And of course your coach would never put spin on anything he says

Time will tell?

To be honest Davey I think Watson is being a tad optimistic that Jake will be back in 4-6 months considering it seems he has had both a PCL and a microfracture injury that has required surgery. My brother in law only had a microfracture issue which he had surgery on the first week of November last year, it took him until late June/July before he could even think about starting to run again, he is still not back to running like he used too yet and he didn't have any real complications in his rehab.
Every ones different and the extent of injury will differ so will recovery times but for me it seems very optimistic to suggest 4 to 6 months so soon after his surgery. No doubt if Connor isn't back in 4 to 6 months Watson will simply come out with the standard coaches comment 'they don't need to rush him back and they are taking time to make sure he is fully fit etc'.

All in all the move has been best for both club and Jake and hopefully he makes a full recovery and realises his full potential, naturally I'm still disappointed he is no longer at our club.

I love it when people put NRL in there point to try and make it look like they are right.

Funny how first of all I’m quoting an online post, next I’m putting NRL in a post to make it look like I’m right.
schrodingers post eh.

So what is it that hurts so much, that fact he’s gone, or the fact he’s gone for nothing.

I wasn’t aware you lot would have seen a post from our club- why would I be? I don’t particularly watch interviews from your coach as a rule. Didn’t realise we were that interesting to you.

Judging by the small number of people who turn up to watch, it appears you're not that interesting to many people.

Whose hurt ? By Connor going ?

Lets be honest we tried to offload him to every club (hence why he was free) and your club was the only ones who bit. Presumably after your dismal play off performance your club wanted to make a mark and also try and attract new fans because come grading time youd be nothing without Davy and IMG will see through that.

You never tried passing a message on either, you opened by digging at Hull and suggesting that we are behind the times. We shall see wont we who proves to be right on that front.

I couldnt care less about Connor being here either, hes a good player but has also played his part in the downfall of the club. We will move on and I am sure for the better.

Personally not bothered about Connor leaving but have to admit i am disappointed we didnt receive a fee.
Can you take Griffin? no problem there if we dont get a fee

bonaire wrote:

Personally not bothered about Connor leaving but have to admit i am disappointed we didnt receive a fee.
Can you take Griffin? no problem there if we dont get a fee.

Not so sure why people get hung up about fees.

RL is not awash with money and if it instantly saves you eg £200,000 a year in salary for a player who doesn't want to be here, we move on and use the cap space wisely to improve the squad.

Making Jake sit tight for a year, for a fee that might not appear, for a player who doesn't want to be here and potentially disrupt squad harmony makes no sense.

Would you be happier if we could have thrown Griffin in on a 2 for 1 deal though?

Connor was the modern day Mick Crane for me
A fantastic player but now seemingly unfit and injury prone
Jake never truly looked like a fitness fanatic
More of a Gazza player than a Ronaldo

Funny because one of your fans was quick to tell me just a couple of weeks ago how he had a direct hand in about 40% of your points last season. That’s with his missing games! You would Potentially have been looking at relegation without him- certainly things would have been a lot more uncomfortable.
But now he’s gone suddenly he’s not all that.
Connor will be a bit part in the giants team, not the only thing going like he was at Hull. That will take the pressure off him, reduce his frustrations, I think that will enable him to be even better.
Hopefully with TS coming in he will get FC playing a better brand of rugby than the dire stuff you were used to under radford and hodgson. He’s known for allowing his teams to play what’s in front of them and not boring one up stuff. Hopefully give the fans some entertainment.