Read must have conducted a separate interview with DCE. I wonder if his article was possibly pieced together from past interviews, maybe when Schuster was having injury woes in 2022? On checking back, I noticed that Schuster had a quad injury early last year. He has also had two Syndesmosis injuries & two calf injuries in the last three years. Below is a transcript of yesterday's video interview (00-1:36).
'Yeh, look, not ideal for him. We obviously had Schuey do all the pre season as our five eighth. We done (sic) a lot of work with him as a spine, as a team. We know how good he is. When he's out there, he's obviously a fantastic player. Not having any continuity has been hard for the team, let alone him who's had to go through it. It's never a fun time when you're in & out of first grade for injuries. He's got time to work on his body & get himself right. He's a really important part of the team, so I hope he goes away and works really hard and stays in the team for us. He is good at what he does, he is really good. Injuries are an ugly part of our game and over the years, we've seen a lot of team mates who've come in and out of first grade, but I don't have the answers to it, but I just know if you keep working hard, like anything in life if you keep working hard, you eventually come good. It's not going to be easy for him to get back into first grade as he's been so inconsistent in coming in an out, so there's work to be done there for him, but I hope he knows he has a lot of support around here - I've definitely got his back.
