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[Swanny]

Looks like Arry is still holding on for Woody....Swanny
Harry facing Woodgate quandary

Spurs centre-half unable to shake off groin problem







Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry Redknapp is sweating on the long-term fitness of Jonathan Woodgate.
The England international continues to struggle with a niggling groin problem, which has restricted him to just three Premier League appearances this season.
The 29-year-old has been carrying the injury for some time, with Spurs' medical staff unable to get to the bottom of the issue.
Woodgate has already undergone several operations over the course of an injury-ravaged career and Redknapp is reluctant to send the centre-half back under the knife.
He has travelled to America for further treatment, which could see him back in action before the end of the season, but uncertainty continues to shroud his chances of making a full recovery.
"He's got three weeks of treatment to go," said Redknapp.
"We didn't feel we were getting where we wanted to get. He went to see someone who he really believes in, who got him fit before. You have to take that chance.
"Hopefully he'll come back at the end of the month and feels it has worked. If he has then he'll be back playing, if it hasn't worked we're struggling a bit with it."

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[Spurs4life93]

Time to make a move for Simon Kjaer imo.

[kevfball63]

That Fookin injury curse , it just haunts us every season.........

[Gareth]

Woodgate is such a BIG player for us. Spurs really need him more than ever.
Good thing about him is that he puts his balls on the line everytime.

[Javi]

Woodgate is such a BIG player for us. Spurs really need him more than ever.
Good thing about him is that he puts his balls on the line everytime.

And he literally does put his balls on the line with this injury I hope they find the problem id really love to see him back.

[T.K. Massive]

I read in the daily Mirror that he thinks he's done and crocked it for good this time; its really a shame, if we had a fit ledders and woodgate....

Well, what could have been, ey lads?

[BatchSpurs]

...from The Brisbane Times (dunno if its been posted elsewhere)

Kewell's agent slams Liverpool, British doctors

Kewell's agent slams Liverpool, British doctors

HARRY KEWELL'S agent believes the football world was never able to see the best of the striker at Liverpool because of the ineptitude of the British medical system, which repeatedly failed to correctly diagnose and treat Kewell's injuries.



Bernie Mandic, who has enjoyed a career-long association with Kewell, revealed that his star client was repeatedly denied access to the world's leading medical authorities, who he believes are found in Australia, where Kewell now receives treatment.

The Galatasaray star is in Sydney to have his injured groin assessed. The good news came yesterday that the injury - which some had speculated could keep him sidelined for months - would keep him from training for just two weeks, with a full comeback thought to be about a month away.

While Kewell, 31, has largely managed to resurrect his career in Turkey, Mandic and his marquee client have been left to ponder what might have been had Liverpool's medical staff allowed Kewell to be assessed elsewhere during what should have been the peak years of his career.

''The reason he gets treated out here now is because we have the best medical staff in the world,'' Mandic told the Herald yesterday.

''He lost 3½ years of his career at Liverpool because the guys over there in England had, quite literally, no idea what they were talking about.

''You have to wonder what they're doing over there. Perhaps they're trying to protect their reputations, but they're certainly not trying to protect their players. I think it's a disgrace, as I think it was a disgrace the way Harry was treated. What goes around comes around, and people are now wondering, 'How has he recovered like that?' when everyone in England thought he was a broken toy.

''It's a damn shame we didn't come here earlier. If nothing else, the last World Cup would have seen a far better Harry and maybe they could have avoided the [foot] injury he suffered in the end. But that's life, you learn from it, move on, and that's exactly what Harry's done. Now he doesn't take any chances. He likes to get second opinions, and the bottom line is that Australian doctors have never let him down.''

Ironically, Liverpool - who are believed to have thought Kewell would never make a full recovery - are now trying to track down the Australian specialists who brought him back to full health.

''We had Rafa Benitez call him the other night inquiring who these guys were because Fernando Torres has got such major problems now,'' Mandic said. ''Then we've had Jonathan Woodgate's physio, Dave Hancock, who used to work at Chelsea and before that worked with Harry and Jonathan at Leeds, inquiring about Jonathan, who is apparently almost unfixable.

''Look at Liverpool - why is it that over so many recent years, usually around November, lots of their key players are injured? It's always soft-tissue injuries. How come other clubs, like Arsenal, don't have that sort of a dilemma? And why do their players recover quicker? There's logical reasons for all of this.''

[BatchSpurs]

Does seem like its last chance for Woody, fingers crossed for him. Glad we could give him some Silver in what may turn out to be his last full season