Poor old John Spector has been ruled out of action for around 6 months after being diagnosed with a torn hip labrum. I’ve never suffered from this injury, but I should imagine it is quite painful. Essentially the Labrum is a piece of cartilage in the hip joint that acts as spacer and also a shock absorber.

It is bad that Spector is now going to have to miss his country’s Olympic bid, but at least it might encourage Curbs to consider investing in a replacement because, sorry John, I think we need one!

Sam