http://m.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/14...sting_Vikings/
Little bit at the bottom of this article about Percival. KC targetting next week's game as his return but maybe the Semi if he's not 100%. Great news is true, he's been missed alot.
http://m.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/14...sting_Vikings/
Little bit at the bottom of this article about Percival. KC targetting next week's game as his return but maybe the Semi if he's not 100%. Great news is true, he's been missed alot.
Originally Posted by Despondent Dave
Fingers crossed for Percy. He and Lomax combine well and we aren't half as dangerous out wide when either of those two is out injured.
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Good news about Percy.
Not so good that Captain Media gets more fulsome unwarranted praise after another stinker of a display.
Great news about Percy if he can return for semis
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Really pleased to hear this
What absolute tosh! Wheeler MK2 Percy is a proper rugby player like Lomax he wants to play week in week out.
I'm afraid Cunningham has brainwashed himself if he thinks Wilkin had a good game last week.
Simply not true. He's been unlucky and had a couple of injuries this year but last year he played 24 times. The year before he played 17 times when he was still establishing himself as a 1st team player at 20 years of age.
He's played 66 times at 22 which I don't think is bad at all. Extrapolate that over his career and he'll have played 250 times for us. Wheeler MK2 my arse.
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See my above post. Is 66 appearances by the age of 22 "very injury prone?"
10 appearances in his debut year at 19, 2013.
17 the following year, 2014. Still not classed as a 1st team regualar just yet.
24 in 2015.
14 this year after suffering a bad injury at Sallford from a questionable tackle.
Very injury prone? Really!?
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Or perhaps because he puts his body on the line and is highly competitive unlike a lot of our players who placidly accept mediocrity, he has a higher probability of getting injured not only doing his own job but at times covering for others. We are a poorer team without him. Not only was Wheeler far more prone to injury, apart from one game at Wigan (where he got injured), we never actually missed him. We miss Percy terribly. And to those who think Saints injury problem is confined to Saints, I don't think Wheeler has even played for Wire this year. I think he's been injured for the entire season. And spent much of the previous one there injured too.
if you look at the injuries he's had - I'd say he's been more unlucky than anything.
Remember him getting leg (knee) injuries away at Wakey and Salford, both caused by getting twisted in the tackle - could happen to anybody. The more concerning one is his latest hamstring - we don't want him to start struggling with those.
Also a concern is the long term effect of having these bad injuries - particularly to the knees. A big factor in shortening the career of many a great player. On the positive side - when he has come back from injury - he's usualy up to speed - not like Wheeler who always came back carrying 2 stone
Hope KC is right about Percy coming in for semi, if not next week. In his interview he mentions resting/ changing a few players against Widnes. I can see why. It also depends how tonight's game goes (Wire v Wigan). We can't throw games but if Wire win and are top, I for one would prefer them away to Hull. Although I was not impressed with Hull last night. They seem to be a bit off colour.
It looks like he will try and run his team he wants for the semi against Wakey according to his interview. I guess we should just try and win at Widnes and against Wakey and whoever we get in the semi, we have to deal with.
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I agree, I can see why he is toying with the idea of giving a couple of people a break as well. It's difficult to pre-empt who we will play in the semi like you say, and I don't think Cunningham will see much difference in finishing 4th or 3rd. So if giving the likes of Walsh or Roby or Lomax a break, or even someone like Amor or Walmsley, means risking the 2 points on Sunday then I wouldn't be overly concerned.
Then go full tilt against Wakey and see where we end up.
I suppose the counter-argument is getting more game time into the on-field combinations, i.e. Lomax, Turner, Walsh, Roby, etc. but I'm sure they can pick this up pretty quickly anyway.
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Your point is valid also, but KC seems worried about the Widnes pitch which has been responsible for a couple of our big injuries (TM comes to mind). I would go with thinking of resting (or preventing possible pitch related injury) a couple of the Walsh-Roby-Turner-Lomax combo.
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Last edited by The Yellow Giraffe; 16th September 2016 at 14:02.
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That's something I have asked before as well. I don't know how much of it is purely myth or just a psychological thing. I certainly don't recall them having 6,7,8 players out at a time like we have had in the past and also Wigan have had this year.
But Cunningham has genuine concerns for someone like Walsh playing on that surface then it really isn't worth it at this stage of the season.
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