Liam Fulton's horror injury revealed

Look no one on here thinks the telegraph is a serious journlistic paper, however do you seriously think they would basically acuse a doctor of malpractice without knowing they could back it up?

They may write rubbish but they aren't idiots and wouldn't leave themselves open for a lawsuit.

If this info was just taken off the forum then they would say 'which leading player from a promient Sydney club spent Sunday night in hospital after a pain killing injection gone wrong?' like they have done many times before
 
The line "Sport Confidential understands" actually is journalistic speak for rumour cloistered in terms that make it sound like fact. It passes the legal test without problems at all. Much in the way "it is my understanding" is heresay.

It is why they sought verification from Fulton and Mair.
 
Um, the club has already lied twice about Fulton's reason for missing the match so until they clarify this story, then this is the only info we have at hand. If anyone is gullable it is those who jump down someones throat for questioning the false reasoning we were fed on Sunday, both before and after the match.

Like fergiefurr said, the Telegraph is a stain on the journalism industry but this doesn't mean we are meant to automatically dismiss what they've reported as incorrect.
 
Absolutely not Hybrid. But it doesnt mean we should trust it either.

If, a big if, there was some level of malpractice (note know such claim is not made by the telegraph for specific reasons) does anyone seriously believe the club wouldnt fire Kuah? Why would the club retain Kuah if he was as incompetent as people suggest (which he isnt btw)? Does Kuah have photos of Sheens in a compromised position? Talk about people living in fantasy land. This is JFK type conspiracy stuff which is why I called people nutters for lapping it up.

I would recommend that people avail themselves of the full facts before passing judgment.
 
So as supporters of the club people on here would take a Telegraph hack's word over the club?

That is the day you walk away…it's a slippery slope
 
No way the TELE publish that unless it's true.

Inferring a trained Doctor made a major mistake = legal action.

They'd have to be 100% on this to publish what they did.
 
@southerntiger said:
Absolutely not Hybrid. But it doesnt mean we should trust it either.

If, a big if, there was some level of malpractice (note know such claim is made by the telegraph for specific reasons) does anyone seriously believe the club wouldnt fire Kuah? Why would the club retain Kuah if he was as incompetent as people suggest (which he isnt btw). Talk about people living in fantasy land. This is JFK type conspiracy stuff which is why I called people nutters for lapping it up.

I would recommend that people avail themselves of the full facts before passing judgment.
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You were right before southern its when it suits there agenda to have a good whinge about something.

Some on here arent happy unless they got something to complain about.

This is why i hardly contribute to this forum any more.

If its true then so what its a club problem.

Maybe this is sheens fault like everything else.
 
If the TELE are wrong…................Dr Kuah has a legit right to sue the pants off them.

Stories like this don't make it past the legal section of a major paper unles they can back it up. This is not "we hear player A is negotiating with team b". It's inferring a trained specialist made a major error and the club tried to cover it up.

The Doc will be able to sue them for damages...............unless they are right.
 
@IronTiger said:
So as supporters of the club people on here would take a Telegraph hack's word over the club?
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So you believe the clubs word in this case do you? That means you believe Fulton was "ill all week," and then "couldn't complete the warm-up," right?

Firstly there was no player on standby so he couldn't have been ill all week and secondly, he never attempted the warm-up, he didn't even get out of the sheds for it.

Do you honestly believe that? Because it is a dead set lie, there is no other way to put it.

Completely ignoring any needle or anything printed in the Telegraph, what we were told on Sunday was a fabrication.

Southern, I am only passing judgement on what we were told by the club on Sunday. Ignoring Dr Kuah completely for a second, does anyone actually believe the above? Because if you do then honestly you need help, seriously.
 
LOL. The Tele published in the language they have before in regard to making statements. You will notice that nowhere is Dr Kuah's name mentioned in the article. It would be aargued that unless the "average person" has assumed knowledge of whom the doctor is for Wests Tigers.

Papers have legal department for a reason.
 
Smeg

For gossip about players moving teams etc, yes.

NOT for inferring a trained specialist made a stff up. It passes NO legal test there mate.

If they are wrong = they can be sued.

….......every man and his dog knows the club's Doctor would have injected the needle. Not mentioning him by name doesn't mean they aren't legally in trouble for damaging his reputaion (if not true).

If they are wrong, I hope he sues the pants off them.
 
Nowhere does the article claim the error was due to any form of malpractice.

Nowhere is the Doctors name mentioned or that the injection was administered by a doctor.

The entire piece is cloistered under the guise "Sport Confidential understands" which is legal coverage for saying "we have heard".

If the article was completely false I would stake money on the Club Doctor losing any legal action he launched. Just as many others have found out in the past. The test is that an "average person" would make the association and I would safely bet that less than 4% of those who would be asked the question knew who the Tigers Club Doctor was. When factoring out Wests Tigers fan base I would say less than 1% of a surveyed sample would have any idea of the corelation.

If it were proven to be untrue the very worst the paper would be legally obliged to do would be to print a small retraction somewhere in the publication.
 
Smeg….I think your fighting a losing battle....No where it mentions the Doctor.....It's Hearsay but it gets lapped up...From what I understand....why didn't it make an actual story rather than on a page with Tommy cutting Pineapples....

Gee Al was fantastic off the Bench.....
 
@hybrid_tiger said:
@IronTiger said:
So as supporters of the club people on here would take a Telegraph hack's word over the club?

So you believe the clubs word in this case do you? That means you believe Fulton was "ill all week," and then "couldn't complete the warm-up," right?

Firstly there was no player on standby so he couldn't have been ill all week and secondly, he never attempted the warm-up, he didn't even get out of the sheds for it.

Do you honestly believe that? Because it is a dead set lie, there is no other way to put it.

Completely ignoring any needle or anything printed in the Telegraph, what we were told on Sunday was a fabrication.

Southern, I am only passing judgement on what we were told by the club on Sunday. Ignoring Dr Kuah completely for a second, does anyone actually believe the above? Because if you do then honestly you need help, seriously.
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i have no clue what to believe.

the first i heard of this was the thread started by calvins.
he said it was a needle aimed at the calf
he also said this was a fact.

now we have this report and then the sheens statements.
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i got no clue.
i don't trust any coach when it comes to injuries.
i don't trust the tele
and i don't trust calvins.
 
@southerntiger said:
If, a big if, there was some level of malpractice (note know such claim is not made by the telegraph for specific reasons) does anyone seriously believe the club wouldnt fire Kuah? Why would the club retain Kuah if he was as incompetent as people suggest (which he isnt btw)?.
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probably the same reason they would keep a coaching staff that had got us to the finals once in 7 years
 
@cnx_tigers said:
No way the TELE publish that unless it's true.

Inferring a trained Doctor made a major mistake = legal action.

They'd have to be 100% on this to publish what they did.
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I dont agree at all with this. Having worked on a number of defamation cases I can definitely say the newspapers in Australia are pretty robust when it comes to potential defamation actions - their attitude is generally "sue me".
 
@Calvins said:
@Icon said:
The telecrap confidential probably got thier info from the thread on this forum.

Good we should all look forward to the club and good doctor suing the proverbial out of Massoud, the tele, News Ltd, Rubert and Lachlan & Sarah then.

Unless of course the Tele is right …
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That's right i forgot, the tele is always right…. :laughing:
 
@fergiefurr said:
probably the same reason they would keep a coaching staff that had got us to the finals once in 7 years
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Ahhhhhh,the Moth mantra.

I dunno why you dont just have it in ur sig,that way you dont have to retype the same line over and over again.
 
@southerntiger said:
@fergiefurr said:
@southerntiger said:
If, a big if, there was some level of malpractice (note know such claim is not made by the telegraph for specific reasons) does anyone seriously believe the club wouldnt fire Kuah? Why would the club retain Kuah if he was as incompetent as people suggest (which he isnt btw)?.

probably the same reason they would keep a coaching staff that had got us to the finals once in 7 years

Geez mate you are certainly a smart cookie. Any reds under your bed?
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well then what don you think happened?

honestly?
 
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