Watching Lamine now, I can't help a tinge of sadness come over me at what this guy could have been had he not had that horrendous injury.
Of course, he could never have been as good as Lamine, but I'm sure he could have been a decent centre forward for us and a big improvement on a 37 year old Lewa.
It's not that the injury physically destroyed him, it destroyed him mentally. He plays the game scared to get hurt and you can't do that at the top level and get away with it, no matter how talented you are.