Worrying updated about Holmes , Especially now the season has started proper .

Wonder what that's like

Hopefully Ashworth will be good to go but if not:

Rapana
Barron
Hardaker
Briscoe
Martin
Cust
Sezer
Ese Ese
Balmforth
Aydin
Lane
Chamberlin
Asiata

Salabio
Sao
Fash
Moy

Sounds like it’s nothing we didn’t know pre season so I’m sure insurance and contract wording was done accordingly. That said it’d be nice if we could get some games out of him

13k?

Can’t believe we are about to get a bigger crowd than our far superior, 9k memberships, had to extend their ground, ‘sell out’ every week, Craven Streat-loving neighbours have had in 40 years!

Sure Chamberlain will be back in the 17, maybe one of the young forwards ? Not haring much of Gardner these days - is he slipping down the list ?

Won't release Holmes as he played in the cup so counts on the cap doesn't he? Let's see how it plays out without getting stuck into him and the club.

Surely we should have sent holmes to see a knee specialist months ago if he's had the problem since last season? It was hardly likely to miraculously heal itself

Club have known about it all pre season, don’t know why they haven’t done anything about it. Promising start for the new back room staff

Feels similar, albeit not as severe, to the Abdull situation.

Clubs done everything possible to avoid surgery, however it now looks like surgery will be the only option.

Imagine he'd miss a few months at least, similar to what Asiata had done potentially last year.

I said we’d be lucky to get 10-15 games out of him, we seriously need to look at a back rower if he’s going to have a lengthy time out.

I imagine we were aware of Homes knee due to medicals and he may already have seen a specialist. I’ve heard the term wear and tear related to his problem. I guess the only surgical option is a washout with the odd jab. Not sure how long he’s contracted for but if it was a year then that’s about right.
We may not be able to find a back rower available who can strengthen us, so we might have to give the youth a chance. I would expect the staff foresaw this?