Confirmed by Woolf today in the post match interview that Lewis Dodd has suffered an achilles injury and will be out for the rest of the season and miss the World Cup. It's a sad moment as he's been England's best 7 for a while now and will miss out on the World Cup as well as the rest of the season with Saints.

It also levels up the competition dramatically as it's the one position Saints can't cover with a like for like player. We now have a choice between moving two or three players to get around it or play someone out of position. Awful news for us, with the ridiculous fixture schedule they're throwing at Saints.

What’s the ‘ridiculous fixture schedule’ you speak of?

that's what I thought these stains fans are in a different bubble

It's ridiculous for them all, particularly the French teams. But who had the most difficult Easter weekend fixtures? Saints easily. Who didn't get the extra days rest by playing on the Thursday? Saints and three other teams. Of the teams that played on Friday, who is the only one made to play this coming Friday? Saints.

Must be very tempting to send the reserves and take the rest instead.

like you did in Toulouse

That's what a squad is for. Use it.

We didn’t it was almost full strength just 3 players missing. Ignore Saddened we are using our squad depth.

I expect better from you They could learn a lot from me.

One Saints injury and the world has to stop.

So you're having to deal with injuries like every other team has to? Must be bloody hard to miss one player for the team that's the equivalent of the 82 Australians

One? We've been missing probably 4 or 5 on average all season. Grace has played once, Hopoate a couple of times, Mata'utia, Sironen, Makinson, Percival, Lees and Walmsley all missed games. We've also had more bans this season than in the previous couple added together and we've done nothing to earn them either. It's a full on conspiracy I tell you.

None of this is really relevant to anything though. It was a minor point I shouldn't have made because as ever you all obsess over the minor details rather than wish Lewis a speedy recovery, which was the main point of the post.

No other complete tit starts a thread when ONE of their players gets ruled out with an injury.

That's worthy of a ban in itself. No need. He's one of the best players in Super League, amongst the best young players in the country and was about to be selected in the World Cup squad. I think it's worthy of a post when he's been ruled out for 9 months.

I could understand your whinging if you was struggling at the bottom of the league but for gawd sake your at the top virtually unbeatable unless you play with a weakened side give your head a good shake your looking a right shirley