York City's Lanre Oyebanjo out with fractured skull (From York Press)
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York City's Lanre Oyebanjo out with fractured skull
11:40am Tuesday 29th January 2013 in Sport
By Steve Carroll, Sports reporter
York City’s Lanre Oyebanjo after his clash of heads at Gillingham
YORK CITY defender Lanre Oyebanjo will be out for about six weeks after suffering a fractured skull.
The 22-year-old was injured during a sickening clash of heads with Gillingham’s Charlie Lee in the second half of the Minstermen’s 1-1 League Two draw at Priestfield Stadium on Saturday.
Former Histon player Oyebanjo was attended to by a doctor on the pitch in the aftermath of the injury, which happened in the 71st minute, but was keen to play on. He managed to carry on for more than ten minutes before bleeding from the ear finally forced him off.
Continuing to feel unwell, he was taken to hospital, x-rayed, and the fracture was discovered.
Manager Gary Mills may now move to strengthen his defence, either before Thursday’s transfer deadline day or subsequently on loan, and described Oyebanjo’s loss as a “massive blow” to the club.
“Obviously Lanre got back in the side on Saturday and the back four were doing extremely well,” he said.
“He was having a really good game, doing his job well, and then that happened. It’s another blow. It’s another defender down for us and obviously with a fractured skull he has got to be careful.
“He played on for quite a while, headed a few balls, but he started getting bleeding from his ear. He came off and later went to the hospital. He’s a strong lad, he competes well and he said he didn’t want to come off.
“Once he did come off, once his ear started bleeding, he looked like he was going to collapse.
“Neither of them should have carried on. The doctor should have stopped them both going back on.”
With Oyebanjo now joining a defensive injury list that also includes Chris Doig (ankle), David McGurk (hamstring) and Jamal Fyfield (ankle ligament), Mills was left dreaming of being able to field a settled back four as City continue to try to hang on to the coat-tails of the League Two play-off race.
“The back four were excellent on Saturday,” he added. “Until Lanre’s injury we were talking about the same back four this weekend. They are saying it could be six weeks for Lanre and it is a blow because he was doing really well.”
Asked whether he would delve into the transfer or loan market to bring in cover, Mills said: “There is a possibility of that.”
Comments(24)
nudger
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5:10pm Mon 28 Jan 13
/kev/null
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5:10pm Mon 28 Jan 13
oldmanvecrayke
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5:13pm Mon 28 Jan 13
OLD - HEAD
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5:14pm Mon 28 Jan 13
RooBeck
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5:33pm Mon 28 Jan 13
rogue84
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5:35pm Mon 28 Jan 13
tomwillo1
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6:12pm Mon 28 Jan 13
bartsimmo
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6:13pm Mon 28 Jan 13
Thoughts with Banjo and wishing you a speedy recovery!
Challinor and Parslow more than capable of covering at right back which means you will have to play midfielders in midfield for sure now Mills! (Even though Challinor is a midfielder and not right back, so many people seem to forget that!)
brahma
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6:39pm Mon 28 Jan 13
play up city
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7:35pm Mon 28 Jan 13
play up city
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7:37pm Mon 28 Jan 13
play up city wrote:Get well soon Lanre from all the city faithfull and wishing you a speedy recovery”
Get well soon Lanre from all the ciyt faithfull and wishig you a speedy recovery
YorkCityLuke
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8:14pm Mon 28 Jan 13
RooBeck wrote:Too right, your post inspired me to re-watch the highlights and Banjo put in a couple of absolutely crucial last ditch tackles/ blocks in the second half, without a thought for his own health. Hope he mends quickly.
Get well soon Lanre,and hope next season you can be free of injuries and bad luck such as this. GM and staff should be looking to building a successful team around young promising players like you and City fans will well remember, your second-halfdefensive bravery against Luton at Wembley, that was one of the main reasons for us winning promotion on that memorable Sunday afternoon in May!! COYR.
YO1
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8:43pm Mon 28 Jan 13
YO1
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8:48pm Mon 28 Jan 13
Yorkieroy60
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8:56pm Mon 28 Jan 13
Echo the above good wishes for a speedy recovery.
cityforthepremier
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12:26am Tue 29 Jan 13
bartsimmo wrote:I didn't realise YCFC staff had xray vision? Surely your not implying they are incompetent for not diagmosing a skull fracture on the pitch???
Hmmm medical professionalism seems a bit lacking in this situation especially considering it was a head injury!
Thoughts with Banjo and wishing you a speedy recovery!
Challinor and Parslow more than capable of covering at right back which means you will have to play midfielders in midfield for sure now Mills! (Even though Challinor is a midfielder and not right back, so many people seem to forget that!)
uhtred
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8:33am Tue 29 Jan 13
cityforthepremier wrote:bleeding from the ear is a symptom of a potential fractured skull, paticularly if straw coloured;basic first aid. However this did not materialise until after he went off according to the report.
bartsimmo wrote:I didn't realise YCFC staff had xray vision? Surely your not implying they are incompetent for not diagmosing a skull fracture on the pitch???
Hmmm medical professionalism seems a bit lacking in this situation especially considering it was a head injury!
Thoughts with Banjo and wishing you a speedy recovery!
Challinor and Parslow more than capable of covering at right back which means you will have to play midfielders in midfield for sure now Mills! (Even though Challinor is a midfielder and not right back, so many people seem to forget that!)
nick clogg
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12:39pm Tue 29 Jan 13
YO1 wrote:Same here!
What a brave guy. I can't imagine what pain he must have been in at the time. Having broken the odd bone, I know the pain gets worse over the first 24 hours so good luck on your recovery Lanre.
TerryYork
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1:12pm Tue 29 Jan 13
Get well some fella!
YoRkIe59
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1:53pm Tue 29 Jan 13
paddymacwakey
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2:22pm Tue 29 Jan 13
ready,coulson,chambe
rs,mcgurk.like mills said,we had just got the back four settled,now we are back to square one.like everyone on here said,good luck and get well soon banjo.
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4:06pm Tue 29 Jan 13
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ian923
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4:31pm Tue 29 Jan 13
yorkiemike says...
5:06pm Mon 28 Jan 13
Do we really need to look for yet another player?Come on GM give some of the existing lads a chance.Parslow and Challinor can play there and whilst the manager seems to think Fyfield is a problem I don`t agree.He needs encouragement not constant knocking.We have other youngsters who can cover the left back position, especially when McGurk and Doig are fit again.