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If we release longstaff I swear I will contemplate not watching us again!
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| Quote fez1="fez1"I noticed we released Longstaff.
I didn't hear about that - a little surprised we let him go. Free agent.
Maybe Toulouse or Ottawa ?'"
Hopefully, this is about Sean Longstaff who is out of contract at Newcastle United. |
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Quote Wires71="Wires71"1) Gary Wheeler (as an example) managed 101 games in 14 years. Was this just bad luck or was he injury prone?
2) Do you reject the proven links between lifestyle choices and injury in professional athletes and that the individual has no causal impact on likelihood of injury?
3) Is the New Scientist wrong to use the term "injury prone" https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn ... jury-prone or just Warrington fans?'"
Yes I do think it’s wrong of them. It is generally used in a pejorative way. As it happens the report is interesting as far as it goes but based on a sample of 2 I’m not sure how much can be drawn from it.
Looking at “injury prone”, if a player gets an injury to a joint, and it is weakend it then gets a further injury further weakened, etc.
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Quote Wires71="Wires71"1) Gary Wheeler (as an example) managed 101 games in 14 years. Was this just bad luck or was he injury prone?
2) Do you reject the proven links between lifestyle choices and injury in professional athletes and that the individual has no causal impact on likelihood of injury?
3) Is the New Scientist wrong to use the term "injury prone" https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn ... jury-prone or just Warrington fans?'"
Yes I do think it’s wrong of them. It is generally used in a pejorative way. As it happens the report is interesting as far as it goes but based on a sample of 2 I’m not sure how much can be drawn from it.
Looking at “injury prone”, if a player gets an injury to a joint, and it is weakend it then gets a further injury further weakened, etc.
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| Quote Captain Hook="Captain Hook"Yes I do think it’s wrong of them. It is generally used in a pejorative way. As it happens the report is interesting as far as it goes but based on a sample of 2 I’m not sure how much can be drawn from it.
Looking at “injury prone”, if a player gets an injury to a joint, and it is weakend it then gets a further injury further weakened, etc.
How is that any fault of the player?'"
Fair enough. I personally believe there are sportsmen with a predisposition to increased injury risk through genetic factors and lifestyle.
In the case of Wheeler i am not convinced his unfortunate injury record was down to the same repeated injury. |
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| Quote Wires71="Wires71"Fair enough. I personally believe there are sportsmen with a predisposition to increased injury risk through genetic factors and lifestyle.
In the case of Wheeler i am not convinced his unfortunate injury record was down to the same repeated injury.'"
You may well be right about genetics and indeed lifestyle. I think my point was probably a semantic one, that the phrase “injury prone” has become used to suggest blame. Not as bad as “biscuit bones” obviously. |
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Philbin may as well have 'impact sub' tattooed to his forehead so why have we given him the number 8 shirt?
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| Quote Lord Tony Smith="Lord Tony Smith"Philbin may as well have 'impact sub' tattooed to his forehead so why have we given him the number 8 shirt?'"
Because he needs to kick on from this impact tag, especially when the impact is questionable like last season. He is a good player hopefully Powell can get him running better lines and improving his impact whether he starts or comes off the bench. |
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| Quote CW8="CW8"Because he needs to kick on from this impact tag, especially when the impact is questionable like last season. He is a good player hopefully Powell can get him running better lines and improving his impact whether he starts or comes off the bench.'"
He doesn't have the engine or the size to play starting prop IMO and unless he's grew a foot taller and been doing military training in the off season I cannot see how he will ever be a prop.
Whats wrong with keeping him as an impact player, getting rid of Jason Clark and signing a quality big prop forward? |
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| Quote Lord Tony Smith="Lord Tony Smith"Whats wrong with keeping him as an impact player, getting rid of Jason Clark and signing a quality big prop forward?'"
That's a very good question and one I don't have an answer to, I'd have done the same as you suggested! Too late now though and an error IMO.
I think Philbin can play well at starting prop personally but like you say he would need to change his game a bit. The problem with keeping him as an impact player is that it's useless when he doesn't have much impact. |
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Didn't he start at home against Saints this season? That was certainly one of his best games of the year. I think this will make Philbin kick on, plus two starting Warrington born props is excellent....shove Walker inbetween them in some games and I bet that would be a first ever Wire born front three.
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| Quote ratticusfinch="ratticusfinch"Didn't he start at home against Saints this season? That was certainly one of his best games of the year. I think this will make Philbin kick on, plus two starting Warrington born props is excellent....shove Walker inbetween them in some games and I bet that would be a first ever Wire born front three.'"
He did play well against Saints as a starter. And I agree it was one of his better games of the season. |
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Pretty sure he started at saints away as well. Seem to remember him putting the almighty walmsley on his backside with the first run of the match.
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