Re: Robes - Broken eye socket (x2?) and nose? : Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:58 pm  

Massive, massive blow.

Easily the most significant injury of the season. Losing 152 half backs was bad, but losing the Man Of Steel for upwards of 6 weeks is devastating.

Re: Robes - Broken eye socket (x2?) and nose? : Sat Jun 04, 2011 1:11 am  

Roby's probably fractured an eye socket but we don't know for certain and, even if he has, it may not be serious and so may not mean a long lay off. However, we very much needed him for Wigan so that is going to put a lot of extra pressure on us just when it seemed the pressure might be easing.

Thankfully we have a lot of players on the pitch at present. We would have been seriously screwed if this had happened just a few weeks ago.

Might Wilkin be a good replacement for him while he is missing (assuming he will be)?

Re: Robes - Broken eye socket (x2?) and nose? : Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:20 am  

terrible news for all concerned.
asi posted t other week re injuries..........................2 steps forward 1 step back.
every ucking game we get at least one major injury.
hope robys isnt as bad as feared...................wont hold my breath though. you could clearly see on telly that his appearance had altered.
time for another youngster to step up?

Re: Robes - Broken eye socket (x2?) and nose? : Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:47 am  

Hope he heals well... Class act... Will be missed by RL and not just Saints.

Re: Robes - Broken eye socket (x2?) and nose? : Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:56 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

Roby's probably fractured an eye socket but we don't know for certain and, even if he has, it may not be serious and so may not mean a long lay off. However, we very much needed him for Wigan so that is going to put a lot of extra pressure on us just when it seemed the pressure might be easing.

Thankfully we have a lot of players on the pitch at present. We would have been seriously screwed if this had happened just a few weeks ago.

Might Wilkin be a good replacement for him while he is missing (assuming he will be)?

I see your idea of moving wilkin to 9. It worked very well for England when we put sinfield at hooker and IMO was the player of the series when moved there.

Could work but i feel Royce will go with Moore.

Re: Robes - Broken eye socket (x2?) and nose? : Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:07 am  

Royce has confirmed it on sky text.

Big big loss!

Re: Robes - Broken eye socket (x2?) and nose? : Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:25 am  

How long is he out for? Is there any chance of him being available for the Wigan and Wire games?

Re: Robes - Broken eye socket (x2?) and nose? : Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:30 am  

lfcsaint wrote:

How long is he out for? Is there any chance of him being available for the Wigan and Wire games?

Royce says he ain't got clue how long he'll be out for.

I did my eye socket few year back and was told no contact for 8 weeks but I played after 5/6 weeks as it was a final but was told taking huge risk of further damage.

I got thru the game ok but we lost

Re: Robes - Broken eye socket (x2?) and nose? : Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:10 am  

The idea of Wilkin at hooker is a good one and resist putting Scott Moore back there. Moore is playing well as a back rower who can jump in at dummy half from time to time rather than a full time 9. With us getting more forwards back from injury we could do this and not miss Wilkins running while keeping him in the middle of the park for his defence and organisation.

Eastmond may also be on option as cover for hooker in the short term.

Re: Robes - Broken eye socket (x2?) and nose? : Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:20 am  

St pete wrote:

Royce says he ain't got clue how long he'll be out for.

I did my eye socket few year back and was told no contact for 8 weeks but I played after 5/6 weeks as it was a final but was told taking huge risk of further damage.

I got thru the game ok but we lost

It just depends what sort of fracture it is. I had to have reconstructive surgery after a blowout fracture of my eye-socket when I were a lad and couldn't play for about 12 months. If its a hairline thing then you can potentially be getting on with it after a handful of weeks.