Jack Bird Discussion

[Sproj]

Oh wow!

 

[Morkel]

Yep, and it all just went quietly away because the DT's top journalist is a Sharks fan.

 

[Kyall]

I can still see Bird playing Fullback and he would be a great option with his speed and strength.

 

[Foordy]

The only chance if Bird playing fullback is if Boyd gets a long term injury.

If Boyd plays he will be fullback. There is absolutely no chance he gets moved.

 

[Kyall]

Bird has to play more than just centre otherwise we paid a great part of our salary on a position even Moga has shined at times and he was on nuts.

 

[Sproj]

Bird has to play more than just centre otherwise we paid a great part of our salary on a position even Moga has shined at times and he was on nuts.

If Moga showed anything, it is exactly why you SHOJLD pay for a good Centre, otherwise you get Moga.

 

[Kyall]

We have Opacic so why pay Bird big money then?

 

[Old Mate]

Because Bird is better than Opacic, Opacic is just straight up average.

 

[Broncs_Fan]

My personal opinion is that Jack Bird was a terrible signing at the money we paid for him. We needed to pay for forwards for a change. I still don't understand why we let Eseese leave.

Teams like the Cowboys will steamroll us next year.

 

[Foordy]

My personal opinion is that Jack Bird was a terrible signing at the money we paid for him. We needed to pay for forwards for a change. I still don't understand why we let Eseese leave.

Teams like the Cowboys will steamroll us next year.

because Ese'ese was offered twice his worth by a desperate Knights

 

[Broncs_Fan]

because Ese'ese was offered twice his worth by a desperate Knights

Fair enough but things look very uncertain for us next year in the forwards. And if you don't have an excellent pack you can't win footy games. Can have all the attacking players in the world. Essentially useless if the team is not making enough metres.

 

[Foordy]

Fair enough but things look very uncertain for us next year in the forwards. And if you don't have an excellent pack you can't win footy games. Can have all the attacking players in the world. Essentially useless if the team is not making enough metres.

keeping Ese'ese wouldn't have made our pack "excellent" ... in fact paying him double his worth may have even hurt us.

 

[ivanhungryjak]

In response to articles and reports on November 2, 2017, in relation to Jack Bird’s surgery, the Sharks wish to make the following statement.
The comments made with regards to the Sharks sweeping a players injury under the carpet are misleading and false. These statements have insulted Sharks medical staff, the Club’s radiology provider and one of Australia’s leading shoulder surgeons in whom Jack consulted.
Jack was injured in Round 22 of the 2017 NRL season. As is the standard club process,
Sharks medical staff attended the surgical consultations with Jack. The surgeon concluded that there was no indication that surgery was required based on Jack’s clinical presentation and the radiology findings.
The Sharks made a collective decision that involved Jack, the surgeon and the Club’s medical staff, that surgery was not required and the injury would be allowed to heal naturally whilst Jack underwent a rehabilitation program.
Jack successfully completed his rehabilitation process and returned to play for the Club in the first week of the Final Series without any further injury to his shoulder.
Following the Sharks elimination from the Final Series, Jack underwent the standard Exit Medical Assessment with Sharks medical staff on September 14. This assessment did not give rise to any evidence that would change the Club’s management of Jack. Based on this assessment, if Jack was remaining at the Sharks for the 2018 season, he would not be having reconstructive surgery. The exit medical screening and shoulder scan results were sent to Brisbane Broncos medical staff on October 6.
Jack participated in the Prime Minister’s 13 in Papua New Guinea in the hope of making the Australian World Cup Squad on September 23. As Jack competed we assume that the Australian Medical Staff deemed Jack fit to play.
During Round 23 of the 2017 NRL season, the week after Jack initially injured his shoulder, the Cronulla Sharks played the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium (Friday, August 11). When in Brisbane, Sharks medical staff discussed Jack’s scan findings, in person, with the Brisbane Broncos medical staff. They have been aware of the details of the injury since that time.
Suggestions that Jack Bird’s injury is similar to that sustained by Anthony Milford are incorrect. Jack did not dislocate his shoulder. The statement that the Brisbane Broncos have lost time with Jack as a direct result of the medical processes carried out by the Sharks has no basis in fact.
The Sharks view their duty of care to their players as their top priority. The players health, wellbeing and welfare are taken very seriously and any disparaging remarks will be vigorously defended.

Yeah, you've shown how much you view duty of care to players. Exhibit A: Peptides.

 

[Battler]

Yeah, you've shown how much you view duty of care to players. Exhibit A: Peptides.

So they have incompetent doctors then. They can’t win by responding to this, Wayne has backed them into a corner.

 

[Broncs_Fan]

So they have incompetent doctors then. They can’t win by responding to this, Wayne has backed them into a corner.

What corner has Wayne exactly backed them into? Wayne is just letting off steam because his big money recruit isn't going to play the opening games of the season leaving us very understrength.

 

[Battler]

What corner has Wayne exactly backed them into? Wayne is just letting off steam because his big money recruit isn't going to play the opening games of the season leaving us very understrength.

The Broncos decided he needed surgery the day he became an officially contracted player. Either their doctors and staff are shit at their jobs, or were lying to him and us in order to play him through the season and/or **** us over next year.

So best case scenario for the Sharks they're admitting we have a superior medical team.

 

[Broncs_Fan]

The Broncos decided he needed surgery the day he became an officially contracted player. Either their doctors and staff are shit at their jobs, or were lying to him and us in order to play him through the season and/or **** us over next year.

So best case scenario for the Sharks they're admitting we have a superior medical team.

Medical staff have professional obligations. You really think they are going to not do their jobs because they want to screw the Broncos. That is some seriously tin foil hat stuff.

Medical opinions can vary and conditions change over time.

 

[Super Freak]

One of Australia's leading surgeons and they couldn't see he needed surgery?

I doubt it..

Or perhaps the x-ray quality was too poor to tell. In that case, the logical thing to do would be to re-scan so they can get a better picture but they didn't.. I wonder why.