Ballin - Another Knee Reco perhaps
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tigerman80
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@Eddie said:
Again showing why Taylor not be coach of this team. Elijah taylor has been phenomenal since coming over, linking with Brooks to add another dimension in attack. Yet JT moves him to hooker, come on , someone please in tiger world put us out of this nightmare and get rid of JT.
What a tough break for Ballin.
Seems like a consummate professional and a good bloke.
Seems like a consummate professional and a good bloke.
Harvey
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When did Ballin actually injure himself ? Cherrington played state cup Saturday.
happy_tiger
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@Harvey said:
Fox just said it happened during the Broncos game , I remember seeing something that concerned me at the time , but he kept playing on so forgot all about it
@Harvey said:
Flared up after the Captain' Run Saturday afternoon I was told…Cherrington should have been withdrawn...IMO..
Harvey
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@happy tiger said:
If that is the case, not selecting a specialist hooker (even one who could only play 35 mins) was an absolutely stupid decision. Now apparently selections are agreed on by all the coaches and signed off by buckets, so…
Why was it such a risky signing? So he did an ACL last year, so what? I'm not aware of it being a recurrent problem throughout his career. He was only 31 when he did it and is only 32 now, his capacity to recover from that injury would not be noticeably different from someone in their mid to late 20's. His odds were good to make a recovery, especially given they took a conservative approach to the surgery and to bringing him back.
Sure there was some risk and unfortunately it has been realised but people carrying on like it was inevitable and they "knew it was going to happen" are just being dicks to be honest. There's all kinds of risks that go with recruitment. I'm sure they took advice from doctors on the odds of recovery and made a call accordingly.
Sure there was some risk and unfortunately it has been realised but people carrying on like it was inevitable and they "knew it was going to happen" are just being dicks to be honest. There's all kinds of risks that go with recruitment. I'm sure they took advice from doctors on the odds of recovery and made a call accordingly.
Nelson.
At the end of the day they were proven right about it being a risk.
Some people were ticked off we signed a guy who would be out until Round 12.
Your dreaming if you think it wasn't a risky signing.
Sadly 2 games for Matty this year and in doubt for next year are the facts.
Its not his fault, but it was a gamble from the clubs point of view. And when you gamble sometimes you get snake eyes.
At the end of the day they were proven right about it being a risk.
Some people were ticked off we signed a guy who would be out until Round 12.
Your dreaming if you think it wasn't a risky signing.
Sadly 2 games for Matty this year and in doubt for next year are the facts.
Its not his fault, but it was a gamble from the clubs point of view. And when you gamble sometimes you get snake eyes.
Harvey
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I thought he was due back before round 12, but the date kept getting pushed back. That is what makes me think there were ongoing problems with the recovery
simonthetigerrrr
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Terrible luck for Ballin.
BUT…....this could be a blessing in disguise.
BUT…....this could be a blessing in disguise.
First of all, it's an awful injury and a long and painful rehab. Matty seems like a good guy and I wish him a speedy recovery.
Given JT's comments yesterday regarding Robbie, I wonder if he knew Matty's situation? Surely, he cannot persist without a specialist hooker for much longer. With Ballin supposedly gone and him needing results, I am expecting to see RF in the team sheet tomorrow.
Given JT's comments yesterday regarding Robbie, I wonder if he knew Matty's situation? Surely, he cannot persist without a specialist hooker for much longer. With Ballin supposedly gone and him needing results, I am expecting to see RF in the team sheet tomorrow.
@mctiger said:
Coming back from a knee reconstruction is always risky - just because we see lots of guys do it nowadays doesn't mean it's a guaranteed 100% recovery. It gets riskier the older the patient gets, too. That's not to mention the risk that other things will go wrong as the body compensates for the bad knee.
So, yes, signing a guy in his 30s who was rehabbing a full knee reconstruction was a very risky thing to do, with a reasonable probability that exactly what has happened would happen. The Tigers gave a two-year contract to a guy who they absolutely knew wouldn't play for a quarter of that contract, and who they ought to have known would be at heightened risk for the rest. Maybe the deal was so good it was worth the risk, but there's no point denying that the risk was there - or that it won't now pay off.
It ought to go without saying that I wish Ballin no harm and I hope he comes back from this latest setback either as a player or ready for the next phase of his life. But purely as a football signing he was a mistake by the club - at best a lottery ticket that didn't pay off and at worst a phenomenally dumb move.
sideline_eye
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@jadtiger said:
A huge gamble? He cost almost nothing; Manly picked up most of his salary as a sweetener for us to release Marty.
@sideline eye said:
He was a huge gamble you do realize he was part of our top 25 players and who knows how much Manly are paying for him.many assume he is costing us little but we DONT know for sure.As i said we all wish him well but he really was not worth the risk after an acl at his age.
GNR4LIFE
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@Eddie said:
Yeah cos "60 minute Ballin" isn't having a go at all.
