“I just feel some of the headlines since Saturday have told only part of the story. Yes, that song was sung when he first went down but it was tongue-in-cheek because everyone expected him to get back up. Even Sir Alex Ferguson said he had no idea how badly injured Smith was. Nobody really thought it possible that someone could be badly hurt trying to block a free-kick. Once it became apparent, however, everyone stopped singing and the whole ground stood to applaud him when he was taken off. Nobody wants to see a player seriously injured.”
