Brian McGuigans Bad Luck

[Gabriel_Hurl]

The news isn't good.

He has a detached retina and he may only regain up to 50% vision in the affected eye and even then it may take 12 to 18 months to do so.

Well and truly gutted for him.


f**king forget about football for the minute - get well soon Brian - and just get better.

[ExiledGael]

God help him, one of my favourite players in the game.
Is that the official diagnosis then?

[Gabriel_Hurl]

yeah - that's the news I heard from home this morning

[ExiledGael]

BBC are reporting that he will miss the entire Ulster Championship at least, cruel world!

[armaghniac]

Micky Harte speaking on RTE on 5:30pm sports said he'd be out for 2 months min. A pity.

[KIDDO]

A lot of clubs ,name several retired, or long term injured players in their list of twelve players,  leaving nearly  everyone able to play senior or reseve league football ,   but if you play in either  the senior ,   intermediate ,or juniorchampionships, you cannot play in the reserve championship.

[Over the Bar]

the boy shitzroy's name seems to be a hybrid of what comes out of his mouth and where he lives in belfast.  no doubt he's out on the avenue of a thursday night disgracing the armagh jersey on his back by screaming sectarian abuse at the poor pensioners living there.  thought we'd never see the scum element who ruin soccer try to do the same to the gaa.  what a p***k.

[corn02]

I live on Fitzroy over the bar, am I sectarian too?

[ziggysego]

I live on Fitzroy over the bar, am I sectarian too?

I don't think Over the Bar was being specific about Fitzroy residents. He just means that element of students who have disgraced soccer across the UK, creeping in and disgracing the GAA in Ireland. It's a terrible element to sport, which I hoped would not become a part of the GAA.

[ExiledGael]

Enough with Fitzroy f**king avenue!

The latest I've heard on Brian is that he faces two operations, first one on Friday which could restore up to 50% of his vision in the damaged eye.
He is still suffering from extreme blurring in the eye and doctors have told him it could be at least a year at worst before he could return to football.

[ziggysego]

My aim concern is his well being and health. I hope to God that he makes a full and speedy recovery. Football is only an after though now, but it would be great if he is able to make a return to Tyrone for the All-Ireland competition or in 2008. Again, as I've said, his well being and health is of utmost importance now.

[Kerry Mike]

The outlook does not look good for him this year unfortunately. Hope he makes a full recovery.

McGuigan set to miss rest of season - from the Indo today

STAR Tyrone centre-forward Brian McGuigan looks set to miss another championship season because of serious injury, it has emerged.

McGuigan missed Tyrone's 2006 championship campaign after sustaining a broken leg in a club game last April and, in the latest cruel blow to Tyrone's All-Ireland hopes, it has emerged that the eye injury he sustained while playing for the Ardboe reserves against Aghyaran on Sunday is more serious than originally feared.

The classy playmaker was on the receiving end of a heavy challenge from an opponent and was caught so hard that the initial damage required eight stitches from medics at Altnagelvin hospital in Derry. But the damage is now much more serious than initially suspected with some speculation in Tyrone last night putting his recovery period at up to 12 months because of the dangers of another blow in such a sensitive area.

McGuigan is due to have surgery on Friday to repair internal damage to the retina and already there is apparent improvement in his vision.

McGuigan was uncontactable yesterday but Tyrone manager Mickey Harte did confirm that his influential centre-forward would be out for the entire Ulster campaign and the first two rounds of qualifiers.

"He's out for a minimum of two months and it could be longer," confirmed Harte, who appeared to dismiss suggestions he could be out until 2008.

In addition, Enda McGinley (shoulder) has joined Tyrone's injury-list ahead of Sunday's game against Fermanagh.

Stephen O'Neill and Martin Penrose are also out because of injury. McGinley, Owen Mulligan (hamstring) and Raymond Mulgrew (knee) are all considered extremely doubtful for the Fermanagh clash.

[GaillimhIarthair]

With the help of God he will make a full recovery.  The poor lad has had terrible luck with injuries over the past year or so and I really hope the Tyrone county board or whoever is responsible for player welfare up there look after him this time.

[Onlooker]

Very sorry to hear about Brian McGuigan's latest misfortune.  He is a smashing footballer and Tyrone are just not the same team when he ca'nt play.  Hope he makes a full recovery and that the powersthat be in Tyrone see that he is properly looked after and that he gets the best of care.

[the Deel Rover]

Hopefully he will make a full recovery and we will get to see him playing for Tyrone again.