Goddam it, poor whiting espcially for me. Lets just hope the arm injury does'nt throw up any long lasting effects. Worse case scenario would be a Micheal Eager situation where the arm kept breaking. So sorry for Calders as well.
Please, Please not back to Washy & Horne IT DOES NOT WORK
Berro & Horne for me is the best outcome here.

Absolutely gutted for Whiting, been one of our most consistent players. I had a similar problem when i was playing and after it was plated and pinned it was very prone to breaking especially in the tackle. After the 5th break the plate was removed and touch wood it was fine after that.
Lets hope removing the plate and letting it heal fully will be the last we hear of the break.

Yeah mate, it's always going to be a bit 'iffy' , not just physically but psychologically for Rich. He will need to get his head around this when he begins playing again, but he seems strong in that department. Lets just hope for him.

what is it with us and injuries...

This new news he didnt take so well, it is heart wrenching for him it really is.
he is going to see a specialist tomorrow, same guy who dealt with a few high profile breaks for their op on it!
made even worse as he had been pre advised he was invited to the England train on squads too by Steve Mac so really gutted for the lad

gutted for the pair of them

i would definately like to see Washbrook at 13 for the rest of the season, i thought he had a great game on thursday and always rated him as our LF

reece lyne should get some games too

i'd go for, tansey FB, lyne/briscoe wing, yeaman/hall centre and horne/berro in the halves

if jack briscoe can get a game or two before the playoffs then that would be good if tansey is needed at 7

I suppose that is what squads are there for to cover such eventualities huh , however I think we all feel a special afinity to Rich given his past injuries which makes it worse

What about Turner?

Shocking news. Running out of troops I'm afraid.

whoops what am i playin at?! yeah i mean swap turner for hall. my bad

Is the KC built on a bloody gipsy grave or something?

Lets not forget on this thread the black cloud that must be Mark Calderwoods state of mind today as well, that poor lad has one of the best club attitudes i have ever seen and he is looking down the barrel of his career being over for now!!

Truly gutted for both. I feared the worst when I saw Calders pull up after that kick, but the Whiting news is a bolt from the blue. Will our luck ever change for the better?

I think with the players we now have out, we've little to no chance of making a dent in the play offs. Maybe we should use the last few games to play some of the youngsters and see what they're made of - it won't help us much this year but it might be invaluable next.

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Calderwood we have had missing for best part of the season anyway so we didnt really vouch for him in team selection anyway.
Whiting is our only true long term injury now from the whole squad.
Omeley, Long and Fitz will all come back into the reconning soon.

Wigan we will struggle with but the following two games are there to win!!! with or without those mentioned.
Then Warrington and Leeds will be thinking of Wembley so not all doom and gloom just yet ..