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Richo Should Not Have Played.
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gustiger12 said:There is a rumour doing the rounds, and I have had it from 2 sources, one who claims to have got it from a reliable source, that Richo told the Medical staff he was not right to go back on has he had tightness in the hamstring not related to the previous weeks injury and was unable to stretch out, but was told not once, but twice by the "Coaching staff" to get back out there and plonk himself in th goal square.
They claim that Richo is so p!ssed off at those concerned he has not spoken to them since the incident.
Take it for what you will, but it is a rumour gaining momentum and the source I heard it from whilst albeit second hand, is usually on the money.
If its true, then those concerned should be executed at dawn....
Has anyone else heard similar. I don't like to believe such rumours, but after cousins, Coughlan and co I can't help but have concerns.
i feel sick in the stomach
IanG said:
What makes this even worse is that if you read Richo's article he says that in the first quarter when leading for a mark he felt pain like he'd been stabbed in the bum with a knife or similar, and knew something pretty serious was wrong"
If he knew it then, then why did he ever come back on.
The person who told me said that Richo has no issue with the medical staff as they actually agreed with him and advised the coaching panel that he should not go back on, yet the coaching staff allegedly chose to ignore this. I can't tell you whether this is true or not, but given the Cousin affair you can't dismiss it out of hand. Playing him to start with was an act of desperation and this just reeks of another such act.
What I was told was that Richo has no issue with the Medical staff. It is the "Coaching staff" they didn't know if this was Terry or the general coaching staff, but they were the ones that Told Richo to go sit in the goal square.
It was also stated that when Richo was asked to identify the area that was the source of the pain he couldn't because he had so many pain killers and anti inflamatories he couldn't stretch out. If this is true it just furthers the argument that he shouldn't have been playing in the first place.
As I say this is third hand, but given our history and recent act of desperation, I am not prepared to dismiss it out of hand.
It woudl be a major concern if the coaching staff did infact go against the advice of the medical department and begs the questions who did make the decision re Cousins.
What has been said by both Richo and the medical staff suggests that both parties were aware of a pretty serious development in Richo's injury status during the first quarter.
It is just unthinkable that this wasn't communicated to the coaching panel.
After the Cousins debacle there is no way that this further Wallace error could be swept under a carpet. Wright, March and others must know and be concerned about Wallace and whether he has put the careers of two champs at risk, for what.
I suspect Wallace is hanging on by a thread.
It is just unthinkable that this wasn't communicated to the coaching panel.
After the Cousins debacle there is no way that this further Wallace error could be swept under a carpet. Wright, March and others must know and be concerned about Wallace and whether he has put the careers of two champs at risk, for what.
I suspect Wallace is hanging on by a thread.
I had to laugh at Leaping Larry L's suggestion that Wallace be sent to Germany, as it was far enough away, and not Richo re. the suggestion of radical surgery!!!
IanG said:
yes, that just means IF he was doing the club thing, he was doing it well
from my own life, I have had management make decisions I completely disagreed with, but when I have to sell it to the client I back it 100%. Reason? because its my job, and at the end of the day I am paid to be a professional and follow orders. I have no doubt most footballers are the same.
