John Bateman #268

[tigertragic]

I don’t think he will be selected for the cows next week

 

[Tiger-ferret]

He had a very poor game. Though he had bad moments for us, I don't remember him playing that badly. Particularly concerning was his defense. I remember him being a good defender, if not always a dominant tackler, but here he was targeted and exposed. Unplayable form.

Yep I actually didn’t mind his niggle because we lacked mongrel across the park. His digs at us in social media have really turned me off him and he’s painted himself into a corner now.

 

[rugbygoated]

8 missed tackles and 4 inneffective tackles. 8 hit ups for 61 metres.

This dude is ass

And to think there's some on here who think it's all the tigers fault that he is shit. He was garbage in super league and was a sook at canberra too

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

I don’t think he will be selected for the cows next week

Even the commentary team on fox said he had a poor game, Richo and Benji have done the right thing with the decision to let him go.

 

[hank37w]

Oh Johnny boy the UK, the UK is calling.

NO!

They didn't want him either that's why he is sweating his arse off in Townsville.

I guess that's how things roll sometimes. 🤣

 

[clontarfkid]

Played 1st grade continuously from the age of 17...almost always against guys 15-20kgs heavier
Its takenquite a toll on him in 14 years
He cld have been a very solid defensive centre and elongated his career
Hes cooked..and is overtly frustrated by his demise
..and his choice of Townsville heat and humidity shows just how short on smarts he really is

 

[NickyV]

The fall from grace couldn't happen to a better guy.

 

[Tony Taco]

No sympathy.

 

[Tcat]

Even the commentary team on fox said he had a poor game, Richo and Benji have done the right thing with the decision to let him go.

100% it was the right decision. He never brought into the culture of the club. Hes a sore loser and I'm glad that vibe is following him around.

 

[weststigers]

 

[Tucker]

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Crazy, its his only value these days. Not coping with the heat.
Happy to see Api has vastly improved returns in this stat.
1st in '24, 2nd in '23 and 6th in '21. Currently not in the top 70.

 

[weststigers]

Crazy, its his only value these days. Not coping with the heat.
Happy to see Api has vastly improved returns in this stat.
1st in '24, 2nd in '23 and 6th in '21. Currently not in the top 70.

If we are going to pay him to play for another team, at least we are paying him to make them worse.

 

[Winston Churchill]

If we are going to pay him to play for another team, at least we are paying him to make them worse.

Paid plant. Richo is a genius.

 

[2041]

Putting aside any views on Bateman's personality, small back rowers are legendarily bad uses of long-term contracts - they take so much punishment that by the time they hit 30 they're almost invariably physically broken. I remember that being said about Parra signing Anthony Watmough to a four-year deal in 2015 and it was a well-known reality even then.

It was more or less impossible that four years of John Bateman starting in 2023 was going to be a good idea, and in the end the fact that we got 16 mediocre games a season out of him and found someone to take him off our hands is probably about as good as that contract was going to get.

Just an all-round embarrassing signing that given the length of the contract puts it comfortably in our top 10 worst alongside Josh Reynolds, Chris McQueen and Matt Ballin.

 

[Bigscreentv]

To describe him in his native tongue, he’s a bellend.

 

[BrissieTiger67]

Bateman scratched from today's game due to illness. Local reports say he took on a freshwater croc and came away with a weak heart. 😂

 

[liltiger]

Blood infection apparently 🤷‍♂️

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Has Bateman posted anything in the past 24 hours bagging the Tigers crocodile roll since he's a Moses client? I unfollowed him after the last one.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Has Bateman posted anything in the past 24 hours bagging the Tigers crocodile roll since he's a Moses client? I unfollowed him after the last one.

Don't get impatient he's probably still drafting up the best needle response possible, yes it will include a crocodile.

 

[Needaname]

Co client or not, I wonder if Batemans frustration was directed at the insistence of giving Galvin the keys to the club over the Senior boys.
Maybe he knew through his management that Galvin was just buying his time?