Ben Barba and Colombian Marching Powder

[The Marshall]

Its a very easy out for the Sharks to punt him with Holmes getting into a fullback a year early and Barba's contract not getting topped up by the Bronco's next year. Barba was dumb enough to give them a reason to release him.

 

[MilkShark]

I'd like to thank Ben for putting the team interests above his own. We now no longer risk losing Holmes and can slot him straight into his preferred position. We also saved a tonne of cash.

 

[Haffa]

Queenslanders....

 

[MilkShark]

And i'd also like to thank the Broncos for footing the bill, couldn't have done it without you guys.

 

[gUt]

We really are the good guys of the league.

 

[Frank_Grimes]

This thread very quickly went from #FBB to Ben Who?

 

[gregstar]

so how much did you make out of deal grimey?

he is particularly stupid so i'm assuming a sh*tload?

 

[Mikehnz]

These rehab centres in Thailand must be something good..

 

[bad boy bubby]

As a Sharks supporter I'd like to say how impressed i am with management and the way they handled this.
They've known about it for two weeks so they hatched their plan, included Barba in the talks, then used the Sloth when the time was right and everything in place.
There was a time when they weren't capable of doing this at all.

 

[Rhyno]

Strip the sharks of the premiership

 

[Rhino_NQ]

bec Wilson would have loved this

 

[some11]

Apparently he gave up alcohol half way through this year, now we know how.

 

[Pete Cash]

Who cares it was 4 days into the offseason, they shouldn't even be tested after the season is done and dusted.

I don't really give a shit if players take recreational drugs during the off-season but the reason for out of competition testing is that athletes would dope during the off season and cycle off in time for competition.

 

[Das Gupta]

What a surprise this story breaks 1 month after the GF and 1 day after Crooked Phil comes back from holidays.

 

[Stagger Lee]

You would have thought Paul 'peptide' Gallen would have shown him how to say no to drugs

 

[BennyV]

So Barba gets to skip preseason and go on a holiday to thailand and gets an extra twelve week break, that sounds like a reward to me haha well done. Seriously though its not a big deal imo, half the league was probably doing lines on mad Monday.

With Holmes there it almost solves a headache for the sharks if they want to take this chance to get rid of barba.

After watching the Dragons in 2016, it's probably safe to assume that many players were doing crystal meth 2 hours before kickoff.

 

[some11]

What a surprise this story breaks 1 month after the GF and 1 day after Crooked Phil comes back from holidays.

Consider this is right on the eve of the US election.

People bemoan the NRLs ability to handle PR, well everything is forgotten by tomorrow.

 

[Dummy Spit Johns]

What a surprise!
As if this clubs premiership wasnt already tarnished, it gets topped off!

This club is a disgrace

 

[butchmcdick]

What a surprise this story breaks 1 month after the GF and 1 day after Crooked Phil comes back from holidays.

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Nearly an off season without sharks dragging the game through the muck, nearly.

Premiers Baby!!!!