khay 8 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Forward Faces Up To Year On Sidelines By Craig Hope NEWCASTLE United youngster Wesley Ngo Baheng is facing up to a year on the sidelines after damaging his anterior cruciate ligament in last month's Northumberland Senior Cup Final. Magpie physiotherapist Derek Wright told nufc.co.uk this week that the French forward will be missing for between 10 and 12 months and will undergo surgery before the end of the season. Baheng signed for the Geordies in January from French side Le Havre and had made a big impression with three goals for United's reserves. And second-string coach Adam Sadler admits that the injury is a huge blow for the promising 18-year-old. "Wesley has been fantastic since he came to the club and has been a pleasure to work with," Sads told nufc.co.uk. "It's a big blow for him to pick up this injury, but he's young enough to bounce back and I'm sure he'll return even stronger." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Shame. He'd just started scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26733 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Unlucky, especially for such a young player in a foreign country. It's bound to be lonely for anyone being out for so long through injury, especially when they haven't been in the country for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 1 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Poor kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6051 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I was giving him gip for putting it on! Looked like nowt at the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I was giving him gip for putting it on! Looked like nowt at the time! There's that sensitive bedside manner again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteroidblitz 12 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 It's a good job Shola wants to come home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen 0 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Shame for him, hope he recovers fully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassplayerjj 0 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 hope he gets it sorted out like MO. He's gonna be a big fella after all those months doing upper body in the gym now that's for sure, just hope it doesn't really hinder his development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I R Toon Fan 0 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Gutted for him. Hope he sorts it owt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 1 Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 It could potentially ruin his career. It's okay if you're Michael Owen, with trophies, a European player of the year award, spell at Real Madrid, England caps and goals galore, already on a hundred grand a week. Even if he hadn't recovered after being flown halfway around the world to see an expert he'd have found his way onto the MOTD couch (Shearer and Owen, now there's a punditry to make your balls shrivel in fear). But for a young lad like him? Will he get flown to America to get his ACL fixed? Actually, might be better if he doesn't - a knee specialist in Bradford told me he was a better surgeon than Steadman. Then again he was an arrogant cockend, but you kinda have to in order to be a surgeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Pede 0 Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 It could potentially ruin his career. It's okay if you're Michael Owen, with trophies, a European player of the year award, spell at Real Madrid, England caps and goals galore, already on a hundred grand a week. Even if he hadn't recovered after being flown halfway around the world to see an expert he'd have found his way onto the MOTD couch (Shearer and Owen, now there's a punditry to make your balls shrivel in fear). But for a young lad like him? Will he get flown to America to get his ACL fixed? Actually, might be better if he doesn't - a knee specialist in Bradford told me he was a better surgeon than Steadman. Then again he was an arrogant cockend, but you kinda have to in order to be a surgeon. ACL and knee surgery in general, has gone leaps and bounds, the last year or so. In his age, he should be back at the same strength. Possibly he'll be stronger, since it might have been a problem with the knee in the first place, they haven't noticed. ACL damages are bad, but not as bad as two og three years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 1 Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 It could potentially ruin his career. It's okay if you're Michael Owen, with trophies, a European player of the year award, spell at Real Madrid, England caps and goals galore, already on a hundred grand a week. Even if he hadn't recovered after being flown halfway around the world to see an expert he'd have found his way onto the MOTD couch (Shearer and Owen, now there's a punditry to make your balls shrivel in fear). But for a young lad like him? Will he get flown to America to get his ACL fixed? Actually, might be better if he doesn't - a knee specialist in Bradford told me he was a better surgeon than Steadman. Then again he was an arrogant cockend, but you kinda have to in order to be a surgeon. ACL and knee surgery in general, has gone leaps and bounds, the last year or so. In his age, he should be back at the same strength. Possibly he'll be stronger, since it might have been a problem with the knee in the first place, they haven't noticed. ACL damages are bad, but not as bad as two og three years ago Oh I know, just pointing out how much easier it would be were he in Owen's position. But then most things are easier if you're Owen I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 On his Facebook... Wesley Ngo Wesley can walk welllllllllllllllllllllllll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 what a fucking lad. hope he comes back stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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