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Dave wrote:Marcell should forget about rugby. Just get himself fit for everyday functional movement. Surgery after surgery didn't do Ferris much good in the end.
Agreed Dave
In this case is it not surgery after surgery after surgury.....
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I think some people are simply assuming that all we have to do is phone up Hughes* and they will be rushing to pay out for Marcell's contract/wages/replacement#

Unfortunately I strongly suspect they will not be in any rush to do so any time soon, if at all. :roll:



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Truth IH was always a questionable asset a lot of forward effort wasted . He was a left handed outhalf in a right handed backline and in all the years he played Ulster were playing with a 14 man defence admittedly it took some teams a season or two realise the fact and take advantage of it .


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rumncoke wrote:Baggy

Truth IH was always a questionable asset a lot of forward effort wasted . He was a left handed outhalf in a right handed backline and in all the years he played Ulster were playing with a 14 man defence admittedly it took some teams a season or two realise the fact and take advantage of it .


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Cap'n Grumpy wrote:I think some people are simply assuming that all we have to do is phone up Hughes* and they will be rushing to pay out for Marcell's contract/wages/replacement#

Unfortunately I strongly suspect they will not be in any rush to do so any time soon, if at all. :roll:



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Grumps, if you know the situation it's certainly a clarification I'd welcome. There appears to be a hint in there that his knee difficulties may not have been insured, where that the case someone has made a colossal clusterballix given Marcell's injury profile, if I'm not mistaken 3 serious knee injuries before he got here.

To have taken him on a wing and a prayer would have been negligent. I have said a couple of times that I thought Ulster were right to take a punt on him, given his ability, but I assumed suitable cover would have been in place before doing so. :shock: :shock: :shock:
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As a general rule, insurance companies will exclude pre-existing conditions or issues.

There's another Brumbie currently plying his trade in Japan who may be available in January at the end of their season. I've heard he does a pretty decent job of filling in at 7 and 8, maybe worth a look?
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pg106 wrote:As a general rule, insurance companies will exclude pre-existing conditions or issues.

There's another Brumbie currently plying his trade in Japan who may be available in January at the end of their season. I've heard he does a pretty decent job of filling in at 7 and 8, maybe worth a look?
Could we afford him given we are apparently still paying Marcela to sit out the rest of this season between him and Charles you don't get much change out of £1M a year.
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BaggyTrousers wrote:
Cap'n Grumpy wrote:I think some people are simply assuming that all we have to do is phone up Hughes* and they will be rushing to pay out for Marcell's contract/wages/replacement#

Unfortunately I strongly suspect they will not be in any rush to do so any time soon, if at all. :roll:



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Grumps, if you know the situation it's certainly a clarification I'd welcome. There appears to be a hint in there that his knee difficulties may not have been insured, where that the case someone has made a colossal clusterballix given Marcell's injury profile, if I'm not mistaken 3 serious knee injuries before he got here.

To have taken him on a wing and a prayer would have been negligent. I have said a couple of times that I thought Ulster were right to take a punt on him, given his ability, but I assumed suitable cover would have been in place before doing so. :shock: :shock: :shock:
baggy... I would say taking on a player with a history of serious knee injuries without any insurance cover is foolhardy and negligent... but at the same time it sums us up. I understand that UR will operate next season without any Public Liability Insurance because it too might cost too much..
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I don't think we will be allowed to sign injury cover for Marcell even if we did have the cash. I believe that the signing of Deysel and the emergence of Rea will mean that the powers that be in D4 would tell us to feck right off.
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Cockatrice wrote:
BaggyTrousers wrote:
Cap'n Grumpy wrote:I think some people are simply assuming that all we have to do is phone up Hughes* and they will be rushing to pay out for Marcell's contract/wages/replacement#

Unfortunately I strongly suspect they will not be in any rush to do so any time soon, if at all. :roll:



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# Delete as applicable
Grumps, if you know the situation it's certainly a clarification I'd welcome. There appears to be a hint in there that his knee difficulties may not have been insured, where that the case someone has made a colossal clusterballix given Marcell's injury profile, if I'm not mistaken 3 serious knee injuries before he got here.

To have taken him on a wing and a prayer would have been negligent. I have said a couple of times that I thought Ulster were right to take a punt on him, given his ability, but I assumed suitable cover would have been in place before doing so. :shock: :shock: :shock:
baggy... I would say taking on a player with a history of serious knee injuries without any insurance cover is foolhardy and negligent... but at the same time it sums us up. I understand that UR will operate next season without any Public Liability Insurance because it too might cost too much..
Perhaps UR looked for cover but no insurer would underwrite it? There is no way that they could be without PL, with personal injury claims potentially running into the millions, it would be lights out on the hill if they didn't have cover.
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Cockatrice wrote:
pg106 wrote:As a general rule, insurance companies will exclude pre-existing conditions or issues.

There's another Brumbie currently plying his trade in Japan who may be available in January at the end of their season. I've heard he does a pretty decent job of filling in at 7 and 8, maybe worth a look?
Could we afford him given we are apparently still paying Marcela to sit out the rest of this season between him and Charles you don't get much change out of £1M a year.
And we have around 2k less through the gate each match at say £25 each equals £700 k for the season.
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Dave wrote:Any word on jihad?
Plenty of bed rest

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Dave wrote:Any word on jihad?
Plenty of bed rest

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Ross or Rea will get capped in the AI's and the D4 Bellends will say we have international cover in the back row.

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