More about Laila....

So the injury was a "strain". From the horse's mouth. I have danced on worse injuries (but then I have danced an awful lot more than these celebs, and have "The show must go on" tattooed on the inside of my eyelids).

I find it hard to get my head round the fact that a doctor pronounced her fit to dance, but also told Laila that she would look as though she were in pain, and probably would not be able to finish the dance. Either she was fit to complete a 90 second dance, or she wasn't. And why would a doctor use the words "it will look as though you are in pain", rather than "you will be in pain"?. And where were the pain killers then? Because a dose of something should get you through a short, not very strenuous dance.

Anton and Laila - under the circumstances, maybe joking about forgetting the routine is not wise.....The constant theory in most internet sites is that you did just that.

How can any viewer be thinking that that could be their best dance? Seriously, no body movement, no attempt at performance, no sense of musicality.

And when I have had ankle injuries, I have certainly not been sitting with feet curled under me on a sofa, casually. My foot has been elevated and stretched out in front. It did draw attention yet again to the injury though. Maybe no-one has told Laila that SCD doesn't have voting throughout the week.

Something does not add up about this. And Anton was looking uncharacteristically subdued.

An hour of training by end of Wednesday is not looking promising for a good waltz on Saturday. But then of course the sympathy card will be played again (may have to compete with Jade!). Tuffers managed to train for more hours after knee surgery, and was still criticised for not doing enough in his salsa. And we lost him and Katya for this pair!