Out for 12-16 weeks with torn pec sustained vs PNG is the news in tomorrows press. Riley dean also out with dislocated elbow. Thank the lord we managed to keep hold of Dec Patton.

Should never of signed him..whoever thought this guy was our saviour should be booted out..injury prone...god help us. Saves a few quid on going Wembley...may start looking up Batley Dewsbury cos I got a feeling we.ll be at the wrong end of table

I've got that little feeling that we're gonna be at the wrong end of the table too

Well Fuck, i was chatting about him today saying he's gotten through the internationals with no injurys so that's a good sign Wonder why it's taken so long to come out?

Ratchford suffered the same injury and was back relatively early - fingers crossed Widdop can do the same & be back before the start of March. Have faith.

https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/ne ... y-rumours/ Seriousness of Widdop injury denied by Fitzpatrick.

https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/ne ... y-rumours/ Seriousness of Widdop injury denied by Fitzpatrick.

Sounds like a false alarm fortunately.

Some of the comments above can go back in the box to be brought out inevitably at a later date

I think the beauty of this board is the fact that you can log on anytime and get accurate, real time information on our players before anyone else. Sometimes the player doesn't even know himself.

It did worry me when I watched the PNG game but I'd forgotten all about it until I saw the Guardian article this morning. Whilst KF does use the phrase 'should' be fit for start of training after Christmas I'm prepared to take him at his word as, if the injury was serious, I think that news would have surfaced earlier.

The last few seasons we've started the season with players on the side lines. It would be really good this year if the reports from warm weather training were to show the whole squad in full training together.

...that's the real issue SHW.
If KF had released the details earlier...they'd be no scaremongering.
I blame only the club, not the tabloid and trade.

Why does he need to release details at all?

I don't believe that the club needs to release every detail all of the time. Where would it end? Blake Austin went for a walk this morning and didn't trip over the dog Daz Clark made himself a curry but we are happy to report that he didn't cut himself whilst chopping onions.

I expect that, as with most clubs, we'll have had a number of players recovering from off season surgery / long term injuries. Some will be back sooner than expected, some on track and some, hopefully non, suffering set-backs. Last season we had to start without Currie and then lost Brown prior to first game. We desperately need that spine of Clark / Austin / Widdop / Ratchford spending as much time together as possible on the paddock after Christmas. I'm also hoping that Ade Gardner has learned from his first season as Head of Strength and Conditioning. Whilst I expect that Mr Gardner is capable I think that we took a step back when we lost John Clarke last season.

Selling season tickets is always based on the premise that "no, really, next year will be better, we promise". Losing Widdop for a few months would dent that message in the minds of some.

Makes you wonder how much the collective ring of the management would twitch if 'twas the night before Christmas & not a season ticket had been sold.

the truth will NOT out. Not whilst season tickets are trying to be sold. I think we'll do well to get half a season out of Widdop...especially when he is playing behind a light weight pack.