Pointless keeping long on a top salary when he spends more time watching us from the stands than he does on the field.

Still, good to hear he's in tip top condition again. Hopefully he won't be out injured with another of these "unlucky" inpact injuries again in a week or two

Ah wondered why I saw GI looking at flats to rent down spring bank.

What makes me laugh is when Agar says it has nothing to do with age. Is that why if you fall over when you are 8 you get a sratch, but when you fall over when you are 80 you brake your hip. Of course it's his age

No it's not, he's just "unlucky"

long was out for about 2 months last year with a hyper extended elbow, murrelly was out for 2 weeks with one

That's right because of course all hyper expended elbow injuries are identical in severity.

I know. Was saying the same the other day about those injured pensioners who play for Saints - Lomax, Gaskell, and Eastmond.

No problem.

Good

There is a [islight[/i difference between a 30-odd year old professional athlete and an octogenarian pensioner.

Yeah, One watches RL from a stand and the other plays bingo 5 nights a week. Longy won £55 last week on a full house.

if we have a top num 7 lined up, then get rid, but if not might be worth a punt at another year?

I'd dosnt matter. The older you get the more brittle your bones become. In a high impact sport 3 or 4 years can make a big difference. It's also about how you look after yourself over the years. Look at Fitz or Menzies, and if you have read Longys book you'll know he didn't look after himself in the early years. He's paying for it now.

Long has made it quite clear he wants another year, the club have said they want him for at least another year, however SL has also been professional enough to say lets wait see how it goes for the remainder of the season and make a shout along the way!!, no real rush...
A fit SL playing well is worth waiting for IMO

However as we know the injury he sustained could have been picked up by anyone and very unlucky indeed and is not joint injury which are usually the issues older guys have