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Gregory Mertens

paulie8290
paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
edited April 2015 in Other Football and Sports
Seen a couple of tweets from our lads tonight




wondered what had happened and found this
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/573365/Belgian-footballer-Gregory-Mertens-artificial-coma-collapsing-during-match

24 years old

good luck to him, hope he manages to pull through
my thoughts go out to his family right now

Comments

  • SheedyCAFC
    SheedyCAFC Posts: 1,245
    Really puts the sport into perspective
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
    This type of medical incident, although not a regular occurrence, is becoming more common in football and sport in general. Are young people over stressing and over training their bodies at an early age ? .. do drugs and/or legal muscle and stamina building aids play a part ?
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    He has Sadly died today. RIP
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    Very sad
  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    So sad, saw this on Igor's Instagram - RIP
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Very sad. RIP.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    Read on BBC, very sad. R.I.P.
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    Terrible news RIP young man.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    RIP
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    Poor bloke... Sport is the one activity that you should never lose your life doing... RIP
  • WSA
    WSA Posts: 1,913
    Awful

    RIP young man.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,850
    RIP
    It's very sad news, I imagine many of our squad would have played against him

    Despite the massive increase in medical technology used in the game, such incidents do seem to be becoming more common. Maybe it's because modern players have to exert themselves more than the previous generation.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    I read about this last night as my old Sunday team, Hayden, are doing a benefit night in honour of a young lad who died playing football. Raising awareness for Cardiac Arrests in the Young or something similar.

    Really sad that he didn't pull through
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    Swisdom said:

    I read about this last night as my old Sunday team, Hayden, are doing a benefit night in honour of a young lad who died playing football. Raising awareness for Cardiac Arrests in the Young or something similar.

    Really sad that he didn't pull through

    @Swisdom was it Cardiac Risk in the Young?

    Sorry if this looks like I am jumping on a tragic news event in order to publicise something, but now that Swisdom has brought up this charity (I assume this is the one you mean), it would be great if people could take a look and think about any ways in which they could either support the work of CRY; or learn about some of the ways of avoiding or mitigating risk.

    http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    RIP

    CRY do great work.

    Friends lost their teenage son 4 years ago and they have raised a lot of money for CRY.

    They pay for DRs to go into schools and do health checks.

    Not sure it is new thing sadly.

    The player at York Dave Longhurst died during a game a few decades ago and in the 30s a ref died during a reserve game at the Valley.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Very sad, RIP.
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    So tragic , RIP young man
  • boogica
    boogica Posts: 2,321
    RIP terrible .
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    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,792
    RIP
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Gregory Mertens was signed for Cercie Brugge by Bob Peeters who had worked with him at Gent. Then this season he was at Lokeren.

    Despite all the tests, some problems still evade all the modern medical science.
    Very sad for his Family, friends and team mates.

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