did not need or receive treatment go off the pitch along with their player who had.

 

Its a difficult one, the ref has to stop the game and allow the player treatment which is fine if said player is actually injured.
A head injury is usually when two players clash heads yet it was only Webster who went down, obviously it can be a bad head injury but you see some teams employing it as a way of stopping momentum, a difficult one for sure, but a valid question.
I noticed Webster was public enemy number one after that incedent.

 

Think it was because the ref had told both physios to come on