2024 will be his last year with us imho
John Bateman #268
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2024 will be his last year with us imho
hank37w
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I won't be devastated if that turns out to be the case.
BAGNF05
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Can tell he’s the guy in the team who hates losing the most. A key reason to get Luai now. Some of Sheens good signings may not be around if we keep playing spoon ball.
If he hates losing so much, maybe he should try getting deep and running onto the ball with a bit of venom, rather than the jog trotting crap he dished up in 2023.
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WesternSuburbsBoy
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What you’re describing is not the sort of back rower John Bateman is
BAGNF05
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Don’t know what you look for but I watched him regularly taking on much bigger opposition forwards like NAS.
Our halves and outside backs were reserve grade standard.
Just my opinion.
twentyforty
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I would say 50/50.
dribble1963
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You lost me at 'getting deep'.
Magpie_Magic
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Our defence was better this year, and the main improvements were on the edges.......Bateman cleaned up alot on his edge.
When he was missing, especially for that Manly game last round there seemed to be holes everywhere out wide on his edge.
When he was missing, especially for that Manly game last round there seemed to be holes everywhere out wide on his edge.
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You Know Who
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Ironically, it describes his favourite plodder, Alex Seyfarth. But @Vicious is too stupid to realise that.
Get the blinkers off and watch the game.
Seyfarth run the ball harder than Bateman in every carry throughout 2023.
If you think paying 700k for someone who runs the ball half hearted is good value, then good for you. He made more sideways metres than Nofoaluma and that’s saying something.
On what planet is any edge forward who runs the ball half hearted and more sideways than forward any good to any NRL team ?
Any decent edge back rower runs the ball hard, makes inroads, breaks tackles, makes line breaks, scores tries.
You Know Who
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Just when I think you can’t post anything dumber, you exceed my expectations.
Bateman averaged just under 110m per game while the powderpuff Seyfarth averaged under 50m per game (which was sitting below 30m until he strung together a few solid games)
Bateman also had a higher tackle efficiency than Seyfarth while playing more minutes and making more tackles.
Bateman also had more post contact metres per game than Seyfarth
Do you make an effort to be the dumbest poster on here or does it come naturally to you?
One plays 80mins, the other plays 20mins if he’s lucky you imbecile.
You obviously cannot read either as I’ve stated edge back rowers are supposed to provide impact, tackle busts, line breaks. Your mate Johnny didn’t even try to get out of first gear in 2023. They must be counting the sideways metres in his stats.
Using us up for an Aussie vacation.
But you stick with your stats and be happy all edge back rowers at other NRL clubs run onto the ball with venom, while your mate doesn’t even attempt to.
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426Tlgerland
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Maybe he will now we have upgraded our half’s , did you watch any test football recently , he was very good , very good
Tom Shines
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Get into it fellas….
When is the Pommy back by the way?
Hope his Visa is already sorted out for the 2024 season …
When is the Pommy back by the way?
Hope his Visa is already sorted out for the 2024 season …
I saw numerous occasions where Daine Laurie was looking for a ball runner on his immediate outside and JB was just plodding, not a realistic option.
Compare that to someone like Liam Martin who is always a willing ball runner for his playmakers and does some damage with ball in hand.
He just comes back to training whenever he feels like it.
He might arrive in February then need to acclimatise to the Aussie sun.
Getting paid the same as Liam Martin, what a joke.
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WesternSuburbsBoy
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@Vicious I suggest watching the highlights of the England series against Tonga recently where he won player of the series. There’s definitely an elite player in Johnny Bateman & imo for a brief period was in our top 3 players every week before he was moved to lock.
He’s starting pre season next week because he finished the season late & as are many other players for clubs. Players like DCE, Haas, Carrigan, Yeo, Harry Grant etc etc… don’t see their fans complaining about not being committed do ya?
He’s starting pre season next week because he finished the season late & as are many other players for clubs. Players like DCE, Haas, Carrigan, Yeo, Harry Grant etc etc… don’t see their fans complaining about not being committed do ya?
You and others can argue all you like, but the fact is edge back rowers are vital to any NRL teams success.
Days of the workhorse toiler type of edge back rower are gone, to enable your team to score points and win games you need edge back rowers who cause inroads, break tackles, make line breaks, score tries,
I know Bateman is capable of displaying all of those traits, but the back half of season 2023 he didn’t display any of them due to only ever running the ball at half pace.
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