Farrell injury : Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:27 pm  

Any news?

Re: Farrell injury : Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:09 pm  

Nothing yet but looked like a ligament injury - would be shocked if he plays again this year.

Re: Farrell injury : Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:48 pm  

So would I, he obviously had problems with his lateral movement which is never good. Hopefully, we will be proved wrong as Faz is such an integral part of the team.

Re: Farrell injury : Tue Aug 30, 2022 9:28 am  

Really hope he's not done for the year - would have been in my England team.

Re: Farrell injury : Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:29 am  

FearTheVee wrote:

Really hope he's not done for the year - would have been in my England team.

I saw something on twitter this morning saying that he's out for six months, the poster is quite well connected.

Big blow for both Wigan and England if it's true.

Re: Farrell injury : Tue Aug 30, 2022 10:43 am  

Big blow if true, not just for Wigan but for England too.

He must be the strongest pound for pound player in SL. For someone so small and light compared to other forwards he really does take some putting down. Runs great lines and has some footwork on him too.

I think you could tell by his interview with Sky after the game on Friday that he was pessimistic so this doesn't surprise me.

Re: Farrell injury : Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:32 am  

Not only a great player but one of our leaders. Seeing him on the pitch increase confidence of other players.

150m and 35 odd tackles are going to be missed a lot. Plus his line break ability and support play.

Don’t know if we can win it without him

Re: Farrell injury : Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:48 am  

The weak spot in the centres being covered by second rowers hurts us in trying to cover his loss. I’d rather put KPP there in that left second row but Isa at centre fills me with dread.

I’ll be honest, it isn’t ideal shuffling players around but I think we’d be strongest by putting Smithies at left second row and playing an extra prop like Ellis or Havard at 13 but I doubt we’ll go down that route.

Re: Farrell injury : Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:57 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

I’ll be honest, it isn’t ideal shuffling players around but I think we’d be strongest by putting Smithies at left second row and playing an extra prop like Ellis or Havard at 13 but I doubt we’ll go down that route.

Good call, but I'm hoping some time out of the side has lit a fire under Bibby. He's the logical option with KPP covering the other side and Isa in for Faz.

I would love to see Ellis at 13 tho. It solves the conundrum of which prop which misses out.

Re: Farrell injury : Tue Aug 30, 2022 1:27 pm  

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