we cant afford any more injuries for a month or so

Look how it affected saints last week you take any 4 or 5 top players out of any team and that team will struggle

The worry for me is the amount of long term injuries, short term injuries can be overcome pretty quick but long term can severely effect confidence in a player and take many games to get match fit which we can I'll afford.

I think everybody is a bit right here!
We've been hit by injuries -hard, and it does make you feel when they come back that any tackle is going to crock them again!
Yes, I guess it's out turn to suffer numerous injuries, some long term, (although, surely we must be coming to the end of our bad luck in that respect!)
All that said, I do agree with FC that the injury situation does not excuse poor performances from the fit players on the pitch!

It's the long term injuries that I was basically referring to Oddshape. You're right.

Its one of them, take 4-5 of your top players out of any side and they will struggle. Harder to get on top through the middle if you dont have any forwards, not many players can finish like TJ or tackle like Arona etc

Correct.

You don’t half take thing literally. Of course there not and of course I get it, I was just expressing the counter argument.

It’s a concern I accept and I too find it worrying at present. What I’m not wanting is for it to become an obsession. Trinity fans are for good reason the most pessimistic fans in the game, do we really need another nail? Or worse become it become a self forfilling prophecy.

Hopefully it will sort itself out, may even be the making of some players. We need to remain positive, it’s only game one.

Cleaned up.

I thought we went for a bigger squad this year to counter act that?

The injuries are always a factor but they have also been a handy excuse for fans to use. Quite simply the performances have been below what would be expected even given the players missing. The team on the park should have been better than 3 wins in 17 games.

Injuries did not stop Cas putting in a determined, disciplined performance against Wigan last week. The coaching staff at Cas deserve huge credit in getting their squad to buy into a simple effective game plan and stick to it no matter who is wearing the shirt.

Thats true, however a team like Wakey needs its best players on the park. If all we have on the park is players who wouldnt get in other sides then we are always going to struggle.

Fifita, Tupou, Johnstone, Ashurst are our star men and we missed them for huge chunks of last season.

We also have had to move Tanginoa into the front row where he is far less effective so we lose another player there effectively.

Like if you watch the Hull KR game back, we actually put on some decent stuff & outperformed KR on the stats, but every time we got some momentum or field position we came up with an error.

when we got into good field position our lack of a good organizer let us down AGAIN

Watch the game back - I didnt really twig at the game but he nearly scored, got an assist, put plenty of people through gaps which were only denied by some great last ditch tackling from KR. Then played 30 - 40 mins with a ruptured tendon - and was still doing his share.

Belly hit the nail on the head with his comment about Cas still performing last week despite their injuries...and Powell went on record before the game that he wouldn't be using injuries as an excuse, instead saying he trusted those playing to put in a shift

Because Cas have a structure we haven't. I think people are right when they say "When Kear was behind the scenes the stucture was there" But it's been allowed to slip

Some positive injury news from latest Trinity TV interview

Crowther, King in contention for this week
Green, Walker, Fifita possibly back for Cas Game
Arona back for Salford Game
Broughy still 4-6 weeks away.

Powell says that but how many times in the past two years has he moaned about injuries.

He may mention injuries but thats not the same as using them as an excuse.

Powell is the new hero for the CC snipers like Wayne and co.

As for Belly he was telling us all last year that Salford had the best coach in SL if not the world. Minus Hastings it’s not quite the case is it! For some posters the grass is always greener elsewhere whilst people who leave Trinity are suddenly elevated to god status.

Funny but I bet if you went back far enough on these forums you’d find the same posters frothing at the mouth to get Kear sacked whilst nobody was rating the lad at Salford who’s name I forget.

Armchair coaching is the easiest gig on the planet.

Yeah exactly, Powell has done absolute wonders for Cas but then Chester has led us to two top 5 finishes in last 3 yearswith the lowest or at most 2nd lowest budget in the league. Our problem is that we have to take risks on players that other clubs don't want, sometimes it works out, sometimes not, but thats not the coaches fault. Neither is it his fault we have had long term injuries to key players last year.

People need to get off his case and let him work

The worrying thing for me is when Mr Chester got H K R to Wembley he played a weak team in the final because there were about 7 players injured and also some of the players that played .Beging of next season a lot of those players were still injured ,after about 5 matches HKR got rid . Seems to be a coach who can go well , but when injurys come does seam short on idears to get them fit

Because in both cases he had to be frugal with his money. He got some quality players in that were an injury risk and it worked until they got injured. The second string were not as good whether they tried hard or not.

I'd also say that our injuries last and into this season are massive. Cas have done well while handling their injuries but the ones they missed against Wigan were workers who can be replaced. They still had all their star men playing bar maybe the new winger.

The point is is Mr Chester pushing players with a small injury back too soon making it in to a worse one

That is indeed a good point. Not sure who is responsible though. He has to take advice on that.
I do wonder about the medical team.

At the end of the day, Brough hurt his knee. Came off. Went back on and made it worse which cost us our no.7 for 4-6 weeks.
That sounds like a bad decision from someone.