: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:18 am  

Seems like a complete waste - normally a medical is done before a signing is announced to stop this sort of crap happening.

Wonder where he'll end up next .. assuming of course he is available after today

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:27 am  

Saint Simon wrote:

A policeman friend of mine's first reaction when i told him was "thats how long it takes to get a drug test back"

I thought that too.

It is all very strange he has been out all season with no word on what was keeping him out. An ACL injury is bad but it is not 12-14month bad. Then he leaves Warrington and goes straight into Hulls 19 to play against us. That would imply that he was fit enough to train.

Surely medicals are done pre contract. To find out the results 11 days after signing and announcing it is bizarre.

All you can really say with certainty that it is a shame that a player that looked so good for GB has fallen off the tracks so much. If he was fit then i would have him in our squad any day of the week.

Looks like he will have to play 5 nations RU for England, the poor lad.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:35 pm  

Noel Cleal wrote:

It is all very strange he has been out all season with no word on what was keeping him out. An ACL injury is bad but it is not 12-14month bad. Then he leaves Warrington and goes straight into Hulls 19 to play against us. That would imply that he was fit enough to train.

Chris Bridge snapped his achilles at knowsley Rd in Feb 08 his next competative game was the pre season friendly against Hull kr on the 29th January 09....
so give or take a week thats 12 months out......

Stuart Reardon Snapped his Achilles at Knowsley Rd in May 08 we are a couple of weeks away from him being out for 12 months and before Tony smith Got rid he was a week or two away from full training....

So a similar recovery period for both players.....but one has been a naughty boy...!!

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:40 pm  

the flying biscuit wrote:

but one has been a naughty boy...!!

He's not the messiah ...

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:44 pm  

Very bizarre this.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:52 pm  

Not worth a punt anyways, made of biscuit for a man so young. To many bad injuries to be paying decent coin each month and getting no return for it. The chap so go into modelling, got the physique and the looks, I am sure the ladies ( or the gay chaps on here ) can comment on that?

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:01 pm  

Supreme Sydney2002 wrote:

Not worth a punt anyways, made of biscuit for a man so young. To many bad injuries to be paying decent coin each month and getting no return for it. The chap so go into modelling, got the physique and the looks, I am sure the ladies ( or the gay chaps on here ) can comment on that?

I'm not a lady or one of the gays but I definitely think he looks better with hair. Without it he looks a bit like Heston Blumenthal.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:04 pm  

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:28 pm  

Supreme Sydney2002 wrote:

The chap so go into modelling, got the physique and the looks, I am sure the ladies ( or the gay chaps on here ) can comment on that?

I'm female and I can reliably advise that he has rather nice eyes ...

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:42 pm  

chris_joynt's_barber wrote:

'failed a medical' yeah right.....

They probably realised they'd made a huge mistake in signing.