Richard Dunne stretchered off

**John83** · 08/03/2008, 2:57 PM

Oh ****. Anyone watching this? How does it look?

**eirebhoy** · 08/03/2008, 3:04 PM

Apparently it looked like a broken leg and there was lots of blood but isn't as serious first thought.

**paul_oshea** · 08/03/2008, 3:10 PM

Originally Posted by Ciaran

Left the Reading game after 22 minutes when Stephen Hunt savaged him.

uh oh?

was hunt being a dope.

that lad needs to cop on if he was.

**tetsujin1979** · 08/03/2008, 4:35 PM

From City's review of the game: http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pa...&newsid=539053

City were forced to make a substitution on the half hour, and with defensive resources already stretched the sight of Richard Dunne being carried off was the last thing Blues fans wanted to see. A split-second after clearing away from the oncoming Hunt, the skipper was caught by the Reading player on his right leg. Physio Ally Beattie immediately signalled that he would be coming off, so Sun Jihai went to right back with Corluka going to central defence.

The news on Richard Dunne at half time was that the skipper had had nine stitches put onto a cut in his leg.

**B1977** · 08/03/2008, 4:53 PM

He lost Richard Dunne to a nasty looking knee injury on the half-hour mark, and he will await news of his captain with urgency.

Dunne's exit, which came after an innocuous collision with Stephen Hunt, meant City's already makeshift defence had to reorganise further

**jmurphyc** · 08/03/2008, 5:06 PM

****. Thankfully we don't have a competitive game for another 6 months. Still a massive, massive blow though.

**Supreme feet** · 08/03/2008, 6:49 PM

SSN described it as a 'gashed shin'. While painful, I don't think it warrants any panic among us. The Serbia game is over two months away.

**eirebhoy** · 08/03/2008, 7:02 PM

Just saw the incident and Hunt did nothing wrong really. It could have been a lot worse for Dunne though.

**tricky_colour** · 08/03/2008, 7:03 PM

Yes its not broken bones, I expect he will be back pretty soon.

**Scram** · 08/03/2008, 9:23 PM

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Yes its not broken bones, I expect he will be back pretty soon.

So the THREAD TITLE SHOULD BE "RICHARD DUNNE IS GRAND"

**bellavistaman** · 08/03/2008, 9:28 PM

comments about hunt were stupid, please reserve judgement until you see the incident, even sky sports said styraight away that it was total accidental

**billybunter** · 09/03/2008, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by bellavistaman

comments about hunt were stupid, please reserve judgement until you see the incident, even sky sports said styraight away that it was total accidental

thank you. - everyone assumes Hunt went in to do richie when in fact Richie came steaming in with a covering tackle (typical richie dunne) after Hunty had burst past one city player but it seems like some folks just want an excuse to lambast stephen hunt at every opportunity. We need hunty - big time - he was magnificient today.

**tricky_colour** · 09/03/2008, 2:07 AM

Well even if was intentional, which I don't think it was, not unless Hunt has
infinitely more skill than most people give him credit for, it certaintly helped
Reading to three points. Those three points might be the difference between
Doyle, Hunt and Long playing in the Premiership rather then the Championship
next season.
Dunne will be back playing in a couple of weeks I expect, so no real harm done.
(no pun intended, even if you spotted it).

**superfrank** · 09/03/2008, 9:32 AM

RTE said that Dunne needed nine stitches for the wound he got.

**shakermaker1982** · 09/03/2008, 11:23 AM

Hunt MOM again yesterday I see. Nice finish by Long as well and well set up by Doyler.

**paul_oshea** · 09/03/2008, 1:24 PM

Originally Posted by bellavistaman

comments about hunt were stupid, please reserve judgement until you see the incident, even sky sports said styraight away that it was total accidental

i said IF.

**drinkfeckarse** · 10/03/2008, 11:19 AM

Glad it's not more serious. It was a fair challenge but Dunne went in a lot harder than he needed too IMO. May have been a contributory factor?

**inexile** · 10/03/2008, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by drinkfeckarse

Glad it's not more serious. It was a fair challenge but Dunne went in a lot harder than he needed too IMO. May have been a contributory factor?

no such thing as going in too hard, as a young fella i was always told if you pull out you will get hurt

**osarusan** · 10/03/2008, 1:44 PM

Originally Posted by inexile

no such thing as going in too hard, as a young fella i was always told if you pull out you will get hurt

I was told the same thing, but only about hurling. Don't think it applies to football.

**drinkfeckarse** · 10/03/2008, 1:53 PM

Originally Posted by inexile

no such thing as going in too hard, as a young fella i was always told if you pull out you will get hurt

It's not a question of pulling out as that's not what I said. Dunne made sure that Hunt would "feel" the tackle. I'm a defender myself and know when an opportunity arises you make sure the other player knows you're there. That's exactly what Dunne did. He could've slid in and cleared it anyway but made sure he went in hard as far as I can see. That's the way I saw it anyway but I'm not saying that was the cause of his injury, only suggesting it maybe didn't help.