Is Paul Coutts still alive?

[Slim Man]

Does anybody know?

Has anybody seen him in the cricketers or the new spar outside BL?
Half of me wants to sit and wait it out but the other half of me wants to phone the missing people helpline. I feel like a father who's child hasn't come back from the playground.

Come home Paul, I believe in you.

 

[boo radley]

He told me he knows nothing of you.

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

Very strange how all the others on the injured list get some sort of name-check in Nige's interview yesterday, but Coutts... well...

Maybe nobody's introduced Nigel to him yet?

 

[Stretch]

He was at the Blackpool game with Alcock, in their whistle and flutes. Very much alive.

 

[Liaminho9]

He was having pictures taken in the family stand with Flo Cuvelier before the Blackpool game

 

[Barney]

He seems to be becoming the Neil Collins of Adkins tenure.

 

[billyblademan]

He's injured, for pity's sake, let's stop being drama queens.

 

[Slim Man]

He told me he knows nothing of you.

There's nothing worse than when an old flame pretends not to know you!

 

[Slim Man]

He's injured, for pity's sake, let's stop being drama queens.

I wasn't actually asking whether Paul Coutts was still alive.
I was just wondering if anyone had an update on where he is/whats up with him? Because we've not had an update on him or Flo.

He must be in the plans, he's squad number 8.

 

[Worksop II]

He's injured, for pity's sake, let's stop being drama queens.

He seems to becoming the James Wallace of Adkins tenure ...........

 

[billyblademan]

He seems to becoming the James Wallace of Adkins tenure ...........

That's more like it.

 

[AlienBlade]

He was having pictures taken in the family stand with Flo Cuvelier before the Blackpool game

I walked past both of them and thought who the hell are these two.... now I know why....

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

It'd be handy to know the nature of his injury.

Did he pick up a new injury or did the new management go for a get him back to full fitness even if it takes 6 months approach.

I'm firmly in the camp of a good pre-season and chances are we'd've had a really valuable player on our hands.

As it is it's another missed pre-season and the future looks pretty dim, and expensive.

 

[Worksop II]

During the games at the end of last season, although running he did seem to be restricted in some way

Never ever stretched his legs

 

[Revolution]

Have we ever signed a player who had a terrible injury history who did not continue to have a terrible injury history?

The most prominent recent examples are Coutts, Ryan France, and Wallace. There are also people with patchy records like Porter who continued to have patchy records. Further back, there is the Jon Ebbrell disaster.

Have we ever signed anyone like this who has suddenly become more healthy? Anyone know?

If not, that's another reason not to sign crocks.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Was he ever alive?

 

[BeakerBlade]

Does anybody know?

He's on his way to training. Unfortunately he chose to run there...

 

[Slim Man]

Have we ever signed a player who had a terrible injury history who did not continue to have a terrible injury history?

The most prominent recent examples are Coutts, Ryan France, and Wallace. There are also people with patchy records like Porter who continued to have patchy records. Further back, there is the Jon Ebbrell disaster.

Have we ever signed anyone like this who has suddenly become more healthy? Anyone know?

If not, that's another reason not to sign crocks.

Hopefully Wallace and Coutts are exceptions to the rule!
Wallace has been okay (touch several pieces of wood) so far this season

 

[boo radley]

There's nothing worse than when an old flame pretends not to know you!

Couttsy and you! Come on we all know your sexual preferences.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Have we ever signed a player who had a terrible injury history who did not continue to have a terrible injury history?

The most prominent recent examples are Coutts, Ryan France, and Wallace. There are also people with patchy records like Porter who continued to have patchy records. Further back, there is the Jon Ebbrell disaster.

Have we ever signed anyone like this who has suddenly become more healthy? Anyone know?

If not, that's another reason not to sign crocks.

If we do sign players like this then you would think they would be for a reduced fee and/or reduced wages given the risks involved.

You make a judgement, a risk analysis.

Also the persistent breakdowns might be down to a general football culture of short termism. Players with serious injuries brought back too early, and the injury persists and ultimately ends their careers.

That's not inevitable. Plenty recover fully from ACL injuries if rehabilitated properly.

I'm guessing this might be the approach with Coutts and maybe even Kennedy possibly informed by Adkins' medical experience. I'd imagine he's seen careers curtailed by poor treatment.

Here's hoping a fully recovered Coutts will be fit and flying by Christmas.

Otoh...

 

[Revolution]

If we do sign players like this then you would think they would be for a reduced fee and/or reduced wages given the risks involved.

You make a judgement, a risk analysis.

Also the persistent breakdowns might be down to a general football culture of short termism. Players with serious injuries brought back too early, and the injury persists and ultimately ends their careers.

That's not inevitable. Plenty recover fully from ACL injuries if rehabilitated properly.

I'm guessing this might be the approach with Coutts and maybe even Kennedy possibly informed by Adkins' medical experience. I'd imagine he's seen careers curtailed by poor treatment.

Here's hoping a fully recovered Coutts will be fit and flying by Christmas.

Otoh...

That's right. They are cheaper. That's why we (and others) do it.

But a sunk cost is a sunk cost.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Have we ever signed a player who had a terrible injury history who did not continue to have a terrible injury history?

The most prominent recent examples are Coutts, Ryan France, and Wallace. There are also people with patchy records like Porter who continued to have patchy records. Further back, there is the Jon Ebbrell disaster.

Have we ever signed anyone like this who has suddenly become more healthy? Anyone know?

If not, that's another reason not to sign crocks.

I'm not sure exactly what the records looked like but I think Jamed Beattie spent a fair bit of time injured in the couple of years prior to signing for us.

 

[Esablade]

Injured when he came...injured when he leaves...probably...

 

[LoughboroBlade]

***Coutts Still Alive Update***

Started training this week according to Adkins.

 

[BushBlade]

***Coutts Still Alive Update***

Started training this week according to Adkins.

Should be fit for the playoffs then....

 

[Bladebri]

He is fine

 

[alcoblade]

Should be fit for the playoffs then....

Still time for us to become acquainted with his back every time we attack the kop then.

UTB

 

[Bladesman]

Maybe he got lost.

 

[blade too long]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/shef...ted-adkins-makes-transfer-admission-1-7454972

as if by magic , todays Star

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/shef...ted-adkins-makes-transfer-admission-1-7454972

as if by magic , todays Star

Brayford, Coutts, Done and Harris training with the first team by October, could be a cheap January window this season?

Funds for a CH shouldn't be hard to find?