Just heard that he is showing a slight improvement and breathing unaided,a step in the right direction hopefully!

........................Then along came Johnny Byrne! and the rest,as they say,is history.....................

I cannot believe they ignore heart anomalies, how many players have collapsed with heart problems? it does happen of course but very rare.
There is no reason why this chap ( if OK ) cannot carry on playing, as long as they discover his problem and are able to solve it!!

.......has Gus done a Poo'yet, without thinking about us!

With all this publicity and witnessing of his attack, we should hopefully all benefit with more understanding of heart resuscitation.

.......has Gus done a Poo'yet, without thinking about us!

Everyone could benefit from doing a first aid course, you can usually get them through work, and you'll get paid a small fee for doing so, each week.

You can even do a half day defibulation course (remarkably easy devices to use, over dramatised by TV).

The biggest factor in survival chances of a heart attack, stroke etc is the provision of immediate medical assistance. The role of First Aid is to keep the patient alive until the EMTs can take over.

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Great to see so many people posting positive things on this thread, rather than trying to be funny. Jamie's right - this happens to people every day, and some far younger than Fabrice.

The lad who captained the youth cricket team I played for collapsed and died at 15, whilst watching a football match because of an undetected heart problem. However, when something like this happens to someone so publically, it reminds people that there is far more to life than football, and (alas poor Yoric) provides an unavoidable vision of our own mortality. It's been amazing to see the way English football as a whole has reacted to the situation.

The other think that I found amazing was reading about Fabrice's life in the Independent on Sunday. He's certainly experienced a lot in his young life, and seems genuinely brave, modest and grateful for the opportunities he's been afforded.

For those who don't know, he and his father fleed the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo when he was 11, as his father had been involved in the political side of things and their lives were in danger. Britain granted them asylum, and Fabrice has obviously gone on to become a very decent footballer (representing England at four age levels, I believe). In a recent interview, he talked about the probability of having to sneak back into Congo secretly to visit his family - saying that he was prepared to do so.

He also went on for some time about how he realises that his comforable way of living is completely out of the ordinary, and how he is grateful every day for his opportunity.

I think, whenever something bad happens to someone, there is a tendency to dress them up as being 'better than they were'. George Best, for example was remembered as a great footballer and great company when he died - rather than a wife-beating boozer. In this case though, - it looks like someone genuinely deserving has suffered a shocking blow to his life. I really hope he continues his recovery and finds happiness outside football (as he's hugely unlikely to ever play again).

The Three Twerps were one twerp short... again!

They did get to him quickly, but damage would have been done even in the first minute before the oxygen was administered. I had a heart attack in my 30s and was extremely lucky to survive it as I was in the ambulance when I had VF. Despite there being minimal damage to the heart muscle itself, I still have to be very careful with overdoing exercise and am on a fairly strict regime. From my experience I would imagine that Muamba (even should he recover fully mentally) will have next to no chance of playing competitive football again, let alone top class football. We'll see, though - I'm amazed he survived Saturday at all.

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