Quote Originally Posted by SBRed48 View Post
Good wishes on a speedy recovery Donovan C Pines.

I had looked forward to seeing him dwarf the Wembley pitch.

The communication on this always had the air of "summat's not reyt". Collins is poor at the mind games stuff, moving from "he is nearly ready to return" to being "out until next season" in a few days is quite a jump.

The comment that he wasn't ready for the pressure of two games a week as he has never done that before in the USA is one I have not heard before.
Sounded like they were hoping for him not to have the operation and holding back to see how he went for a couple of weeks but unfortunately the injury wasn't responding .