Re: Full injury list with expected return dates : Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:43 am  

Geoff wrote:

There's a difference between wages and cap money, though. Of course he should be fully paid , but I do believe there should be some allowance within the salary cap rules to allow some sort of discount for long-term injured players.

Get him on SSP is that about £60 a week, that's a saving only joking I hope he gets back soon and I do think he still can be as good as he once was, but we can't rush it.

Re: Full injury list with expected return dates : Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:55 am  

Bigredwarrior wrote:

How would you have reacted if we had allowed him to sign for Warrington or Saints or Leeds? Like the rest of us, I bet you'd have gone bonkers!

Well they would have had to pay him for two for nothing instead of us as for Warrington Saints Leeds it has happen before and always will, no problem we have always had players coming through and we will carry bringing players through.

Re: Full injury list with expected return dates : Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:51 am  

Ashton Bears wrote:

Well they would have had to pay him for two for nothing instead of us as for Warrington Saints Leeds it has happen before and always will, no problem we have always had players coming through and we will carry bringing players through.

There's no disputing the quality of our player development but Sam Tomkins is completely different in my eyes. He's a once in a generation player who single handily won games for us with his explosive attacking play. There is not a single Wigan fan that wouldn't have been gutted if he'd signed elsewhere.

Re: Full injury list with expected return dates : Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:52 am  

Sam is no doubt one of the most exciting and best players to play for Wigan. But as a marquee player and with Escare playing so well, it worries me that the money could be spent elsewhere i.e. Keeping hold of George whilst possibly offering Escare a long term deal

Re: Full injury list with expected return dates : Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:50 am  

The club have conducted a full investigation into the number of injuries over the last two years and found no trends: http://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8463214 This is the second year Wane has had to deal with an unusually-long casualty list, which prompted him to delve into the issues. Wane’s staff have scrutinised their workloads to try and find ways to cut the problems. “There are no trends,” said Wane. “We’ve looked at how we’ve trained, the times we train at, I’ve looked at every possible scenario because it’s getting me down, and it’s hard work dealing with it. But there’s nothing. “If there were eight hamstring pulls, then I’d start questioning the ground we train on and how long for. “But we’ve not. There are loads of impact injuries which can’t be stopped - Oli Gildart’s was in contact, Ryan Sutton had a freakish eye injury... you can’t account for those.

The club have conducted a full investigation into the number of injuries over the last two years and found no trends: http://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8463214 This is the second year Wane has had to deal with an unusually-long casualty list, which prompted him to delve into the issues. Wane’s staff have scrutinised their workloads to try and find ways to cut the problems. “There are no trends,” said Wane. “We’ve looked at how we’ve trained, the times we train at, I’ve looked at every possible scenario because it’s getting me down, and it’s hard work dealing with it. But there’s nothing. “If there were eight hamstring pulls, then I’d start questioning the ground we train on and how long for. “But we’ve not. There are loads of impact injuries which can’t be stopped - Oli Gildart’s was in contact, Ryan Sutton had a freakish eye injury... you can’t account for those.

Re: Full injury list with expected return dates : Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:52 am  

Any word on Gelling? Don't recall him returning

Re: Full injury list with expected return dates : Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:09 am  

Grimmy wrote:

Any word on Gelling? Don't recall him returning

Making a call on Thursday. He didn't train yesterday.

Re: Full injury list with expected return dates : Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:17 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

Any word on Gelling? Don't recall him returning

He's named in the 19, but so are Gildart and Forsythe, so presumably 2of those 3 will be the centres, depending on fitness.

Re: Full injury list with expected return dates : Thu May 04, 2017 10:42 am  

New updates: Escare possibly out for the season, lengthy layoff for Gelling. http://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8526036

New updates: Escare possibly out for the season, lengthy layoff for Gelling. http://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8526036

Escare now ! : Thu May 04, 2017 10:43 am  

http://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8526036 It just keeps getting worse

http://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8526036 It just keeps getting worse