World Cup improvement idea 1

On the day that football manager 18 is released I thought I would share my idea.

Rather than 32 teams qualifying, have 31. The 32nd team could be a team of all stars from the rest of the world that did not qualify.

Gareth Bale would be available. Holland did not qualify. Italy may not qualify and until the last game of qualifying Argentina very nearly missed out.

Obviously one country would miss out but up to 22 would gain a steak in the competition which would generate much more income.

Fifa can have my idea for free but they must call it the Stuart Clark Barbarian All Stars.

X-ray and MRI done

I had the x-ray this afternoon, here's the photos of the machine and image.  The line across my shoulder is the needle where they injected some metal stuff so that when I had the MRI scan the injury would show up more clearly.

The MRI was odd, I was in the whirly tube thing for 15 minutes or so.  They put headphones on me and pumped Madonna from the 80s at me.  Urgh! I should get an update in the next few days.

Working from coffee shop

I've been kicked out of the house by the cleaners so trying to use the wifi in the at the Fire Station.  It doesn't seem to be working today so having to use my phone as a hot spot.  I could get used to this.

Pub steal

Pub steal!  I've been trying to get this for a while but finally saw my moment and grabbed it when the staff were distracted.

Late birthday present

One of April's birthday presents to me has finally turned up!  Now to organise a night with friends.

I'll be going under the knife

I went to see a specialist surgeon yesterday to confirm what was wrong with my arm.  He confirmed it was a rupture of my long head tendon on my bicep.  I'm booked in to get an MRI scan at 1:30 today so that he can see the exact extent of the injury.

If all goes to plan I should be in for the operation next week.  After that it'll be a month in a sling (not ideal for someone with a month old baby, sorry April), then 3-4 months recovery.

Wish me luck.

At least i'll get a week or two off work.

The top part of my bicep has basically sunk down my arm as there's nothing there to hold onto it.  It looks a bit like i'm Pop-eye.

More ouch

I think I may have played my last game of rugby.  I lasted a whole 10 minutes on Saturday before having to come off injured.  I felt something rip in my left bicep when making a tackle.  Ouch.

We had a few more injuries during the game so I volunteered to come back on for the last 20.  We very nearly won (they scored in the last 5).  Shame.

I'm seeing a physio later this afternoon but in my conversation over the phone with BUPA's triage it sounds like i've ruptured a tendon.  In addition to a lot of pain, when I tense my left arm the bicep goes in completely the wrong direction.  Ouch.

If it's as bad as I think it is it will require an operation which will mean no rugby for 6 months.  That's this season gone, and in reality will probably be my last. 

It hasn't sunk in yet but sure it will hit me later.

Boo!

Nasty injury

On of my players on the new version of football manager seems to have a nasty injury.

Baby time

I took a couple of days off work last week to give April a bit of a hand.

We
-Registered Florence's birth
-Took her swimming
-Took her on her first train

It's beginning to feel a lot like

November

Bloody freezing on the way into work this morning.