Joe Garner - Radio Cumbria Interview

Last updated : 08 March 2008 By Thetashkentterror

Joe Garner
United striker Joe Garner spoke to BBC Radio Cumbria's Derek Lacey on Friday morning about how his long-term injury is progessing :


" I've got an operation on Monday, got to be there at 7 o'clock in the morning so it's an early start but it's going alright at the moment. I think this is the worst time at the moment, I think I've been sat around for two weeks just waiting for my operation. Once I've had it I can get on with my rehabilitation.

" I tried to push off my left leg and it kind of twisted a bit and I just felt it snap. It was quite sore at the time when it first went, then I didn't know what it was, I tried to carry on but the pain was a bit too much. It started to swell up a little bit at half-time then I realised I think that I'd done something serious, I realised myself when I did it but at half-time it stiffened up a little bit.

" I've just got my rehabilitation, get over that over the summer and hopefully when the lads come back in pre-season hopefully I'll be doing a bit of running so that's what I'm looking forward to. It was a great result for the club at Forest and a great result for the lads. I'm happy for Danny (Graham) to get his goal and hopefully we can push on from here. I think the fans are brilliant, that's one of the reasons why I came back here, they are a great bunch of lads and hopefully we'll do well.

" It would be brilliant to come back in in the Championship if we went up. The next few home games are crucial, if we can get some wins at home and pick up a couple of points away I think we'll stay right up there. I think it is difficult to come down and concentrate on the next game, but I think that's what the gaffer's (John Ward's) job is, to get everyone focused and right for the, not lower games, but the so-called easier ones.

" We've had a great run at home, I think we've had a few difficult games at home, I think we were 2-0 down against Port Vale who are bottom of the league and came back to win 3-2. So it shows that any team is a difficult game. The lads are close lads, I think we're a good bunch of lads and a good team to be honest. "