Oliver Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) If only we'd waited a week...... Quote Dakar Rally: Back injury ends Andre Villas-Boas debut Former Tottenham and Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas withdrew from his first Dakar Rally after damaging his back during the fourth stage in Peru. The 40-year-old left his role as coach of Chinese side Shanghai SIPG in November to compete in his first rally. He was two hours 18 minutes and 50 seconds behind the leader after the third stage but on the next his Toyota Hilux hit a sand dune. Villas-Boas sustained no broken bones but was taken to hospital for checks. The 40th edition of the 14-stage race is based in Peru, which it last visited in 2013, for the opening five stages, using a route largely comprised of sand dunes, before moving to Bolivia and ending in Argentina on 20 January. In the motorbike section, Britain's defending champion Sam Sunderland also withdrew on stage four and was taken to hospital with a back injury. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/42633218 Edited January 10, 2018 by Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr Hooper Posted January 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2018 He'd fit right in with the rest of the injuries. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlZfan84 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I blame our Portuguese medical team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dukeries Owl Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Just what we need, someone else with an injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlofOliveGrove Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Jos will do for me. Unless we lose to the pigs in which case he's the worst manager we've ever had in our history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I wonder how serious the link was with him and if DC really did want to speak to him about the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellybean Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 imagine his anguish when he got out of hospital and he rang chansiri to see when he could start only to find out some tachy Dutch guy had took HIS job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack the Hat Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, jellybean said: imagine his anguish when he got out of hospital and he rang chansiri to see when he could start only to find out some tachy Dutch guy had took HIS job If he was in hospital he would probably have bumped into a Wednesday player, who will have told him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilfsmith Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 It's bound to be his hip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Starling Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 So for Villa Boas it was the Back Arrghh rally 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I am glad we did not get him. Failing with Chelsea and Tottenham two well funded clubs does not augur well for a spell in Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 43 minutes ago, Quist said: I am glad we did not get him. Failing with Chelsea and Tottenham two well funded clubs does not augur well for a spell in Championship. And he's now failed at the Dakar rally too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 What a wuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Back in two weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit Flump Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 He’s not done a lot since Porto to be fair. Not sure he’d have been that great for us. I like the relatively unknown factor of Jos. Looking forward to him tightening up the team, just hope we don’t end up too regimented Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 He was 2 hours behind the leader....what was he on a grifter ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitcat Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Greengrass said: He was 2 hours behind the leader....what was he on a grifter ? Harsh. The Grifter does only have 3 gears. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Last place he wants to come with an injury is here, he would never been seen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 He probably injured himself thinking it was part of the criteria for employment at swfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Burst his tyre too according to The Sun. But AVB said that this story is rubbish and that it has just been blown out of all proportion. Edited January 10, 2018 by theowlsman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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