Tigers injury update

[RagingBull]

Out (injury):
JDV (Knee)
Youngs (Back)

Fit for weekend:
Ayerza
Balmain
Tait
Smith

[Guinness&Nuts]

I was under the impression that JDV was given last weekend off as he would be needed for Wasps and Saracens, as Tuilagi would be with Eng.

Just hope Smith is fit to return and partner Betham in the centres.

I hope Tait's 'tight groin' is not the start of the same injury that kept him out for over a year.

[Iain]

Do we know for definite that JDV and Youngs are out for this weekend?

[darganj]

JDV injured?! But he has been fit all the time in the last 2-3 years.

Oh wait..............

He has been a walking injury in the last few years

[ourla]

According to the Mercury JDV is a back injury

[LE18]

JDV is starting to look like a very expensive short term mistake, what have we seen of him, 1 home game and a bit away?

[LE18]

JDV is starting to look like a very expensive short term mistake, what have we seen of him, 1 home game and a bit away?

Hope it's a shorter back injury than Toms "spasm".

[RagingBull]

JDV is starting to look like a very expensive short term mistake, what have we seen of him, 1 home game and a bit away?

Hardly a mistake unless you know of a better alternative that was out there.

[Iain]

JDV is starting to look like a very expensive short term mistake, what have we seen of him, 1 home game and a bit away?

Hardly a mistake unless you know of a better alternative that was out there.

And according to what Cockerill has said, not especially expensive either.

[doublecarpet]

JDV is starting to look like a very expensive short term mistake, what have we seen of him, 1 home game and a bit away?

Hardly a mistake unless you know of a better alternative that was out there.

Surely no-one would have been better than the money we've spent on him? I mean, he was signed injured. We need to learn from this as it's not the first time.
Thorne was great, when he played, but compare both to someone like George Smith, for what I assume is similar money, tell me who has been getting value for money from minutes on the pitch...?!

[Will S]

JDV will be adding a lot behind the scenes. We don't have a lot of experience in the centres so on the training field he probably adds huge value.

[LE18]

That's very subjective, I would have liked to see something more objective on the pitch than just 1 home game, I am sure he is here on a salary, no matter how large, we need him on the pitch.

[Cagey Tiger]

That's very subjective, I would have liked to see something more objective on the pitch than just 1 home game, I am sure he is here on a salary, no matter how large, we need him on the pitch.

Given the wide ranging views expressed on this forum, I would say that what a player brings on the pitch is also very subjective. However, players are primarily signed to play games. What they bring to the training ground can be very helpful, but playing games is the bread and butter stuff and is the club's raison d'etre.

If you don't play, aren't you a coach?

[DickyP]

Link to Mercury article

Leicester Tigers NEWS: Key duo set to miss Leicester Tigers' crucial trip to Wasps

[Noggs]

With no knowledge of what the deal was it is not possible to say how expensive he has been. There may well have been a clause which limited significant payments until such a time as he had recovered fully from his original injury.