Crookes out for the season : Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:32 am  

Cruciate Ligament damage Also mentioned on there is Kieran Hyde who's broken his scaphoid So much for hoping to bring in youngsters to cover the backs

Cruciate Ligament damage Also mentioned on there is Kieran Hyde who's broken his scaphoid So much for hoping to bring in youngsters to cover the backs

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:39 am  

gutted for the lad , big blow for a young player

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 am  

Pity he would have got a few games this season, pity about hyde as well as reckon he would have got a couple in.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 am  

It's going to be one of those seasons. If it isn't already!

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:11 am  

Don't worry. It's all Steve Mc's fault. When he is sacked they will all miraculously recover

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:15 am  

Tiger Beer wrote:

Don't worry. It's all Steve Mc's fault. When he is sacked they will all miraculously recover

It is his fault for bringing on young players who are injury prone.

In Crookes' case it is doubly his fault for actually playing him, as if he had not done so, the young lad would not have got injured, and we could have kept him up our sleeve, to not play in the future.

Hyde's injury isn't so easy to explain, but I put it down in the end to poor training methods, and not eating enough calcium, for all of which McNamara is obviously ultimately responsible.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:15 am  

Gutted for the lad.

Lets hope the Bulls support him in his recovery and not give him the same treatment as Tame Tupou.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:27 am  

kiJ wrote:

Gutted for the lad.

Lets hope the Bulls support him in his recovery and not give him the same treatment as Tame Tupou.

I don't think that's called for. Tupou was entitled to make the claim he did, even though he lost, but over the years, recently and even as we speak, the Bulls have a fantastic record in the area of supporting and rehabilitating players who have suffered serious, long term injuries, that i would say is second to none. Fsck knows we've had enough of them these past few seasons.

[Bullseye]

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:33 am  

What rotten news. A real shame given that he had a great opportunity to break into the side this season.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:07 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

It is his fault for bringing on young players who are injury prone.

In Crookes' case it is doubly his fault for actually playing him, as if he had not done so, the young lad would not have got injured, and we could have kept him up our sleeve, to not play in the future.

Hyde's injury isn't so easy to explain, but I put it down in the end to poor training methods, and not eating enough calcium, for all of which McNamara is obviously ultimately responsible.

That's why Mac puts them on the bench and doesn't play them. To save them getting injured. Once again, Macnamara is getting shown as the master tactician he is. Brilliant coaching.