re: Bolton: Holden Tore Right ACL

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I wonder if his surgeon just did a really shitty job.

He had the torn knee thanks to Johnny Evans, which took out his ACL and I'm sure did some other nasty damage.

However, he was supposed to come back that next September (March to September = 6 months), and he did so in playing a reserve match against Aston Villa. Then after the game they found that one of the screws used to reconstruct the ligament came loose and caused a lot more damage. This is what caused the longest delay in his recovery, because I guess it caused so much damage that it kept him out for more than an entire year.

Now the reconstructed ACL has reruptured. If I was Holden I would be seriously pissed at my doctors.

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I had never heard the story about how he initially reinjured the knee. It does sound fishy that the screw would come loose like that. Is it common?
Did he come back too soon (6 months)?

Also, I can't be the only one who worried every time he came on the field since his return. Almost seemed inevitable that something like this would happen. I hope that he was mentally prepared for it.