Reason behind Michael Smith’s ‘Keith Lemon’ bandage detailed – playing for Sheffield Wednesday with broken bone
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The Wallsend battler has played with a bandaged wrist and hand for several matches now and revealed in conversation with The Star that he initially played on without treatment on what has since been confirmed as a broken finger.
“I’ve had a few Keith Lemon shouts!” Smith grinned in reference to the comic character played by Leigh Francis who is known for wearing a mysterious bandage on his wrist.
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Hide AdEver-relaxed, Smith laughed off any hint of suggestion he might have cried off a single training session or match to aid a recovery.
“It’s recovering alright,” he said with a smile when asked of his condition on Thursday, ahead of a Friday night battle with Bolton Wanderers.
“I’ve spoken to the doctor this morning and I’m going to have to wear the little cast I’ve had on for another week I think but it’s alright.”
Any lingering pain has done little to impact his performances on the pitch of late.
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“I can’t remember who it was against to be honest, but it got caught in someone’s shirt and bent the other way,” he said. “It was a sore one.
“I ended up playing on with it for another week but eventually went to the doctor and he said I should get it x-rayed because it had blown up like a balloon. Then the x-ray came back as broken.”