Ask a footballer what the worst part of the game is, and many will reply: being injured. It means you are out of contention. Out of the loop.
My childhood hero, the late Colin Bell, who suffered a serious knee injury while playing in a Manchester derby in 1975, admitted that his months out of the game left him completely disorientated. Bereft of focus in his life without the motivation to prepare for that special day of the week on Saturday.
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