Grant Hall: burst into tears in managers office fearing his career was at an end

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https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/s...y-grant-hall-explains-reached-breaking-point/

It is a long article with much detail about the stark choices which Grant had to face - please click on the link for the full text.

Middlesbrough new-boy Grant Hall explains how he reached breaking point

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IT was supposed to be a routine meeting. When Grant Hall entered the manager’s office at QPR to discuss recovery plans with Steve McClaren and Les Ferdinand towards the end of 2018, he thought he would be taking part in an unremarkable chat about the knee issues that had been plaguing him for the previous 12 months. When he left, an hour or so later, he had taken the first step on a journey that would change his life.

...A niggling knee injury lasted a few weeks, it couldnt be shrugged off - it got worse, then it became obvious the injury could threaten his career as a footballer..................

Hall tried everything to avoid surgery. Nothing worked. One of the lowest points was an aborted comeback in a reserves game when, in his own words, “my body just couldn’t do the things that my mind could see was happening”.

That was the mindset he carried into his meeting with McClaren, then QPR manager, and Ferdinand, the director of football at Loftus Road. Unsurprisingly, it did not take long for things to come
flooding out. Breaking into tears as he tried to elucidate his emotions, Hall had reached the point where he could no longer keep things bottled up inside. Deep down, he knew he needed help.

Steve was the manager at the time, and he fully supported me as well. I’ve got a lot of gratitude for the pair of them – I’m very grateful for what they did for me.”

Hall has moved on, both mentally in terms of his attitude and mindset, and physically in terms of his recent move to Middlesbrough. He is grateful for the support and understanding he received at QPR, but is ready for a new start, with Neil Warnock speaking optimistically of mounting a promotion push next season.

“I was given the captain’s armband at QPR last season, and that was a real honour,” he said. “It definitely brought me out of myself a bit more. There’s lots of responsibilities that come with being a captain, but you’ll only be successful if you have 11 leaders on the pitch. That’s how you’ll be successful, personally and as a team"
 
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