Jeremy Mathieu

[xXKonan]

isn't that what kind of happened to Torres?

If I remember Correctly he had one removed in order to make the WC and he really hasn't been the same ever since.

He already had surgery back in January of 2010, and he hurt his knee in April that year. He rushed it in order to make the WC 2010.

 

[xXKonan]

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[KingMessi]

I could see him take this risk to play in Euro. Don't know if this is good for the remainder of his career (and maybe also his life after career) though.

He will never be the same.

 

[te amo barca]

Nah, it won't affect him, he's not agile anyway. Torres has become a tree - Mathieu already is. Torres' speed is still very decent.

 

[El Flaco]

I'd rather say Marlboro is actually very fast. pretty impresive depite being a smoker & his high age.

I think it would greatly affect him in a negative way if he takes the risk and it fails.

 

[te amo barca]

I'd rather say Marlboro is actually very fast. pretty impresive depite being a smoker & his high age.

I think it would greatly affect him in a negative way if he takes the risk and it fails.

I didn't say he wasn't fast, he is one of the fastest CBs in the game. I said he was not agile.

 

[El Flaco]

I know. But if the operation goes wrong, I don't think Marlboro won't be among the fastest CBs any longer hence why I said it will actually affect him badly (which was my point).

 

[BBZ8800]

He will never be the same.

Rafinha's injury was much more dangerous in terms whether he will be the same player as before.
Meniscus can cause problems in some cases, like with Torres.

But broken knee ligaments much more often "change" player's career, style, pace, agility etc.

 

[Blaugrana Bull]

The issue with the Meniscus is that you can take it out which speeds up the recovery but it affects you for the rest of your life. The cartilage in the knee gets totally fucked because of that. You expected to get Osteoarthritis when your Meniscus gets removed.
One of the best players of the NBA, Dwyane Wade decided to do that when he was 25 to avoid missing a whole season and he has had problems with it since.

In case of Mathieu I think it would be totally dumb to let it be removed. He is at the end of his career and the only benefit would be to possibly take part in the Euros and I believe he would only be a sub for France.
Recover properly and try to get fully fit at the start of 2017 to help Barca out for one last half a year.

 

[xXKonan]

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[Sumlit]

The issue with the Meniscus is that you can take it out which speeds up the recovery but it affects you for the rest of your life. The cartilage in the knee gets totally fucked because of that. You expected to get Osteoarthritis when your Meniscus gets removed.
One of the best players of the NBA, Dwyane Wade decided to do that when he was 25 to avoid missing a whole season and he has had problems with it since.

In case of Mathieu I think it would be totally dumb to let it be removed. He is at the end of his career and the only benefit would be to possibly take part in the Euros and I believe he would only be a sub for France.
Recover properly and try to get fully fit at the start of 2017 to help Barca out for one last half a year.

Wade had his meniscus removed at age 20 while at college in Marquette, and he has had a HOF career since, even if he has had to deal with the side effects at the latter part of it. Removing a meniscus is only problematic for a long term career in which that knee will repeatedly be submitted to shock without the cushion of a meniscus. Mathieu is at the end of his career and likely not to put many more years of stress on a meniscus-less knee, and while that still will not likely exempt him from the side effects, it is not as ill-adviced as it would be for another athlete in their early 20s.

Also, whereas in decades past a full meniscectomy was the norm, nowadays they only remove the torn part and leave the remaining meniscus in place, greatly reducing short and long term side effects.

Though you're right, Mathieu should just take the safer route and not undergo meniscectomy. Is being a sub for the remaining Barca games and the Euros worth that risk?

 

[God Serena]

Dwayne Wade is several times the athlete and physical specimen Mathieu is, though. It's kind of strange to even try comparing them...

 

[Blaugrana Bull]

Wade had his meniscus removed at age 20 while at college in Marquette, and he has had a HOF career since, even if he has had to deal with the side effects at the latter part of it. Removing a meniscus is only problematic for a long term career in which that knee will repeatedly be submitted to shock without the cushion of a meniscus. Mathieu is at the end of his career and likely not to put many more years of stress on a meniscus-less knee, and while that still will not likely exempt him from the side effects, it is not as ill-adviced as it would be for another athlete in their early 20s.

Also, whereas in decades past a full meniscectomy was the norm, nowadays they only remove the torn part and leave the remaining meniscus in place, greatly reducing short and long term side effects.

Though you're right, Mathieu should just take the safer route and not undergo meniscectomy. Is being a sub for the remaining Barca games and the Euros worth that risk?

You are right, it was in college of course. I am sorry big mistake by me. I mixed it up with another knee surgery.

 

[Sumlit]

You are right, it was in college of course. I am sorry big mistake by me. I mixed it up with another knee surgery.

Only reason I know is because Wade is my favorite all time nba player

 

[evilhita666]

Though you're right, Mathieu should just take the safer route and not undergo meniscectomy. Is being a sub for the remaining Barca games and the Euros worth that risk?

Well, this is his last chance to play an Euro and in his home country no-less, so I would do it if I were him, not for Barca but for NT...