Scott Hogan - retired

[PaulWinch again]

Get well soon Scott.

[ozzjim]

Hope it's not as bad as it looked. 

[Rudy65]

His career has been punctuated by bad injuries.

[brontebilly]

Hogan and Kodjia seem on totally different wave lengths, Hogan looked a little overawed tonight imo pre-injury, needs a goal soon

[manic-road]

Hope it's not a bad injury.

[Rudy65]

Hogan and Kodjia seem on totally different wave lengths, Hogan looked a little overawed tonight imo pre-injury, needs a goal soon

Zero service

[PeterWithesShin]

He's a Villa player, of course it's a bad one.

[adrenachrome]

Bamjaxed sine dubio.

[DaveD]

As I said on the match thread, I did that three times playing basketball. You get a nudge in the air, you come down on the side of your ankle, and all your weight goes onto the joint, and it buckles and goes 90 degrees.

If he's avoided dislocation and bone damage, the ligaments will be torn or severely stretched. Best case - walking again in six weeks, running in twelve. But the joint will be horribly weak and will need serious strapping so it doesn't go again next time he jumps.

If he's dislocated or broken it, more like 6 months or more.

[OCD]

I've had many ankle injuries before I eventually needed both ankles to be surgically reconstructed with 4 screws in one foot and 3 in the other being fixed. I agree with Dave's post and it's most likely his season over.

In terms of tactics, he was totally isolated all game. There were no runners from midfield getting up to play with him. With Jedinak holding and Lansbury/Hourihane in front of him, I would have thought we would have runners. Horribly poor how they switch off at the back though. 

[ciggiesnbeer]

Thats another one busted then. Jesus. Feel bad for him and us.

[paul_e]

I mostly agree other than I've broken mine like that and was back after 5 weeks. The club physio at the time (who was also a surgeon so knew his stuff) said I was lucky the bone went because if it hadn't and I'd dislocated it and/or torn the ligaments I'd have been out for much, much longer.  It depends entirely on where the break is, mine was on the fibula about an inch above the joint which is fairly easily cast and heals 'clean'.  A break in your foot is much harder to get set and so takes a lot longer.

[BC Villain]

Looked really nasty.  Fingers crossed it's not as bad as feared.  Chin up Scott.

2 other things.  Credit to the Newcastle fans for applauding him off.  Also, I notice only Hutton went over to him.  Shows little team spirit

[ChicagoLion]

The injury looked bad, the sad thing is that was the only time in the second half you knew he was on the pitch, I am not saying it his fault but our number 9 was totally anonymous for most of the game.
Something not right.

[mr underhill]

something's not right is the understatement of this or any other century.