Farah injured, in doubt for round one

[Tigermama]

Cherrington gets his chance early. Great. I don't see a problem.

His defence or lack off, is the problem.

 

[hobbo]

Cherrington gets his chance early. Great. I don't see a problem.

His defence or lack off, is the problem.

He'll go ok , just send 3 or 4 in the tackle .
Are they capable of doing that ? lol

 

[happy_tiger]

Cherrington gets his chance early. Great. I don't see a problem.

His defence or lack off, is the problem.

He'll go ok , just send 3 or 4 in the tackle .
Are they capable of doing that ? lol

Go back and watch the 9's , he struggled big time defensively , he can't put blokes down , he gets held off with ease

I personally reckon he is far worse than Brooks defensively

I rather go in without a specialist hooker than play Manaia for 50 + minutes

 

[Nelson]

Robbie Farah’s knee injury leaves Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor struggling for options
February 22, 20168:28pm
CHRISTIAN NICOLUSSI - The Daily Telegraph

ROBBIE Farah revealed how he heard a “pop’’ in his knee that has now forced him out of the opening six rounds of the season for the Wests Tigers.

Farah will undergo surgery on Tuesday morning after scans confirmed he had a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee, which he suffered during the Tigers’ final trial against Cronulla on Saturday night.

It is the worst possible news for the joint venture whose experienced dummy-half options Matt Ballin and Dene Halatau are also unavailable for the opening-round clash against the New Zealand Warriors because of injury and suspension respectively.

Tigers coach Jason Taylor will now turn to Manaia Cherrington and possibly 19-year-old rookie Jacob Liddle to try and stop gun No.9 Issac Luke in his first game for his new club.

While fans will be gutted by the Farah injury news just 12 days out from the start of their campaign, Taylor would have been the most disappointed given the need for his club to start well for the sake of his job.

After the botched attempt to move Farah along, Taylor has found himself under intense pressure to produce early results, which won’t be easy now without his most experienced player.

Given halfback Luke Brooks will also be missing through suspension for the clash against the Warriors at Campbelltown Sports Stadium, the TAB pushed the Tigers’ price out from $2.75 to $3.

Farah told The Daily Telegraph he had heard a noise in his knee, the same one he ruptured his ACL in 2004.

“I got tackled and my leg got twisted, and that’s when I heard the pop in the knee,’’ Farah said.

“I got up and I was able to run it off, and it wasn’t until I cooled down I knew something was wrong.

“But the scans came back showing a meniscus tear. I’ll get some of it cut out. I could have had it repaired, but that would have meant four to six months on the sideline.

“It’s disappointing because I’d been feeling really good, and I got through three to four months of hard work in the pre-season, I’d been happy with some parts of my trial form, and I’d been working hard on my game, especially with (attacking coach) Craig Sandercock who has taken control of our attack.

“Unfortunately now I’ll have to wait, and I’ll just work hard to come back as soon as possible.’’

Farah avoided alcohol as pre-caution during a harbour-cruise on Sunday night for the club’s season launch.

Cherrington toured England with the New Zealand side at the end of last year, but is still unable to play 80 minutes. Liddle is still eligible for the Holden Cup, and while only small, a few good judges have been impressed with his toughness. Kyle Lovett could be a stop-gap solution, while Farah quipped ‘’Justin Hunt had put his hand up to play there during the cruise on Sunday night’’.

Taylor looked genuinely relieved in recent months to finally move on from the Farah drama, so it’s crummy luck that same player will now be unavailable.

“If you can’t roll with the punches with this sort of stuff, and stay positive about what we have to do and how we’re going to go about it, you’re better off not being in the role,’’ Taylor said.

“It does make it tougher, and it’s now up to us to work out how we replace him.’’

I've never heard of a meniscus tear taking 4-6 months to heal with surgery

And I've never heard of a clean out taking 6 weeks to recover from

And before all the Dr smart alec comments come , I have 4 cleanouts and had the meniscus removed as well as everything else you can possibly imagine

Yeah those figures do sound extremely long for a meniscus. I reckon he'll be a chance to return in round 2 or 3 even having taken the surgical option.

 

[happy_tiger]

With a clean out and trim 3 weeks max , many blokes are back playing after two weeks

 

[Eddie]

Bad news.

If Farah is out for 6 weeks then by the time he is back he will be trying to get right for Origin.

Plus if he has half a bung knee he will be slow.

Anyway this is what Taylor wanted back in August, its his team now, so lets see how it goes.

 

[hobbo]

Cherrington gets his chance early. Great. I don't see a problem.

His defence or lack off, is the problem.

He'll go ok , just send 3 or 4 in the tackle .
Are they capable of doing that ? lol

Go back and watch the 9's , he struggled big time defensively , he can't put blokes down , he gets held off with ease

I personally reckon he is far worse than Brooks defensively

I rather go in without a specialist hooker than play Manaia for 50 + minutes

Legs tackle !?

 

[happy_tiger]

Bad news.

If Farah is out for 6 weeks then by the time he is back he will be trying to get right for Origin.

Plus if he has half a bung knee he will be slow.

Anyway this is what Taylor wanted back in August, its his team now, so lets see how it goes.

The only thing I can think of is they might be removing the meniscus altogether

6-8 weeks there worst case

 

[fergiefurr]

Few options

1) Manaia plays 80
2) stop gap hooker ala cassell or Lovett to play there for 15 mins
3) utility on the bench
4) have MCK/JAC on the bench, they go into the back line and Hunt/rankin go to hooker (channeling sheens here)
5) Liddle has a cameo

Saw someone on Twitter claiming they've heard Liddle will get the gig. Personally I wouldn't but it will only be for a week til Halatau is back.

Interesting week ahead…

 

[rialto]

This is a big loss for the Club , we are going to be at least 40 tackles worst off.

This was JT's wish from the start in Farah not being part of his plans , JT would have never wished such bad luck for Farah but the dance floor is clear for JT and for us to get a snippet of what we would of expected .

Some would say it's Farah's Karma as one of my mates said to me Today.

The difference is that we would have had no Farah but BIG DOLLARS freed up to buy top players. Now we have no Farah but neither do we have the other top player (s) we could have purchased - double whammy loss for the Tigers. I would say our coach is very unhappy to lose Farah at the start of such an important season for him. If we don't win games early, the knives will be out and they won't give two hoots about the big dollars tied up in one injured player.
Hurry back Robbie!!!!

 

[happy_tiger]

Few options

1) Manaia plays 80
2) stop gap hooker ala cassell or Lovett to play there for 15 mins
3) utility on the bench
4) have MCK/JAC on the bench, they go into the back line and Hunt/rankin go to hooker (channeling sheens here)
5) Liddle has a cameo

Saw someone on Twitter claiming they've heard Liddle will get the gig. Personally I wouldn't but it will only be for a week til Halatau is back.

Interesting week ahead…

Yeah but I had heard that Halatau might have surgery as well

Did or did he not have surgery , if he had surgery he was going to be missing until around Rd 6

 

[Geo]

Cherrington gets his chance early. Great. I don't see a problem.

His defence or lack off, is the problem.

He'll go ok , just send 3 or 4 in the tackle .
Are they capable of doing that ? lol

Go back and watch the 9's , he struggled big time defensively , he can't put blokes down , he gets held off with ease

I personally reckon he is far worse than Brooks defensively

I rather go in without a specialist hooker than play Manaia for 50 + minutes

If you are relying on your hooker to be constantly making One On One tackles or even 1st contact in the 13 man game you are doing it wrong…

It's up to the Coaching staff to come up with the structure to counteract it...

Good plan Happy .do without a specialist hooker....lets play 6 back rowers..

 

[Eddie]

Taylor has been good at replacing a specialist with a specialist.

I would rather the 2 kids learn the ropes (Cherrington and Liddle) then go for a plodder (back rower/utility) as a stop gap.

Defensively we could be in a world of pain however you never know.

 

[happy_tiger]

His defence or lack off, is the problem.

He'll go ok , just send 3 or 4 in the tackle .
Are they capable of doing that ? lol

Go back and watch the 9's , he struggled big time defensively , he can't put blokes down , he gets held off with ease

I personally reckon he is far worse than Brooks defensively

I rather go in without a specialist hooker than play Manaia for 50 + minutes

If you are relying on your hooker to be constantly making One On One tackles or even 1st contact in the 13 man game you are doing it wrong…

It's up to the Coaching staff to come up with the structure to counteract it...

Good plan Happy .do without a specialist hooker....lets play 6 back rowers..

We aren't doing it right , obviously suffering from short term memory loss

No play a half at hooker who can defend better

 

[Tigermama]

Robbie Farah’s knee injury leaves Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor struggling for options
February 22, 20168:28pm
CHRISTIAN NICOLUSSI - The Daily Telegraph

ROBBIE Farah revealed how he heard a “pop’’ in his knee that has now forced him out of the opening six rounds of the season for the Wests Tigers.

Farah will undergo surgery on Tuesday morning after scans confirmed he had a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee, which he suffered during the Tigers’ final trial against Cronulla on Saturday night.

It is the worst possible news for the joint venture whose experienced dummy-half options Matt Ballin and Dene Halatau are also unavailable for the opening-round clash against the New Zealand Warriors because of injury and suspension respectively.

Tigers coach Jason Taylor will now turn to Manaia Cherrington and possibly 19-year-old rookie Jacob Liddle to try and stop gun No.9 Issac Luke in his first game for his new club.

While fans will be gutted by the Farah injury news just 12 days out from the start of their campaign, Taylor would have been the most disappointed given the need for his club to start well for the sake of his job.

After the botched attempt to move Farah along, Taylor has found himself under intense pressure to produce early results, which won’t be easy now without his most experienced player.

Given halfback Luke Brooks will also be missing through suspension for the clash against the Warriors at Campbelltown Sports Stadium, the TAB pushed the Tigers’ price out from $2.75 to $3.

Farah told The Daily Telegraph he had heard a noise in his knee, the same one he ruptured his ACL in 2004.

“I got tackled and my leg got twisted, and that’s when I heard the pop in the knee,’’ Farah said.

“I got up and I was able to run it off, and it wasn’t until I cooled down I knew something was wrong.

“But the scans came back showing a meniscus tear. I’ll get some of it cut out. I could have had it repaired, but that would have meant four to six months on the sideline.

“It’s disappointing because I’d been feeling really good, and I got through three to four months of hard work in the pre-season, I’d been happy with some parts of my trial form, and I’d been working hard on my game, especially with (attacking coach) Craig Sandercock who has taken control of our attack.

“Unfortunately now I’ll have to wait, and I’ll just work hard to come back as soon as possible.’’

Farah avoided alcohol as pre-caution during a harbour-cruise on Sunday night for the club’s season launch.

Cherrington toured England with the New Zealand side at the end of last year, but is still unable to play 80 minutes. Liddle is still eligible for the Holden Cup, and while only small, a few good judges have been impressed with his toughness. Kyle Lovett could be a stop-gap solution, while Farah quipped ‘’Justin Hunt had put his hand up to play there during the cruise on Sunday night’’.

Taylor looked genuinely relieved in recent months to finally move on from the Farah drama, so it’s crummy luck that same player will now be unavailable.

“If you can’t roll with the punches with this sort of stuff, and stay positive about what we have to do and how we’re going to go about it, you’re better off not being in the role,’’ Taylor said.

“It does make it tougher, and it’s now up to us to work out how we replace him.’’

I've never heard of a meniscus tear taking 4-6 months to heal with surgery

And I've never heard of a clean out taking 6 weeks to recover from

And before all the Dr smart alec comments come , I have 4 cleanouts and had the meniscus removed as well as everything else you can possibly imagine

Yeah those figures do sound extremely long for a meniscus. I reckon he'll be a chance to return in round 2 or 3 even having taken the surgical option.

6 weeks is the worst case scenario. Robbie is dedicated and will work hard on his rehab. Hopefully we'll see him back, before then.

 

[Tigermama]

Cherrington gets his chance early. Great. I don't see a problem.

His defence or lack off, is the problem.

He'll go ok , just send 3 or 4 in the tackle .
Are they capable of doing that ? lol

They're capable…But will they ? that is the question my dear Hobbo :wink:

 

[hobbo]

Cherrington gets his chance early. Great. I don't see a problem.

His defence or lack off, is the problem.

He'll go ok , just send 3 or 4 in the tackle .
Are they capable of doing that ? lol

They're capable…But will they ? that is the question my dear Hobbo :wink:

We'll see !
Cherrington just needs to wrap his Girth with bubble wrap before he puts his jersey on .
Like I've seen under 6's kids do :laughing:
He'll be fine !!!

 

[Tigermama]

His defence or lack off, is the problem.

He'll go ok , just send 3 or 4 in the tackle .
Are they capable of doing that ? lol

They're capable…But will they ? that is the question my dear Hobbo :wink:

We'll see !
Cherrington just needs to wrap his Girth with bubble wrap before he puts his jersey on .
Like I've seen under 6's kids do :laughing:
He'll be fine !!!

Lol…Thats good to know. :laughing:

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

Against the Sharks Cherrington was quick up and tackled one guy front on very well, did I miss some lapses? Must have.

 

[Guest]

Robbie Farah’s knee injury leaves Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor struggling for options
February 22, 20168:28pm
CHRISTIAN NICOLUSSI - The Daily Telegraph

ROBBIE Farah revealed how he heard a “pop’’ in his knee that has now forced him out of the opening six rounds of the season for the Wests Tigers.

Farah will undergo surgery on Tuesday morning after scans confirmed he had a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee, which he suffered during the Tigers’ final trial against Cronulla on Saturday night.

It is the worst possible news for the joint venture whose experienced dummy-half options Matt Ballin and Dene Halatau are also unavailable for the opening-round clash against the New Zealand Warriors because of injury and suspension respectively.

Tigers coach Jason Taylor will now turn to Manaia Cherrington and possibly 19-year-old rookie Jacob Liddle to try and stop gun No.9 Issac Luke in his first game for his new club.

While fans will be gutted by the Farah injury news just 12 days out from the start of their campaign, Taylor would have been the most disappointed given the need for his club to start well for the sake of his job.

After the botched attempt to move Farah along, Taylor has found himself under intense pressure to produce early results, which won’t be easy now without his most experienced player.

Given halfback Luke Brooks will also be missing through suspension for the clash against the Warriors at Campbelltown Sports Stadium, the TAB pushed the Tigers’ price out from $2.75 to $3.

Farah told The Daily Telegraph he had heard a noise in his knee, the same one he ruptured his ACL in 2004.

“I got tackled and my leg got twisted, and that’s when I heard the pop in the knee,’’ Farah said.

“I got up and I was able to run it off, and it wasn’t until I cooled down I knew something was wrong.

“But the scans came back showing a meniscus tear. I’ll get some of it cut out. I could have had it repaired, but that would have meant four to six months on the sideline.

“It’s disappointing because I’d been feeling really good, and I got through three to four months of hard work in the pre-season, I’d been happy with some parts of my trial form, and I’d been working hard on my game, especially with (attacking coach) Craig Sandercock who has taken control of our attack.

“Unfortunately now I’ll have to wait, and I’ll just work hard to come back as soon as possible.’’

Farah avoided alcohol as pre-caution during a harbour-cruise on Sunday night for the club’s season launch.

Cherrington toured England with the New Zealand side at the end of last year, but is still unable to play 80 minutes. Liddle is still eligible for the Holden Cup, and while only small, a few good judges have been impressed with his toughness. Kyle Lovett could be a stop-gap solution, while Farah quipped ‘’Justin Hunt had put his hand up to play there during the cruise on Sunday night’’.

Taylor looked genuinely relieved in recent months to finally move on from the Farah drama, so it’s crummy luck that same player will now be unavailable.

“If you can’t roll with the punches with this sort of stuff, and stay positive about what we have to do and how we’re going to go about it, you’re better off not being in the role,’’ Taylor said.

“It does make it tougher, and it’s now up to us to work out how we replace him.’’

I've never heard of a meniscus tear taking 4-6 months to heal with surgery

And I've never heard of a clean out taking 6 weeks to recover from

And before all the Dr smart alec comments come , I have 4 cleanouts and had the meniscus removed as well as everything else you can possibly imagine

Having torn my meniscus Happy I would argue 6 weeks is an expected recovery time. My tear was a bad one and I was 34 at the time, rehabbed it as hard as I could and it took 8 weeks. Depends largely on the severity of the tear too.