Benji Marshall and his silly PowerBalance bands

@innsaneink said:
No worries…I like to make peeple smile.

Zorba was talking bout this image in todays tele,

![](http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/02/12/1226005/091949-josh-dugan-and-benji-marshall.jpg)

....reckons theyre dangerous, doesnt know what the touchies are doing allowing him to wear it in the game, reckons a finger could be ripped out of its socket if caught up in one.
I reckon it'd simply snap...zorbas a goose like rabs

Valid comment. They made them cover them with tape last year for NRL games and imagine they will do so again this year.
 
I reckon If you're getting your fingers caught up in the opposition players' PB bracelets, you may need to work on your tackling technique.
 
@prattenpark said:
@innsaneink said:
No worries…I like to make peeple smile.

Zorba was talking bout this image in todays tele,

![](http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/02/12/1226005/091949-josh-dugan-and-benji-marshall.jpg)

....reckons theyre dangerous, doesnt know what the touchies are doing allowing him to wear it in the game, reckons a finger could be ripped out of its socket if caught up in one.
I reckon it'd simply snap...zorbas a goose like rabs

Valid comment. They made them cover them with tape last year for NRL games and imagine they will do so again this year.

No….Benji never had to tape his, I rememebr thinking as you do tho

![](http://images.theage.com.au/2010/09/13/1925092/svBENJI-420x0.jpg)

Check the images, sometimes both wrists are taped

http://www.google.com.au/images?q=benji%20marshall%202010&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB😱fficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=588" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 
That knucklehead Fevola tapes his up. I don't ever recall seeing Benji taping his up.

Perhaps that stops the mystical properties of the bracelet optimising the body's natural energy field if it is taped up? :smiley:
 
Sorry to post a downer on what has otherwise been an awesome day, but it seems Timmy has been lured into endorsing Powerbalance.
:bawling

![](http://weststigersforum.com/images/stories/news-imgs/2011/hyndai.jpg)

on a brighter note, it seems Chris doesn't need the chai-energy multi-spatial plasma event horizon technology to maintain his balance. :smiley:
 
Hi everyone

If it doesn't do any damage and Benji (and Moltzen) thinks it works and the company is putting money into the Tigers - I don't have a problem….

Tigergran
 
@tigergran said:
Hi everyone

If it doesn't do any damage and Benji (and Moltzen) thinks it works and the company is putting money into the Tigers - I don't have a problem….

Tigergran

x2…right on the money Tigergran..
 
x3 What does it matter If they feel confident wearing it Let them do it Probably got 10 more if 1 breaks don't know what the issue is really ….
 
@tigergran said:
Hi everyone

If it doesn't do any damage and Benji (and Moltzen) thinks it works and the company is putting money into the Tigers - I don't have a problem….

Tigergran

You'd be happy for say a cigarette company to sponsor us if it was legal? Or a brothel? Or Radisson Maine?
 
@tigergran said:
Hi everyone

If it doesn't do any damage and Benji (and Moltzen) thinks it works and the company is putting money into the Tigers - I don't have a problem….

Tigergran

What about the people who buy this because their heroes - Marshall and Moltzen - wear it?

This is a dishonest company that is no different from a snake oil salesman and sadly two of our players are happy to assist with such dishonesty.
 
Meh….they all flogged Protons for years and they are deathtraps...whats worse?
http://www.themotorreport.com.au/43501/proton-jumbuck-great-wall-utes-perform-poorly-in-ancap-crash-safety-tests
 
@southerntiger said:
@tigergran said:
Hi everyone

If it doesn't do any damage and Benji (and Moltzen) thinks it works and the company is putting money into the Tigers - I don't have a problem….

Tigergran

What about the people who buy this because their heroes - Marshall and Moltzen - wear it?

This is a dishonest company that is no different from a snake oil salesman and sadly two of our players are happy to assist with such dishonesty.

… i wear one... and i THINK it works...
funny how people that have them think they work...adnd people that dont, think they dont...
 
@innsaneink said:
@prattenpark said:
@innsaneink said:
No worries…I like to make peeple smile.

Zorba was talking bout this image in todays tele,

![](http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/02/12/1226005/091949-josh-dugan-and-benji-marshall.jpg)

....reckons theyre dangerous, doesnt know what the touchies are doing allowing him to wear it in the game, reckons a finger could be ripped out of its socket if caught up in one.
I reckon it'd simply snap...zorbas a goose like rabs

Valid comment. They made them cover them with tape last year for NRL games and imagine they will do so again this year.

No….Benji never had to tape his, I rememebr thinking as you do tho

![](http://images.theage.com.au/2010/09/13/1925092/svBENJI-420x0.jpg)

Check the images, sometimes both wrists are taped

http://www.google.com.au/images?q=benji%20marshall%202010&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB😱fficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=588" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The NRL did make an edict at the start of 2010 that they should be taped-up (and it was up to the refs to ensure this pre-game)!!

It happened for a few weeks - but then the refs lost interest (just like they do with their rule blitzes over a week or three) & the players just continued to use them un-taped without repercussion!

We all know it was not just Benji in 2010 - Carney was another offender! And they sponsored the NSW Origin team!

Footballers are renowned for being superstitious - & given Benji's injury history along with his stellar 2010 season - I cannot blame him for choosing to keep using them on a superstitious basis! If it gives him placebic confidence - I am more than happy for him to use them!!!

Kids who have enough money to buy them due to Benji wearing one - should know better by the age that they have that money of their own to spend!! Otherwise - parents just say no (plus they're not made in childrens size to my understanding)!!!

Zorba is only upset because he was forced to explain on 2GB why Tony Williams was holding up a 'Westside" gang hand-sign in their team poster!! (Along with Junior Tia-Kilifi for the dogs & Warea-Hargraeves in the Roosters poster)!!
 
Zorba mentioned the bands several weeks ago, the hand signs issue came up the other day on Bockings show wasnt it?
 
@innsaneink said:
Zorba mentioned the bands several weeks ago, the hand signs issue came up the other day on Bockings show wasnt it?

Mate - I had no idea when Zorba referred to the power-bands (whatever the frick they're called) - so if my timeline was incorrect I 'll cop that!!!

It was tuesday that Zorba was asked by young Fordham about the gang-signs by Williams!
 
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