Ex player injury curse - coincidence or good management....

[towntiger]

I note with interest that the vast majority of players that Wests Tigers let go at the end of 2009 have picked up fairly significant injuries before they have played a game for the new clubs.

Is this a case of pure coincidence, or did the club let go of players who they knew would struggle to get through the season? I know some injuries have been as a result of accidents i.e. broken bones etc, however some seem to be ongoing problems.

Peni Tagive - ACL - I seem to remember Peni having this injury in the past -(out for the season)
Dene Halatau - ankle - (still 6 weeks away)
Dean Collis - knee/hamstring - an ongoing issue for Dean unfortunately - (indefinate, however a minimum of 3 weeks to go)
Corey Payne - shoulder - ongoing issue (out for the season)
Danny Galea - not sure of the injury, however on 2UE tonight they said Danny would be out for six weeks (6 weeks)
Daine Laurie - foot/toe - (5-6 weeks away)

There may even be a couple i am missing and i am not sure about the guys who went to the UK. Either way the above list is amazing considering most are still some time away from returning to the field. I am sure their clubs would be disappointed.

Hopefully we can stay injury free (touch wood) and make the recruitment drive in the off-season look even better.

 

[Eddie]

Good management. Most of those players were dead wood wasting cap space. Be even better management if we can get one more marquee player in 2011\. We are still a top notch forward short of being a dominant side. If we jagged a Lima or a Mason last off season we would have great balance.

 

[alexaki]

It must be disappointing for Collis to have continual hamstring injuries…The club did the right thing in letting him go....

 

[851]

Galea broke his thumb,5 to 6 weeks,Halatau will be back earlier than expected,as he has healed quicker(2 weeks maybe),they won't break Johhny though,he is one durable player.

 

[alien]

I note with interest that the vast majority of players that Wests Tigers let go at the end of 2009 have picked up fairly significant injuries before they have played a game for the new clubs.

Is this a case of pure coincidence, or did the club let go of players who they knew would struggle to get through the season? I know some injuries have been as a result of accidents i.e. broken bones etc, however some seem to be ongoing problems.

Peni Tagive - ACL - I seem to remember Peni having this injury in the past -(out for the season)
Dene Halatau - ankle - (still 6 weeks away)
Dean Collis - knee/hamstring - an ongoing issue for Dean unfortunately - (indefinate, however a minimum of 3 weeks to go)
Corey Payne - shoulder - ongoing issue (out for the season)
Danny Galea - not sure of the injury, however on 2UE tonight they said Danny would be out for six weeks (6 weeks)
Daine Laurie - foot/toe - (5-6 weeks away)

There may even be a couple i am missing and i am not sure about the guys who went to the UK. Either way the above list is amazing considering most are still some time away from returning to the field. I am sure their clubs would be disappointed.

Hopefully we can stay injury free (touch wood) and make the recruitment drive in the off-season look even better.

They did let go of players that are injury prone but they signed 2 injury prone players in Cayless and Tupou…