Gaskell out for 4 weeks : Thu Jun 18, 2015 6:01 am  

It's on The Bulls Facebook page, Gaskell will be out for at least 4 weeks with a fractured jaw.

Re: Gaskell out for 4 weeks : Thu Jun 18, 2015 6:56 am  

Is that another four weeks from now?

Re: Gaskell out for 4 weeks : Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:28 am  

With our policy of keeping injuries under wraps, god knows, suggest we wouldn't have owned upto this one if it hadn't come out at disciplinary

[Bullseye]

Re: Gaskell out for 4 weeks : Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:32 am  

Who knows but 4 weeks is better than we were led to believe.

Re: Gaskell out for 4 weeks : Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:10 am  

Bets'y Bulls wrote:

With our policy of keeping injuries under wraps, god knows, suggest we wouldn't have owned upto this one if it hadn't come out at disciplinary

I assumed they were waiting for a final diagnosis and hoping the injury would allow him to still play. No point telling everyone he's got a jaw injury if he's going to play and giving them a target.

Re: Gaskell out for 4 weeks : Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:15 am  

I would think he will only need a couple of games to get fully fit again. This is better news than it could have been as he will be back with hopefully, a fully firing Seijka and Mullaney.

Re: Gaskell out for 4 weeks : Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:21 am  

The T & A are reporting that Gaskell could be out for 8 weeks:

Gaskell was left concussed and was replaced, forcing him to miss last weekend’s win over Dewsbury, and he is expected to be out for up to eight weeks.

Re: Gaskell out for 4 weeks : Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:39 am  

As the regular season reaches its climax and we then go into the tasty bit there isn't going to be any place for anything other than a fully fit Gaskell. His jaw, in effect, will be like a big target for any other club seeking an advantage. No way should be looking at rushing him back.

Re: Gaskell out for 4 weeks : Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:39 am  

Our new visitor (who has since disappeared) said Gaskell had had an operation to plate his jaw. As such, he ain't gonna be back in 4 weeks, nor anything like. The Bulls appear to have given information to the disciplinary which I quoted yesterday, clearly saying he would be out for 8 weeks and I doubt they would have exaggerated for effect, but there's no way he should be rushed back anyway after an injury like that.

Re: Gaskell out for 4 weeks : Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:01 am  

Need Mullaney and Seijka to form a half decent partnetship now me thinks, or we look for a loan, whats Sammut doing these days surely we can deregister someone.

Gives him a break to rest his body before the 8's which can only be good for us.