What do you mean ? Benji is gen y / millennial . Bateman would be the next one after Gen Z .
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Yea but only one in the 17
Both of them are Gen Y.
Also I love the argument that Bateman is an international backrower. Seyfarth would just about get a run in the English back row if he was a Pom
crazycat
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Agreed.
We need to look at moving Bird to the front row and till he is ready, we need to use Klemmer...
Not saying Klemmer is our nr2 Prop. I am saying most teams field 4 props and he is in our top 4 and Props really need to hit and hit hard.
Ofcourse if Sione or Kitt pushes him out, he can go... But were getting thinner in the front row then I really want to be.
Tucker
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Nope they are from the same generation.
That’s nothing but a nasty little rumour. Who are the two? Ice? He was told he wasn’t in future plans, found himself a new club and asked for an early release which the club granted. Steph? There’s no bad blood there between he and the club. You laying groundwork for something?
Tucker
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No.
It’s still relevant.
We need them both as we're not the best at defence.
Just need to also strengthen centres to be more threatening in attack
JOffa was the first to leave after a conflict with Marshall.
Klemmer was rumoured to have had issues with Marshall before his form dropped mid last year and now leaving/being pushed out.
I agree there is no bad blood between Steph and the club, but it was clear that Steph wasn't buying into what the club were selling him. Not just because he decided to leave but he also obviously mentally checked out early.
Similarly, yes your version of events for Papallii is accurate but the real question is why wasn't he in the plans?
Anyhow, bad blood or not, they both walked out. It may be for the better, we don't yet know.
It is fair to say that all 4 above plus Bateman weren't performing to their price tag and that is why Marshall took issue with them.
It is equally fair to say that all 4 players had previously played to a level that earnt them that contract value and question why Marshall couldn't have them perform at that level.
Unless/until Marshall gets results with 'his team' he will be questioned.
Tucker
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These guys haven’t performed to their contract value, all are now gone and these decisions are celebrated on here…yet,
The coach who also hasn’t performed is excused. That’s not how things traditionally work.
The coach who also hasn’t performed is excused. That’s not how things traditionally work.
You nailed it with this bit:
“It is fair to say that all 4 above plus Bateman weren't performing to their price tag and that is why Marshall took issue with them.”
The rest is a nasty little rumour. Plenty of journos about to do that sort of dirty work.
Tucker
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Why weren’t they performing?
old_man_tiger
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I'm sorry to raise the Roosters...rumour doing the rounds that they have been sprung on the cap cheating. They have agreed to stay under the cap as punishment in what is essentially a plea deal to keep their breach hush hush.
I laughed when I heard this. However, look at their ins and outs....anything is possible. I had it on much better authority that they were paying out club owners to lose any cc footage of their stars on the gear ages ago.
Anything bad for them, its my duty to spread. Truth comes second.
I laughed when I heard this. However, look at their ins and outs....anything is possible. I had it on much better authority that they were paying out club owners to lose any cc footage of their stars on the gear ages ago.
Anything bad for them, its my duty to spread. Truth comes second.
Who's chicken are you trying to choke, ? ya yanker .lol
BirchgroveTigers
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So I mean tbh I think we panicked and over paid them to secure their signatures. Don’t disagree with your wider point though.
Big year for the club regardless and my god do we need to sign a back rower ASAP. Almost negligent how thin we are in that position.
There can be many reasons. The truth is we don’t know mate. It’s not unusual for a new head coach to move players on. The coach gets to pick his team and will be judged on the outcome.
Any one over 30's in their working life has seen it in their place of work .New management come in n put a broom thru the joint. Over priced old deals? just don't cut it anymore when management decides to trim the fat. Its not really about your work rate - its more about towing the line on an adjusted price that is suitable to the new direction their bold statements tell you their heading towards
Can't keep taking pop guns to guns fights, not much good comes from it
That’s bullshit . That’s been reclassified recently . I’m the same age as Benji, and most of my friends used to be obsessed with being classified gen X , and just scraped in as at the time it was 84. Late gen X early gen y was the go .
There’s no way you can classify someone born in 94 as the same generation as 84 . That’s stupid , and recently be recategorised that way .
For example my age group was the last to grow up without internet , discovering the net when we were early teens like 14 and 15 with thing like Mirc and ICQ . Things that were long gone by the time someone who was born 10 years later would have been the same age . That’s an easy one . Because it’s soo obvious .
