Re: gaskell going? : Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:01 am  

Somethings not right he said during week was fit yeah his partner is due to have baby but that still doesn't stop you naming him in 19 can always change game day if needed

Re: gaskell going? : Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:08 am  

Rugbyismylife wrote:

Somethings not right he said during week was fit yeah his partner is due to have baby but that still doesn't stop you naming him in 19 can always change game day if needed

No they said he was hoping to be fit not that he was fit. His injury I was told was likened to a serve car crash injury.

Re: gaskell going? : Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:19 am  

Lowes' post match interview said they were training with him during the week expecting him to play but he didn't quite make it.

Re: gaskell going? : Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:36 am  

Whisper it quietly, but the potential is there - if Gaskell and Mullaney are passed fit for Saturday - that we might actually be able to name our strongest possible 17 for what I think could be the first time this season?

When you stop and think about the constant disruption and injuries we have had to our 1, 6 and 7 this season it's quite an achievement that we are where we are right now.

[Bulliac]

Re: gaskell going? : Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:54 am  

Our first chioce 17, Mmmm, will they know each other?

Re: gaskell going? : Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:29 pm  

Question is, do you play our best 17 or leave out a few like Mullaney/Fergie who seem to pick up injuries? I can't see too many being left out but I don't see much point risking a key player like Mullaney unnecessarily.

Re: gaskell going? : Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:43 pm  

Well Jimmy's philosophy up until now has always been to play his strongest side available. I wouldn't expect him to change tact now.

Re: gaskell going? : Thu Sep 24, 2015 2:52 pm  

still no Gaskell? do you think we wil see him against Wakey?

[Bulliac]

Re: gaskell going? : Thu Sep 24, 2015 2:59 pm  

Has his missis had the baby yet? Every one was concerned it might have been last weekend.

Re: gaskell going? : Thu Sep 24, 2015 3:28 pm  

Bulliac wrote:

Has his missis had the baby yet? Every one was concerned it might have been last weekend.

As a parent of five children, I find it very strange that it has become acceptable that top sportsmen seem to be now able to take as much time off from their job on the off chance that their wife / partner might just happen to give birth at the worst moment. From my experience, babies can come anytime within a two to three week window. Why not name him in the squad and if she happens to go into labour at 2.00 pm on Saturday, then fair enough.

If he's injured, that's one thing - but leaving him out of a 19 man squad because his wife's waters might break on Saturday afternoon is a poor excuse IMO.

Am I being unsympathetic?