For those of you who may have the time, Smurf is in hospital at Swindon for the next 6 days - he went in for an op yesterday evening to have rods and pins put into his leg - visiting hours are 2pm to 8pm and he's in Linnett Ward on the the 3rd floor at Swindon Hospital. If you can't find it just look out for what direction the most pissed off nurses are walking away from.

As for you guys, it's always horrible to see something like that and really puts the spooks on you - I was lucky when I broke mine as it stayed the same shape, Smurfy hasn't come off quite so lucky sadly, but we all take a risk just getting up in the morning and if you think about the number of times you've played footy in your life and the number of broken bones you've actually seen. the percentages turn out pretty small.

I've not spoken to Smurf himself but apparently he's feeling quite happy with himself cos he saw the Shalbourne player at the same hospital with the same type of break and he was on oxygen and Smurf didn't need it. Surprised he didn't give him a dead arm on his way past...