Saddened! wrote:Confirmed by Woolf today in the post match interview that Lewis Dodd has suffered an achilles injury and will be out for the rest of the season and miss the World Cup. It's a sad moment as he's been England's best 7 for a while now and will miss out on the World Cup as well as the rest of the season with Saints.

It also levels up the competition dramatically as it's the one position Saints can't cover with a like for like player. We now have a choice between moving two or three players to get around it or play someone out of position. Awful news for us, with the ridiculous fixture schedule they're throwing at Saints.

NSW wrote:One Saints injury and the world has to stop.

Saddened! wrote:One? We've been missing probably 4 or 5 on average all season. Grace has played once, Hopoate a couple of times, Mata'utia, Sironen, Makinson, Percival, Lees and Walmsley all missed games. We've also had more bans this season than in the previous couple added together and we've done nothing to earn them either. It's a full on conspiracy I tell you.

None of this is really relevant to anything though. It was a minor point I shouldn't have made because as ever you all obsess over the minor details rather than wish Lewis a speedy recovery, which was the main point of the post.

Moe syslak wrote:No other complete tit starts a thread when ONE of their players gets ruled out with an injury.

Saddened! wrote:That's worthy of a ban in itself. No need. He's one of the best players in Super League, amongst the best young players in the country and was about to be selected in the World Cup squad. I think it's worthy of a post when he's been ruled out for 9 months.

snowie wrote:I could understand your whinging if you was struggling at the bottom of the league but for gawd sake your at the top virtually unbeatable unless you play with a weakened side give your head a good shake your looking a right shirley

Trainman wrote:I’m just surprised he didn’t try and make out it was Wigan’s fault.

It’s a shame for the lad, he is developing nicely and possibly playing himself into contention for a World Cup spot. I hope he recovers well and gets his career back on track.

DannyT wrote:What’s the ‘ridiculous fixture schedule’ you speak of?

TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:Saints have to play 3 games in 8 days.

No other team does