The incident happened right in front of where i was stood and looked worse on the day than when i have looked at it on SSN. Not a lot in it to be honest. Yes it was a late challenge, but more bad luck than anything. It was absolutely horrible to watch Joe lay like that, and made my GF feel physically sick. The big dissapointment to me was how the officials did not stop the game quick enough, despite the efforts of the Saints players to alert the ref (what were the other officials looking at??!!). If the injury had have been of an even more serious nature there failing in how the incident was handled could have had serious consequences.

Just one last thing at that is - Get well soon Joe

What about Terry Newton using his forearm to deck Sean Long a few yeas ago ? That was malicious and full of intent.

www.castigers.com/cgi-bin/news.cgi?577_34485 Very good news, glad he is making a good recovery

www.castigers.com/cgi-bin/news.cgi?577_34485 Very good news, glad he is making a good recovery

You just beat me to it gateaux!! Was just copying the link as it appeared from you!

Great news

Heard about the incident yesterday on radio then watched in on SSN last night and it looked like Gilmour did clip JW very slightly on the head but I would say that there seemed to be no malice in it whatsoever.

It didn't look good for him the way he was moving his legs but it's great to read that he's now been released from hospital.

Hope he's well enough to be back playing soon.

This is fantastic news, I reckon Joe will be wanting to get straight back into the action, but I hope we take things steady with him. His health is the most important thing.

i'm not saying it was malicious but gilmour swung his left arm and you CLEARLY see JW head whip back and he is out straight away. JW head barely hits the floor its poor technique which led to a player being knocked out and being stretched off. No forearm no injury fact, open your eyes and i am not a cas fan, i'm a wakey fan. infact i've just watched again several times and JW head makes no contact wuth the ground at all. So what knocked him out then????????????????????

Forget Gilmour what about the shower of a ref that didn't stop the game till ages after it occured.

To be fair, I understand our concerns that it did seem to take a long time to get help to Joe, but the referee didn't know what had happened IMO. If he knew that Joe was down and seriously injured I have no doubt play would have stopped immediately.

This was an unfortunate accident, and I'm sure in hindsight there are many people who feel they could have done something different to stop the incident or get help sooner or whatever. We shouldn't be looking to blame anyone.

It doesn't help when players are knackered after player two games a week.

It's good to see the young lad's on the mend.


Gilmour will face no charge for his involvement in the tackle.

Don't agree with that, these things just happen.

He turned up for training this morning so i heard.
The club obviously sent him home.
Cant keep an Airedale lad down.

Glad westy is on the mend and shows the desire of the kid to go in for training this morning!!!!

Well doen for Cas sending him home Im not saying we need to wrap him in cotton wool but we need to look after our young stars. Id rest him next week against celtic

Premiership footballers take note!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad to hear that Westy is ok, i hope to see the kid fit and back in action soon

Am glad he is Ok. Hope he is given some time off though and not rushed back. Any bang to the head like that needs to be monitored for a time.

Now that is commitment.Great to hear he's ok,superb young talent,hope he's back playing again soon.

Speedy recovery Joe, from a Wakey fan in peace. Having seen the incident it looked bad enough, but even more horrendous reading the actual details. Once again, speedy recovery.

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Good to hear Westerman is fine, hope he recovers quickly and is playing again in the near future.

horrible to witness

and superb news hes ok, great talent he is

Hope he makes a speedy recovery....

Havent seen the incident so cant comment on tackle, Just the sight of seeing him on the floor with his leg raised off the ground shaking was a very scray sight indeed!!! and one that i hope i will never see again!!!

2 weeks off and back for the cc against halifax id give him!!!

Fair enough lets give the ref the benifit of the dought he may have missed it but there are 4 other officials and a bloke in the stands. One of these is the in the goal touch judge who was right in front of our fans who were going crackers trying to allert the ref. Are you telling me he missed it i dought it. In that case the only conclusion i can come to is the bloke is that much of a jobs worth that he didnt have the guts to move off the mark and allert the ref of what was happening.

As i have said previously if the injury to Joe had been more serious then vital seconds would have been lost.

Perhaps they need a system where the hooter blows when a severe looking injury occurs so that everyone on the pitch knows to stop play.

Would that not conflict the current system of timekeepers using the hooter to indicate to the referee when 40 minutes is up?