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"Saints star Sia Soliola suffered facial injuries when he was allegedly assaulted in St Helens town centre during the early hours of this morning"

Sickening story!

Gaz Hock will get the blame.

There are some things in life that you don't make a joke about.

A speedy and full recovery to Sia.

Was just about to post this. Regardless of what may, or may not have happened (i don't know any of the facts at the moment), I hope for a speedy recovery.

Sad news, hope he's soon OK.

Hope for a speedy recovery Sia! Hope to see you playing sooner rather than later.

Heard that it was the bouncers of the club and he was thrown down a set of stairs and then attacked. Rumours coming out that its that bad hes going to miss a substantial amount of games. Soliola is a teetotal and is a really nice bloke. Hope these scumbag bouncers get their comeuppance.

Bouncers? No more needs to be said. Theyre not all bad but there's a good portion that are professional thugs.

Hope they get what's coming.

Every bouncer I've ran into is a power mad ar*e hole who believes they can't be touched.

Get well soon Sia.

Get well soon Sia.

Best wishes to Sia, hope you recover quickly, regarding Bouncers i' had my run ins with them 20-30 years ago more than once...unique breed



total w******

The majority of bouncers are nice people you just still get the odd power mad, steroid taking thug who thinks its still the 80s and like to rough people up. They are the ones that give the rest their bad reputation. Can only wish he is ok and recovers quickly.

I would not want to mess with Soliola

Gibbos bouncer say no more , a bloke where I work knocked 2 of these idiots out at Christmas for man handling his mrs . You'd think they learnt there lesson on imperial

I said they should be forced to fight him one on one. They'd be eating their prison food out of straws.

Hope he gets well soon

my sons a bouncer........they arnt all ar*eholes and scum
his last shift was dealing with cocky p"ssed up Wigan players who were acting like ar$eholes ( i am willing to send names by pm)

get well soon Sia

surprised the possible reasons are being discussed on a public forum when 3 men have been arrested for the alleged incident...sub judice??

exactly mate (see my last post)

the younger new generation are liscenced and been on courses, (paid for by themselves) to earn a badge.
in my experience they only treat scum like scum........not a very nice job keeping the majority of revellers safe from the few drunken crackpots

The bouncers in question were all young themselves, 23, 24 and 32.

Perhaps there should be some kind of screening in place (if there isn't already) to ensure it's just people like your son and not the lunatics that get on the doors.

how do you know it was 3 bouncers? and how do you know they are guilty?

Won't get into details due to the whole libelous comments situation but I'd be surprised if they didn't get sent down. Very very disturbing what occurred.

mines 20.

without wanting to derail the thread.........most places are run by reputable firms, but there are still the odd rogue forms who dont care who they employ as long as theres bodies on the job

perhaps your sweeping generalisations and lack of knowledge of all the facts should make you bite your tongue before you post! but hey carry on!

hope he recovers quickly!

there are screening processes in place, a CRB check and numerous courses (NVQ LEVEL 1&2 ) HAVE TO BE UNDERTAKEN, along with a hefty registration fee to work on the doors, i worked the doors for over 20 years, retired now, too old, too fat, too knackered!
i do take offence with all the sweeping generalistions that are thrown in the direction of doormen, the majority are just working to subsidise their weekly income. i started working as a doorman to help me get through my nurse training!
to call them all scum or worse is out of order! there are good and bad in all works of life!
if the door staff in question did commit the offences alledged they will face the wrath of the law and probably go to prison.

put that on one side, just imagine some peoples behaviour in pubs and clubs on king street for example without door staff?

i've worked wigan, leigh,warrington,st helens,widnes & a few other places over the years and have seen some shocking behaviour by both punters and door staff. my blood boils however when people stand in judgement of a job they've probably never done or have the bottle to do! in all probability have a negative view of door staff because they've been pulled up for behaving like a tit in public themselves and therefore think they're an expert on the subject!


people who slag door staff soon change their mind when they are having their faces smashed in by some drunk, they're usually the ones who run and hide behind them for protection....
rant over


get well soon sia!

Was shocked to read about this. Get well soon Sia.