No everything with you has an agenda or a conspiracy, you were implicitly saying that we have some issue with injuries and by default picking at the coaching staff AGAIN. The truth is we have as yet suffered no major injuries and as yet no more than most other squads/ Two are forced absences due to HIA's, one is a suspension that you for some reason included as an injury. That leaves two short term injuries though I suspect they are rests. Three players started the season with minor injuries, one missed two games the others three, so a sarcastic WOW.

In other words, nothing to see here folks, unless of course, you are looking for it.

The truth is 99% of injuries in RL have no correlation to fitness levels whatsoever.

Correct.

Some injuries are not even sustained during training or playing. Players are ordinary people. fit yes but ordinary. Wear and tear, age you name it an injury can come from anywhere.

What he also forget is that with an identical backroom staff we went from 2016 to early 2019 with very few injuries, we were lucky then, we are not so lucky now. Short memories I'm afraid.

It would be just like us to put on one of those backs against the wall performances, which wouldn't be the first time.

As we're not expected to win, and go into it with nothing to lose, I would think it would be Saints under pressure

See again vastman you know nothing at all i havent slated anyone esp the coaching staff unlike you in fact im one of few who havent .nothing as an agenda i merely state the facts.how ever you want to put it all players i mentioned (and i never mentioned kelepi so kearn to read) have or are missing due to injury is been out due to hia not an injury its not like they are available for selection

Somtimes you just need to wind your neck in

Injuries are alot to do with fitness tired bodies get hurt easier fatigue cause injuries.think about it arguably one of fittest sides in sl over last 2 years have beeen salford and how many injuries did they have not many

'Injuries are alot to do with fitness"

Says who? This may be the case with normal folk but are you seriously suggesting any of our players are so unfit they fall into that category, really!

'tired bodies get hurt easier fatigue cause injuries'

So how can we be fatigued after 3 games? Even if it does play a part I have seen plenty a fresh player who isn't even nominally fatigued step on a pitch and be instantly injured.

Straw clutching or what.

I wonder if Leeds fans and Sky sports commentators think the same way as yourself, All we ever hear about Leeds, is the amount of injuries they have, by your reasoning Leeds players must be the most unfit players.

Hampshire is recovering from a knee operation about 7 weeks ago from an injury he carried the majority of last year came back too soon in the Wigan game

This is a tricky one for both player and coach. Players like Hampshire are keen to play, nobody can doubt that of this lad. So he will naturally downplay an injury, in a genuine way, not a cynical way, we've all done it, believed we are feeling better than we actually are.

For all the advances in modern medicine in the case of many injuries, the staff can only take the patients word.

I seriously doubt he was forced to play, though I'm sure some will suggest he was.

I suspect put his hand up and he did come back too soon, however, I have to admire that.

Injuries are part and parcel of the game, I was forever breaking bones when I was a kid but hardly did anything when older, what worries me slightly is I think we’ve 8 over 30 and at this age it’s starts taking longer to recover, players are by no means finished but it gets harder to shake the clouts off. As for fitness it helps a lot but good conditioning doesn’t prepare you for falling awkward, head clashes or taking one on the back.

What a bizarre thread. We barely scraped past Leeds who had 12 players out and you're waving the white flag?

You might lose, going away to back to back Champions is always a likely defeat, but I can't see any reason why it'll be a blowout. We're not up to speed yet and our attack in particular is very clunky.

Never meant to imply hampshire was made to play. Was probably a case of him putting his hand up and wanting to play for the team thinking he was ready

I respect your opinion but at the moment we couldn’t score in a brothel

I miss the early days of Super League when we seem to always have a good record against Saints. It's one game against the top 4 that I always went to knowing we would give you a game. I don't think we've beat yourselves since 2017 at yours.