Id be stressed if i made the mistake that cost us the derby game.

I have had to lock this temporarily at the requesat of Admin. They currently feel there is nothing more to be said regarding Martin but I have asked them if this can be re-opened.

Admin have given us the ok to keep this open, same rules as before.

I have just finished studying a sports psychology course at University, and stress, anxiety are more common than people can imagine. Every player, employee will be subject to stress or anxiety at some point to varying degrees throughout their careers. Sadly many will receive no expert help or guidance through psychological interventions by educational sports psychologists or in severe cases by clinical sports psychologists.

I have no idea what lengths the RFL, our club, or any club in fact go to help players, but it appears they are actually making an efffort to help Martin. I hope they will help him to the maximum and seek expert help to fascilitate his recovery.

I applaud the club ( and I haven't been doing that much recently ) for helping Martin, and beg them to continue helping him, and all our players to the maximum.

Get Well Martin

stress isn't an issue for a sports psychologist, hopefully he is receiving counselling and psycotherapy, I sincerely hope he is getting whatever he feels he needs.

well posted wilf ,this is nothing FC did not know about when they signed martin ,and are dealing with it in a professional manner ,the same as other clubs should have done ,like you say best of luck martin hope to see you back soon

Very well done to the Hull club for supporting him through this.

I don't know the bloke but wish him all the best and hope to see him back in the black and white as soon as he is able.

Stress IS an issue for a sports psychologist. Stress can be detrimental to performance, and a sports psychologist could be used in order to improve performance by helping the player in learning to deal with stress and anxiety that debilitates perfromance. Obviously you know better so maybe i should have studied in your university instead.

Educational sports psychologists address stressors to the athlete such as performance worries, self-doubt, traumatic experiences outside of sport, injury etc, etc. That would include stress and anxiety experienced due to those stressors which educational sports psychologists would look to rectify. However, if the eduacational sports psychologist believed the condition was due to severe emotional disorders ( such as suicidal tendancies, eating disorders, substance abuse etc ) they would refer the athlete to a clinical sports psychologist. I have taken this information from my course book( Foundations of sport and exercise psychology, by Weinberg and Gould, 2007) so I will believe their years of study research knowledge etc rather than your misguided comment. Of course if you'd like to point me in the direction where you obtain your information I will happily read it and pass it on to Weinberg and Gould so they can update their information and credit you with the discovery.

not the place for our discussion, see your pm's.

i await your pm

In much the same way everyone "knew" he had

a) Been out on the
b) had failed a drugs test

What part of Paul & Joes mod posts at the top of the thread passed you by? anyone else posting that sort of thing would have been booted off the site.

Indeed, which raises the question as to why RBA hasn't, teflon mod?

I have warned him in this thread and that anything near a repeat will see him gone.

and would Jake The Peg have been afforded the same leniency, I doubt it.

anyway..Glesson.

It wasn't leniency, it was a close call.