Farm rumour re Houghton and Reid

If this is true this is beyond farcical.

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Houghton seemed to spend most of the game I saw him in pointing at his team mates from inside the centre circle. I don't remmeber him moving outside it.

Reid I suspect they've written off as being an Argyle player next season so aren't going to pay for the privilege of watching him sscore against us next season for Pompey when we inevitably both fail to get promoted.

the pork lover wants debate without soundbites.

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lol as if he could hold a debate without them.

Interesting that more and more are having a clear pop at Porky and his Master. I'm guessing he cant afford to have any more Posters with log in problems considering the rapidly diminishing followers who are still hanging on.....

Tbf I'm calling bullshit on the Roobs rumour, I've known a few footballers and rugby players at pro and semi pro level, even the semi pro rugger players have medical insurance and Im pretty sure it gets supplied by the clubs via the contract in most instances.

Amsterdamage wrote:

Tbf I'm calling bullshit on the Roobs rumour, I've known a few footballers and rugby players at pro and semi pro level, even the semi pro rugger players have medical insurance and Im pretty sure it gets supplied by the clubs via the contract in most instances.

It does. And all the Argyle squad are covered by the club's compulsory insurance. They usually get treated at the Nuffield hospital at Derriford, or via specialists in that London if it's a more complex problem. The Reuben story is indeed horseshit.

All 'treatments' aren't at the same level though. It could be total fabrication. Or it could be that the club are only willing to provide a certain (i.e. Cheap) level of cover, and RR wants more.

It could also be a little of the underlying Roobs/Pompey/long recoveries issue that has been going on all season. All part of the build up to the play offs. Maybe Roobs will get hit by a Fergusonesque flying boot

Coming out of one of Argyle regular training venue Reid as been carrying this injury for some time and he had needed injection to keep playing

It seems to me he's always injured, even when he's playing?

So, what odds do we have on Reid being a Pompey player next season, as opposed to an Argyle one ? Shouldn't be a hard ask for Portsmouth to top Brent's wages offer.
In reality I suppose it all depends on which team, if either, get promoted.
Not long now until all the contracts run out. What a great feeling of club togetherness Brent is creating. I can feel it from here.

Czarcasm wrote:

All 'treatments' aren't at the same level though. It could be total fabrication. Or it could be that the club are only willing to provide a certain (i.e. Cheap) level of cover, and RR wants more.

I think that is a complete non-starter. I just can't see how differing levels of cover could apply to the same injury to different players at different clubs. There is no way any agent or the PFA, especially the PFA!, would ever allow anything but the best medical insurance in the event of injury for any player at any team.

Sir Francis Drake wrote:

Czarcasm wrote:

All 'treatments' aren't at the same level though. It could be total fabrication. Or it could be that the club are only willing to provide a certain (i.e. Cheap) level of cover, and RR wants more.

I think that is a complete non-starter. I just can't see how differing levels of cover could apply to the same injury to different players at different clubs. There is no way any agent or the PFA, especially the PFA!, would ever allow anything but the best medical insurance in the event of injury for any player at any team.

Oh I don't know. I'd say a player at Abramovitch's Chelsea would have access to a different level of rehabilitation than say, an Accrington player. Theres's every chance that an operation would be carried out by the same surgeon, yes. I can vouch for that having been 'worked on' by the same fella at Nuffield (Andrew Murphy) who works with Argyle and Albion. But the similarities start and end on the operating table thereafter.

Look at Brunt and his first knee injury. He was with Bristol Rovers then and wasn't out any longer than anybody else and was back far quicker than some.

And like I said I'm sure the PFA wouldn't have it. And quite right too.

Thank God for the protection a union offers to vulnerable employees, eh?

It's bollocks Franny, my BIL had the best treatment the Nuffield could supply playing semi pro terms for Albion, it's just BUPA with I guess a slightly higher premium. I can't imagine even Argyle can be below the buying power of Albion shorely.

Saint Francis, I hope you're sitting down as I have to tell you that you really aren't the font of knowledge you seem to think you are.

Brunt's injury was whilst at Stoke not Bristol Rovers which makes your point redundant.

You are obsessed with scoring political points to the point of tedium.

You get the level of treatment you pay for.

Argyle will not be at the same level as Stoke.

I agree with most of what you say Rollo (was that a pig flying past) but the only difference between Stoke and Plymouth IMO is the venue of the Nuffield hospital. Unless Brunt is out so long because he's on the dreaded Derriford waiting to die list.

I would hope that Brunt's injury was known to Argyle at the time of signing and that the club might indemnify themselves against it happening again.

Brunt's insurance might be higher than others, I'm guessing but it would make sense.

Even to the point where the insurance company would only pay up to a certain amount if and when it should happen again.

It could even be that the players value to the club is taken into consideration.

This is after all common practice.

I happen to work in this world. The difference is that the top level covers available, of which there is no way Argyle are paying those sort of premiums, allows you to choose surgeons worldwide and even insist upon treatments that are not officially "sanctioned" or mainstream. It maybe for example that one particular surgeon is pioneering a new form of treatment. Most normal policies have a form of cap on spend or geographical limitation.

For the top players the world is simply one big hospital where they can shuttle at their choice depending on what operation they may require.

I am now in conjecture mode but it may well be that Reuben has been told about a treatment that is not covered under the standard policy.

Dick Trickle wrote:

I happen to work in this world. The difference is that the top level covers available, of which there is no way Argyle are paying those sort of premiums, allows you to choose surgeons worldwide and even insist upon treatments that are not officially "sanctioned" or mainstream. It maybe for example that one particular surgeon is pioneering a new form of treatment. Most normal policies have a form of cap on spend or geographical limitation.

For the top players the world is simply one big hospital where they can shuttle at their choice depending on what operation they may require.

I am now in conjecture mode but it may well be that Reuben has been told about a treatment that is not covered under the standard policy.

A brand new pair of legs?