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Feel sorry for the guy but if we're looking at it from a St Mirren point of view, we helped him out when we gave him a contract, Aberdeen sold us player who was injury prone and wanted rid.  The reaction from the boy himself tells you everything....St Mirren took a chance on him but it didn't work, it's a real shame and it's no-one's fault.

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For my 2p worth, Greig has MESH surgery to fix his hernia while at the Dons.
It wasn't a success and afaik, he hasn't had an other one to try and fixed it.
I know this because my wife and him shared some e-mails between themselves about MESH failures.
He was to meet my wife at the Scottish Parliament for a chronic pain committee meeting, but the health minister cancelled her attendance, so Greig decided not to attend.
In my opinion, MESH surgery in any part of the body is a high risk due to the high level of failures, and is almost impossible to fix 2nd time round.
Greg is taking legal advice against the clinic that put the MESH in and I certainly hope it is successful.

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6 hours ago, Lord Pityme said:

Not a great message to prospective signings.... "if you get a serious injury, you're on your own".

of all the money this board have spaffed away, they couldn't be arsed to look after one of their own. Poor form.

He didn't GET a serious injury, he was injured previously at another club, and that's an occupational hazard with footballers.  Saints had nothing to do with his injury, so bear no responsibility other thanit's general ongoing care and attention .  Still, let's have a go at the club, eh?

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3 minutes ago, saint in exile said:

He didn't GET a serious injury, he was injured previously at another club, and that's an occupational hazard with footballers.  Saints had nothing to do with his injury, so bear no responsibility other thanit's general ongoing care and attention .  Still, let's have a go at the club, eh?

I agree with this. ITK due to his Caley pal in here...…………. he obviously sides with Tansey but fact is we got him with this condition. W3e should have clauses that cover us, and the way it looks- we do...…………..

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Just now, alanb said:

Given the spin just put across on the STV news, no comment from the club is a poor defence.
Tansey going public requires a response.
As it stands making the club looking very poor.

Aye. It's clear they were trying to put a very negative stance on what is a terrible situation for Tansey.

Isn't it amazing how you can change the story by omission?

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17 minutes ago, linwood buddie said:

It looks  like the STV story has been taken from the post that Greg put on Twitter yesterday.More lazy journalism me thinks.

But they ?forgot? to add that Greg held no malice to the club and understood the situation.

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14 hours ago, Bud the Baker said:

Feel sorry for the guy but I'm in the camp that says the club shouldn't be paying for any further treatment.

Best wishes Greg!

I wonder what the cost of the op would have been compared to whatever pay off he got for the club since he still had 1 year to go.

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Less than two months into his time in Paisley, the osteomyelitis had returned and he was struggling to walk again. Because his condition was pre-existing, St Mirren were under no obligation to pay for the required surgery. They didn’t, leaving Tansey to foot the bill himself.

Since that second operation in May, Tansey did not train with the team. He did not meet Jim Goodwin, who took over as manager in the summer. His time has been spent conducting a pre-season of his own at home in Liverpool, readying himself for his next opportunity.

“St Mirren didn’t need me back and told me to follow what the surgeon told me. I’ve got no ill will towards St Mirren. I understand they need to cut their cloth accordingly; it’s just unfortunate the way it happened. But it made my position untenable.

“There were rumours going round about me fighting with lads in the changing room, which was wrong. You couldn’t ask for a nicer group of lads – they welcomed me from day one.

“After the way it went on I just didn’t feel right carrying on. I would rather not be wasting their time and money as I wasn’t 100 per cent into it. I’m not a mercenary; I don’t want to be sitting about picking up a wage for the next 12 months.”

A severance was finally reached last weekend. The opening Saturday of the season and Tansey was without a club, watching the start of the new campaign from afar.

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4 hours ago, Tommy said:

I wonder what the cost of the op would have been compared to whatever pay off he got for the club since he still had 1 year to go.

Depends what the terms of his contract were.

I was talking to an employee of another club yesterday regarding our situation, and he told me that a player from his club, with a previous serious injury record, was transferred to another club.

The contract he was offered was a fairly low basic salary, but with a large bonus each time he played, plus win bonuses.

As it turns out, the player is quids in as he hasn't had a reoccurrence of his injury and has been playing pretty regularly.

Seems that this type of contract is common place nowadays.

 

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I wonder what the cost of the op would have been compared to whatever pay off he got for the club since he still had 1 year to go.
The cost of the op would've been a 5 figure sum. We'd also still have been paying him during the time of the op and his rehab with no guarantee of his recovery being enough for him to play again.

He has a condition, probably as a result of his previous operation. I expect he will seek compensation for this and as such any insurer would tell the club not to be involved in further procedures.
We could've still paid him while he funded the treatment however probably better for him to get the lump sum pay off?

A few "probablys" in there before anyone else notes it.
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31 minutes ago, TPAFKATS said:

The cost of the op would've been a 5 figure sum. We'd also still have been paying him during the time of the op and his rehab with no guarantee of his recovery being enough for him to play again.

He has a condition, probably as a result of his previous operation. I expect he will seek compensation for this and as such any insurer would tell the club not to be involved in further procedures.
We could've still paid him while he funded the treatment however probably better for him to get the lump sum pay off?

A few "probablys" in there before anyone else notes it.

Not quite..!

any insurer will say "yip! We can insure you for that, and the premium will be £........"

one of my dogs got a leg injury, so the insurer just upped the premium by a fiver a month to manage their risk. It would appear the club didnt insure Tansey, and perhaps don't  routinely do that for any player? Be silly not to do it if they re-sign McAllister!

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14 minutes ago, Lord Pityme said:

Not quite..!

any insurer will say "yip! We can insure you for that, and the premium will be £........"

one of my dogs got a leg injury, so the insurer just upped the premium by a fiver a month to manage their risk. It would appear the club didnt insure Tansey, and perhaps don't  routinely do that for any player? Be silly not to do it if they re-sign McAllister!

I think in this day and age at a club at our level the onus will be on the players to have adequate medical insurance. Doubt many clubs on our sort of budget will have group coverage for a squad of 20+ players. 

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1 hour ago, Lord Pityme said:

Not quite..!

any insurer will say "yip! We can insure you for that, and the premium will be £........"

one of my dogs got a leg injury, so the insurer just upped the premium by a fiver a month to manage their risk. It would appear the club didnt insure Tansey, and perhaps don't  routinely do that for any player? Be silly not to do it if they re-sign McAllister!

Might not have to worry about that. :unsure:

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26 minutes ago, Gosport Buddie said:

Greg tweeted today that he's "fit and raring to go". When questioned about this , he said he'd had the op in June. Seems strange that it took so long to release him.

If that's the case, he'll have no problem finding another club.  Good luck for your future.

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For the last two years, Greg Tansey has not felt much like a footballer.

Driving up and down the country, visiting surgeons and specialists, lying on hospital beds desperate for some good news. Fifteen years of his career have come to a grinding halt.

He initially contracted osteomyelitis in his pelvis during a 16-month spell out of the game while at Aberdeen, following a botched hernia operation which required a corrective procedure to fix. The illness caused significant pain and left him struggling to walk.

The highs of his Caley Thistle days, in which he became a Scottish Cup winner in 2015, seemed distant. The move to Aberdeen had represented a step up in 2017 but after the problems began, even an ill-fated loan at Ross County couldn’t kick-start a revival.

St Mirren was supposed to offer him a fresh start in January this year, a respite after 18 months of a debilitating slog. The relief was brief.

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Tansey left St Mirren last weekend.

Less than two months into his time in Paisley, the osteomyelitis had returned and he was struggling to walk again. Because his condition was pre-existing, St Mirren were under no obligation to pay for the required surgery. They didn’t, leaving Tansey to foot the bill himself.

Since that second operation in May, Tansey did not train with the team. He did not meet Jim Goodwin, who took over as manager in the summer. His time has been spent conducting a pre-season of his own at home in Liverpool, readying himself for his next opportunity.

“St Mirren didn’t need me back and told me to follow what the surgeon told me. I’ve got no ill will towards St Mirren. I understand they need to cut their cloth accordingly; it’s just unfortunate the way it happened. But it made my position untenable.

“There were rumours going round about me fighting with lads in the changing room, which was wrong. You couldn’t ask for a nicer group of lads – they welcomed me from day one.

“After the way it went on I just didn’t feel right carrying on. I would rather not be wasting their time and money as I wasn’t 100 per cent into it. I’m not a mercenary; I don’t want to be sitting about picking up a wage for the next 12 months.”

A severance was finally reached last weekend. The opening Saturday of the season and Tansey was without a club, watching the start of the new campaign from afar.

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Greg Tansey with his former Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes.

Retirement crossed his mind. How could it not? You can only tolerate so many gut-punches before you start questioning whether it is worth it.

“When you’re going through it, it does make you question ‘do I want to do this?’ There’s always been a burning fire inside me that I’m a footballer at heart and I’ll never lose that. But it did make me think twice about keeping playing.

“I’m in good shape and ready to train. Hopefully this isn’t the end because I wouldn’t like it to be. Hopefully the osteomyelitis is completely gone and I can try make up for the last two years.

“I’ve felt the stress of it all. It’s been tougher mentally than physically. I love training – I’m a workaholic – but it felt like it was slipping away.”

He has seen the well-wishes of support, of which he is grateful. The messages from Inverness fans, urging him to “come home” draw a wry smile, recalling the fondest of memories.

Every footballer would love to go out on their own terms but for Tansey, even at the age of just 30, that may be taken out of his hands. A glance at his recent injury record may well put teams off but all he wants is a chance.

 

No goals so had to make do with rugby posts 🤷🏻‍♂️

 
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“I have earned a good living out of football but I still have to earn a living after it. There’s got to be a stage if I don’t get an offer, I might have to look elsewhere down different avenues. I’ve got bills to pay like everyone else and I don’t want to dip into the money I’ve saved.

“I’m fighting fit at the moment but I need to be working. I need to get my teeth into something. I don’t want hand-outs – I want to do it on merit.”

The presence of his fiancée Victoria has been hugely uplifting; a crutch when he was struggling to walk, a sounding board when he was running out of ideas.

They are due to get married in June next year. The start of this season has been filled with frustration. The end of it will bring untold joy.

“I’ve still got a lot to look forward to. My missus is a natural planner and is very good at what she does. She could probably do it all in a couple of days! I’m just sort of saying ‘whatever you need me to do, let me know’.

“I’ve got a great family around me. Victoria has been brilliant, constantly pushing me on and driving me forward. After something like this happens, you can either accept it and let it overcome you, or you can attack it head on.”

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