Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:44 am  

MadDogg wrote:

Newcastle apparently unhappy at Wigan that KPP's foot injury may need surgery - reported he was having pain killing injections in the last few games.

Wouldn’t take notice. I highly doubt anyone at the club has said it it will be the journalist anti English crap. Even if Newcastle are unhappy with Wigan, they still loose out in the end as we’ll keep the next player they were planning on buying

Edit: to add its not like Newcastle are going to challenge next year and with no relegation in the NRL who’s booty

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Nov 13, 2023 5:23 pm  

If it makes them think twice about pinching the UK's promising youngsters, good.

I also hope they give his agent hell, because they're the rats at the root of all this.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:01 am  

Aside from Newcastle moaning though, it's surely not good to be keeping injured players on the field with the help of a stream of injections? That can't be doing the player good in the long run.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:03 am  

If players didnt have painkilling injections it would be down to 9 aside

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:11 am  

adi wrote:

Aside from Newcastle moaning though, it's surely not good to be keeping injured players on the field with the help of a stream of injections? That can't be doing the player good in the long run.

it's always happened particulary in the 1980's and 1990's

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Nov 14, 2023 10:42 am  

adi wrote:

Aside from Newcastle moaning though, it's surely not good to be keeping injured players on the field with the help of a stream of injections? That can't be doing the player good in the long run.

A lot will depend on the situation I guess and also the players thoughts. I’d imagine early in to the season they wouldn’t have looked to just get him through games but coming towards the back end, when we were short on numbers and he had the chance to go out a Grand Final winner, I’d imagine both parties would’ve been in full agreement. The Aussies might see this as a pub league but a chance to win a Grand Final in front of 60,000 people doesn’t come around every day. I doubt he’ll be winning anything else in his time Down Under, so I can understand why he didn’t want to miss the opportunity.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Nov 14, 2023 11:26 am  

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/former-w ... ubs-85096/ I think we could do with another prop

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/former-w ... ubs-85096/ I think we could do with another prop

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Nov 14, 2023 11:42 am  

TonyM19 wrote:

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/former-wigan-warriors-star-ryan-sutton-available-to-super-league-clubs-85096/

I think we could do with another prop

No disrespect to either of them, but I'd have Sutton over both Mago & Cooper (because of his injuries). Probably would be better value on the cap too.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Nov 14, 2023 11:47 am  

JIMMY MAGNETS wrote:

it's always happened particulary in the 1980's and 1990's

There's the legendary and comical incident regarding Andy Gregory who allegedly burst into Maurice Lyndsey's office, demanding that if Ellery Hanley was getting a cortisone injection that he wanted one too. Poor Andy thought it was a new sports car

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Nov 14, 2023 11:52 am  

JIMMY MAGNETS wrote:

it's always happened particulary in the 1980's and 1990's

Remember Ellery warming up at Wembley in front of the opposition fans (was it against Saints)?