Inside View with Charlton defender Grant Basey
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It's been over a week since I
suffered a bad ankle injury, and I’m still waiting to find out the
full extent of the damage.
I feared the worst when I was the
victim of a late lunge just 12 seconds into the match against
Bristol Rovers earlier this month.
My left ankle bore the brunt of the
impact, and the pain I was feeling was just like when I broke my
ankle when I was younger.
I was rushed straight off to hospital
and needed gas and air on the way. My sister was with me – she ran
straight round as soon as it happened.
Everyone feared it was broken, but
thankfully, an X-ray at the hospital showed it’s just ligament
damage, although that’s still a serious injury.
Unfortunately, we can’t properly judge
how long I will be out for until we get a proper scan of the
injury, which can’t happen until the swelling goes down, so I just
have to wait and see. The plan was to see a specialist on Tuesday,
and hopefully he’ll give me some positive news.
I’m trying to stay positive and I hope
I play again this season, but I really don’t know at the
minute.
The frustrating thing for me is that I
felt I’d cemented my place in the team. I’ve already matched the
most games I’ve played in a season, and it’s been great to have a
consistent run.
I’ve loved every minute of it, so it’s
a shame this injury has happened now when we’ve got some big games
coming up at an important stage of the campaign.
I still managed to get The Valley on
Saturday, though, and it was great to see us get a win against
Yeovil.
I went in the Superstore before
kick-off to sign some stuff for supporters, and it was really good
to have a chat with fans and hear so many people wishing me well.
It was just what the doctor ordered.
Lots of fans were asking me what I
thought of the challenge by Dominic Blizzard, and having seen the
tackle again on television, it doesn’t look good.
(Rovers manager) Paul Trollope has
defended Blizzard, and I can’t blame him for that – any manager is
going to back their own player. Any neutrals would have to say it’s
not a great tackle, though.
I’ve had no contact with him and no
one’s called me from Bristol. I’m not expecting it, though, as
these things happen in football. You just have to move on.
Charlton is about more than me,
though, and I’ll be supporting the lads as much as possible in the
next few months.
Thursday, February 25 2010
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