Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tiger Stripes]

its woeful isnt it
you have the likes of galvin frothing to come back early
luai eager to get stuck in
then there's bateman

There are so many new players that barely know each other! Combos must be developed.
They need to put in the max pre-season together, for Benji to assess where they are best suited, get combo's working, trials at training, personality clashes etc. need to be sorted before serious trials next January/Feb.
Don't want to hear they are "clunky", played like "strangers" for the 1st few games.
We need to win those games!
They need to be together as long as possible to get to know each others game day traits!
Fitness, training is all about gelling together as a team. In our case, the longer the better.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

The contrast between our last English forward (Gareth Ellis) and Bateman is as vast as the distance between Australia and the UK not only in performance on the field but also in application and perceived attitude.
Sheens that Bateman would bring the "X" factor to the club however he seems to have brought the excreta factor instead

Mark Flanagan was a better Pom playing for us than Bateman, Flanagan is a forgotten gem. He was great in the couple of years he was here.

 

[Buttface]

its woeful isnt it
you have the likes of galvin frothing to come back early
luai eager to get stuck in
then there's bateman

Roycey 3 weeks early, I love this bloke already.

 

[upthetigers]

Mark Flanagan was a better Pom playing for us than Bateman, Flanagan is a forgotten gem. He was great in the couple of years he was here.

It's typically been the pommie forwards that have done well? farnworth an exception.

 

[Sully]

It's typically been the pommie forwards that have done well? farnworth an exception.

Hanley and Schofield's went well for backs.

Agree with Herbie he is exceptional and the Broncos missed him this season.

 

[Flippedy]

If I read this right , the club wanted Bateman to fly back for 1 day of training then fly back to England for there two week break over Xmas , NOW ask ur selfs would u do that , I know Bateman has bern a arse hole but the club is not helping the situation with that demand

If it’s true, seems like juvenile behaviour to me. Benji’s immature ego?

 

[2041]

The contrast between our last English forward (Gareth Ellis) and Bateman is as vast as the distance between Australia and the UK not only in performance on the field but also in application and perceived attitude.
Sheens said that Bateman would bring the "X" factor to the club however he seems to have brought the excreta factor instead

Twice in a row Sheens has exited with the going away present of a four-year albatross contract for an edge back row forward who never delivers anything.

 

[balmain boy]

Here's something interesting re the Saukuru family too.

His old man Joey who was the Wests SG Ball coach last season has now shifted to the Kaiviti Siktails to be a coaching link between the Silktails jersey flegg & Canterbury Bulldogs.

2025 Staff appointments confirmed with Timoce Duve announced as Kaiviti Silktails Head Coach. - Kaiviti Silktails

The Kaiviti Silktails have confirmed their Staff Appointments for the 2025 Season with Caretaker Coach and former Fiji Schoolboys Coach Timoce Duve confirmed as the clubs new Head Coach. Former Strength and Conditioning Coach and Fiji Residents SPG Captain Rusiate Ratukana will step into the...

www.silktails.com.au

A family members of there's died and has a funeral over the next few days too, so Sol won't be at training either.

I thought the Silktails were linked with the Roosters? Or are they just rotating affiliations on a yearly basis like the bears and jets have?

 

[balmain boy]

Is it now official that Sione is on a T&T?

It just makes sense for now, means he's getting paid something, and can train with us. Currently he's unemployed which helps no one.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

It just makes sense for now, means he's getting paid something, and can train with us. Currently he's unemployed which helps no one.

2 tries in 4 games and unemployed? There must be something else we don't know about.

 

[Buttface]

It just makes sense for now, means he's getting paid something, and can train with us. Currently he's unemployed which helps no one.

Yeah I get that, but the post I was replying to made it sound like maybe we have officially put him on a t and t.
Obviously it’s the best thing for now and as soon as we can get him onto a top 30 we do so.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

If I read this right , the club wanted Bateman to fly back for 1 day of training then fly back to England for there two week break over Xmas , NOW ask ur selfs would u do that , I know Bateman has bern a arse hole but the club is not helping the situation with that demand

Bateman needs to ask himself whether he still has the commitment to play in the NRL. If that is what it takes and what my employer requires of me, I have to do it. If I don't want to do it, well the answer to the commitment question is before him and he perhaps needs to look at the ESL.

 

[Needaname]

Really?? May is a great signing but I thought it’s just common knowledge Thompson is the best young prop in the game with comparison to a young JFH. Not saying May isn’t a good signing because he clearly is, but I think Thompson’s a better player with higher potential personally

They are different props

 

[Tom Shines]

Bateman needs to ask himself whether he still has the commitment to play in the NRL. If that is what it takes and what my employer requires of me, I have to do it. If I don't want to do it, well the answer to the commitment question is before him and he perhaps needs to look at the ESL.

ideally he would be in the ESL by now signed up for 25-26…and I’m sure he could find a home there with the WT paying some of the load …

Apparently his missus wants to be in Australia is the story that the media is saying ..

 

[jadtiger]

ideally he would be in the ESL by now signed up for 25-26…and I’m sure he could find a home there with the WT paying some of the load …

Apparently his missus wants to be in Australia is the story that the media is saying ..

I believe his wife is Australian so i can understand why especially when you compare it to where her husband was playing in England

 

[Hbom]

Mark Flanagan was a better Pom playing for us than Bateman, Flanagan is a forgotten gem. He was great in the couple of years he was here.

Sarcastic? Surely. Flanagan was a gem was he?

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Who is Flanagan? Can we begin again?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Sarcastic? Surely. Flanagan was a gem was he?

Yeah

 

[Bones]

If I read this right , the club wanted Bateman to fly back for 1 day of training then fly back to England for there two week break over Xmas , NOW ask ur selfs would u do that , I know Bateman has bern a arse hole but the club is not helping the situation with that demand

Maybe if John spent less time carrying on like a dickhead he wouldn’t get treated like one.

If I had an employee who worked his backside off and always did what he was asked I might be more inclined to accept a request for extra leave. If that same employee spent all his time being difficult I’d probably give him the same sort of response.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

ideally he would be in the ESL by now signed up for 25-26…and I’m sure he could find a home there with the WT paying some of the load …

Apparently his missus wants to be in Australia is the story that the media is saying ..

It seems as though he has his solution. His wife wants back in Australia so forget about the two weeks in the UK.