FA Cup '12

Didn't see a previous thread about this, so I thought I'd take the liberty of starting a new one, since we're no longer in it.

Nice job by the Toffees today, sans Landon, to take care of business. It's obvious he's kick started their season.

Tim Howard is amazing. I'm glad he's OURS! Another well deserved clean sheet for America's number 1 keeper. I find myself watching Everton just to watch him.

If Everton keep winning their should-win games and throw in an upset or two against the big boys, or make it to Wembley, Moyes should be a shoe in for mgr of the year. We should've tried to steal him when Hughes walked. Imagine what he could do with some semblance of a wage budget.

 

At least they showed Landon clapping and saying goodbye to the Everton fans albeit in a jacket.

Arse doesn't look like they've recovered from their beatdown in Milan. Losing at Sunderland at the half and the injuries are piling up. Will be lucky to push this towards a replay.

Chelsea pull out a draw at home to Birmingham to force a replay :lol: AVB looked like a dead man walking when the interviewer asked him about his job security.

Tim Ream played for Bolton in their 2-0 win against Millwall.

 

Gonna try to catch some of the Everton-Sunderland action from Goodison this morning...would like to see Mr. Howard make it to Wembley.

 

Uh oh. Toffee defense picks up where it left off against scousers, although, to be fair, Bardsley's strike off a pass from a free kick was, in the words of the Guardian's Scott Murray, "a daisycutter." Tim had no chance, 1-nil S'land.

 

And Everton gets the equalizer on a nifty double header off a cross, with Cahill finishing...sweet.

 

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No word yet, but praying that the young man can be saved. Only 23 years old.

 

Some good news. It's being reported that he's breathing again and 'stable' in the ICU.

 

Scary stuff. Hope he's gonna be O.K.

 

Really hoping Muamba can pull through and have a healthy life; he's got a son and fiancee.

The question I have Hatter is if this would have happened were he just sitting on his back porch. It happens enough to endurance athletes, I have to wonder. Between these heart related incidence and concussions, I sometimes feel like a Roman aristocrat watching gladiator fights. Certainly ruins the entertainment factor for me.

 

There has been some talk recently here in Mass that all high school athletes should be tested for heart related ailments as there have been a number of deaths here in Mass and nationwide.

 

Nothing was mentioned as to how they would be funded. I agree if it came out out of pocket lots of kids would surely drop out. Maybe if it becomes law the state would make the health insurers pick up the cost.

 

Maybe it's because of the media landscape, but you seem to hear about so many young athletes passing away than years ago, and many from the heart ailments that pre-screening could pick up. You would think that the NCAA (like they don't have the money :roll: ) could foot the bill for incoming freshman.

 

Great news that Muamba is improving, I hope this means his survival is certain.

I think the screening issue is a really difficult one. Ryan Shay died during the Olympic trials for the marathon yet he had been cleared by a doctor just months prior, despite having a known heart condition. Also athletes commonly have enlarged hearts and the symptoms, such as shortness of breath or chest pain, that could alert a doctor to a potential life threatening heart condition are something elite athletes are more prone to ignore. So the diagnosis becomes a difficult, nebulous one in some cases. I read that the Italian government instituted mandatory ECGs for teen athletes and they significantly reduced the instances of sudden cardiac arrest within that group. However, 1 out of 50 Italian teens were required to quit sports as a result of the screening. The American Heart Assoc. (or one of those heart groups) said if we were to do something similar we would end up asking 2,000 athletes to give up sports for every life saved and they are reluctant to do that. They say improved screening is needed.

Oh and I also read that you would have to do the screening regularly because these risky heart conditions may not manifest themselves until a certain age - what's there at 22 yrs of age may not have been at 19.