I understand, especially if you're a big ugly centre-half, why you wouldn't get your nose fixed when you're playing; after all, it's reasonably likely it's going to get broken again.
But why Bruce and McCarthy don't pop down Harley Street is beyond me.
When Steve Bruce was at Gillingham, I saw him break his nose during a match, bleed copiously for a bit, pop it back in place and carry on playing as if nothing had happened.
His nose was already a mess back then, so I imagine he was used to it.
Mate of mine went to get his re-set many moons ago.
He was kind of expecting some sort of numbing agent and then a process of gentle manipulation to slot his snib back into something approaching place. He was a bit stunned when the doc came along and whacked him in the coupon with a hard rubber hammer.
Alderman Barnes wrote: I've never really noticed it before, but old Katsche looks like he could be Schweinsteigers's dad there.
I've been accused - yes, I think 'accused' is the right word - by two different people of looking like Schweinsteiger's big brother. Which means you've just accused me of looking like Katsche Schwarzenbeck.
Last weekend, I was accused of looking like this bloke, who is almost definitely another of Schweinsteiger's blood relatives:
I was once accused by a drunken Bavarian of looking like former Bayern striker Roy Makaay. Which I wasn't happy about at all.
I've been accused by two different drunk chaps of looking like both Rio Ferdinand and Juan Verón just because I used to have short hair back then. No, I don't look like either and no, I'm not black.
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