Gareth Ellis : Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:26 pm  

So how many of you are now happy that we didn't sign Gareth Ellis?

Re: Gareth Ellis : Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:02 pm  

Ponterflfan wrote:

So how many of you are now happy that we didn't sign Gareth Ellis?

You were never in with a chance of signing him just like we weren't. You'd have bitten his hand off if he would have come to you as would we.

He was going to Leeds or Hull end of.

Re: Gareth Ellis : Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:26 pm  

Ponterflfan wrote:

So how many of you are now happy that we didn't sign Gareth Ellis?

Never really in with a chance of signing him to be honest.

There has been a few players in the past who have pulled up in the warm up, but given last season and last night the niggles maybe be starting to pile up for him.

Re: Gareth Ellis : Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:37 pm  

It's a shame for him to get injured like he did without making the kick off, listening to Mc,Ray its not a recurrence of his old ankle injury, but looking at Ellis afterwords and his face told a lot more than just disappointment.

His first injury was bad last year & for him to hurt the same ankle in warm up will have tongues waging & Hull FC will have to play the waiting game to see how long it takes to get wright.

At the begining i did want Cas to sign him with him being a Cas lad, but know if things dont go well we might have dodged a bullet.

Re: Gareth Ellis : Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:16 pm  

frank5613 wrote:

It's a shame for him to get injured like he did without making the kick off, listening to Mc,Ray its not a recurrence of his old ankle injury, but looking at Ellis afterwords and his face told a lot more than just disappointment.

Foot, not ankle.

Of course that was just disappointment too, he was missing his debut (as captain) against the team where he's won the most trophies. You can't take anything else from it because there's nothing else to it.

frank5613 wrote:

His first injury was bad last year & for him to hurt the same ankle in warm up will have tongues waging & Hull FC will have to play the waiting game to see how long it takes to get wright.

Again, foot not ankle and not the same injury.

Re: Gareth Ellis : Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:37 pm  

Whether it's his foot or ankle it's a shame we never got to see him play & if it is the pitch to blame it needs sorting.

Re: Gareth Ellis : Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:18 pm  

frank5613 wrote:

Whether it's his foot or ankle it's a shame we never got to see him play & if it is the pitch to blame it needs sorting.

How could the pitch be at fault? If you listened to bill arthur during the game he states that Gaz set off to start a warm up drill and felt pain in his foot. Pitch not blame, 35 other players warmed up and played a full game with no other problems.

I don't understand where your going with a daft comment like that!!!

Re: Gareth Ellis : Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:49 pm  

My gut instinct says that top NRL teams don't let good players go for no reason. He barely played for Wests last year and maybe they had more detailed medical information than any club could hope to gain in a pre-transfer medical?

Re: Gareth Ellis : Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:27 am  

This was all said about Morley when he left the Roosters in 2006 and joined Warrington.

"Too many miles on the clock, injuries are starting to mount up". He broke his cheekbone in the first game of the season and everyone said "told you so". Then he came back a few weeks later and broke his cheekbone again.

The next six years he dominated Super League and picked up three Challenge Cups and a minor premiership.

Re: Gareth Ellis : Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:20 am  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

My gut instinct says that top NRL teams don't let good players go for no reason. He barely played for Wests last year and maybe they had more detailed medical information than any club could hope to gain in a pre-transfer medical?

They didn't let him go for no reason. The reason he left, despite having a year left on his Wests deal, was because Gareth wanted to return to the UK. Wests agreed that he could leave on the promise that he would not join another NRL side.