On top of that Moore is back in full training, Flannery and Perry are not serious knocks (maybe Leeds?), Wheeler was due to be out similar to Lomax and Gaskell

That is going to leave Cloughie, hopefully he gets the all clear next time with the specialist, he should be able to do most training so will be fairly swift once cleared.

I just expect some to break down on their comeback and its pretty obvious with our luck with injuries we will lose more.

If/when all are back it should be good to see who misses out.

You mention Wheeler Chris.
Any news how he his recovery from his shoulder injury isprogressing? (I still can't believe how wigan got away with that late "tackle"icon_wink.gif

Not heard any updates on Wheeler. He hasn't tweeted about his progress either.

Hoffman got away with it because he didn't hit the head or standing leg. They're the two areas of the body this season that are out of bounds. I looked that up at the time on the RFL website.

So you was wrong?

About what?

The Hoffman tackle.

What about the Hoffman tackle?

It was legal.

I didn't say it was legal did I? I don't think I did. And I wasn't saying it was legal in this thread either. It was late in my view, which is illegal. He got away with it because it didn't hit the designated spots for this season but also the ref didn't think it was late. Another ref - Ganson, for instance - would have considered it late.

Jeez, Pete. Get a life! I had to dig hard into my memory banks for that one. I've moved on. I've done stuff and slept much since that discussion. I suggest you let it go.

Oh, and for the record, I also think Hoffman deliberately wanted to take Wheeler out. Unlike Raynor, who I think made a careless but not hostile attempt to knock the ball out of Tomkins' hands.

Got to agree with you with regards to hoffman and raynor. However, the wrong one gets punished - rough justice, but thats down to the variable refereeing standards we have.

The ref, two touch judges, match official at the game, RFL all thought it was legal.

It was a legal challenge.

Let's end it here, let's not go down this road again

Sadly not, I've not heard anything since he had his operation, the club stated then it would be around 5 weeks, (on the same story Lomax was out for 5 weeks too).

It is just 5 weeks when we play Crusaders, so unless he has had a setback, he'd should be available for Leeds and if not definitely for Bradford.

Without doubt we'll pick up knocks along the way, its part and parcel. What is hard to accept is when is it all at once.

We should be ok with regard to breakdowns provided we don't rush anyone back, the squad has coped admirably with everyone out. I'd want us ease them back in where possible, I know that is not easy with some positions, if Lomax, Gaskell, Wheeler all come back with either start them or we can only bench one