Ben Barba

[carcharias]

Ben at training

well ...he is wearing a bra in this clip.

http://www.sharks.com.au/news/2015/...it.html#ooid=VnZnF2eDqbkUcOk3uT8NoQoKv9hRxru5

 

[Eion]

Why would it make any difference? We had Carney for 2 years and it didn't make much of a difference. I fully expect us to play exactly the same next year as we have for the past 5 years.



Nah, he was back for Barba. It was his first act in returning. You could argue that he did it because everyone was freaking out that we hadn't signed anyone of note?

The same Carney that was injured for the finals series where we came within a bees of beating Manly you mean?

 

[Madsharkie]

well ...he is wearing a bra in this clip.

http://www.sharks.com.au/news/2015/...it.html#ooid=VnZnF2eDqbkUcOk3uT8NoQoKv9hRxru5

Looks fat AND unhappy... FMD :roll:

 

[Madsharkie]

At least now I know what happened to moroko

Moroko must eat?

 

[Feej]

Looks fat AND unhappy... FMD :roll:

I'd love to be as fat as Benny is in that video.

 

[southland]

Both Fifeets are looking lean and mean. Feel like 2016 may come down to wheather or not those two can keep their eyes on the prize.

 

[carcharias]

Both fifitas look like truck drivers I reckon
Plus I was told today again Barba failed a few fitness tests due to weight.
I'm talking professional sportsman fitness levels.
I get the impression they were meant to stay at a certain level during the break.
Sounds like he didn't.
Just what I was told.


FTR this has nothing to do with what the OP posted
I'd hate to cause any confusion.

 

[Card Shark]

I couldn't care less if a player comes back after the offseason break a bit overweight...(not Jamal Idris overweight though). Who doesn't hit the piss / food harder in their holidays?

It means he's actually had a break & is refreshed.

As long as he hooks into training, what does it matter. Long time to the first trial!

 

[carcharias]

I'd say it's about losing 2 weeks getting back to the correct fitness levels.

 

[Card Shark]

Agree.

It's to a player's advantage to keep a bit fit during the offseason, makes the first few sessions of training easier.

If they have to train as hard as the rest of the squad in warm conditions, they'll soon catch up.

 

[zmt]

I couldn't care less if a player comes back after the offseason break a bit overweight...(not Jamal Idris overweight though). Who doesn't hit the piss / food harder in their holidays?

It means he's actually had a break & is refreshed.

As long as he hooks into training, what does it matter. Long time to the first trial!

Agreed,
Better than training all offseason & coming back without some relaxation/stress relief

 

[Madsharkie]

Both fifitas look like truck drivers I reckon
Plus I was told today again Barba failed a few fitness tests due to weight.
I'm talking professional sportsman fitness levels.
I get the impression they were meant to stay at a certain level during the break.
Sounds like he didn't.
Just what I was told.


FTR this has nothing to do with what the OP posted
I'd hate to cause any confusion.

So the stuff you've written above on Barba, isn't this the spreading of the fat rumours cb4 was talking about?
I can't see how Barba is overweight? Fifita's guts would be heavier than Barba.

Not trying to shit stir Carch, and it does seem someone (I don't mean you) has an agenda.

 

[Ads]

So the stuff you've written above on Barba, isn't this the spreading of the fat rumours cb4 was talking about?
I can't see how Barba is overweight? Fifita's guts would be heavier than Barba.

Not trying to shit stir Carch, and it does seem someone (I don't mean you) has an agenda.

This.

I saw Barba today, wasn't close enough to gauge his fat rolls but he's looking pretty damn fit if you ask me. A lot of players come back from pre season and "fail" pinch tests etc. Drawing a long bow to complain about his weight.

 

[carcharias]

So the stuff you've written above on Barba, isn't this the spreading of the fat rumours cb4 was talking about?
I can't see how Barba is overweight? Fifita's guts would be heavier than Barba.

Not trying to shit stir Carch, and it does seem someone (I don't mean you) has an agenda.

Well ok
Someone else posted the Barba weight issue first
I said I'd heard the same story ( a source whom I believe is trustworthy and without any agenda told me).
Then it was raised again in here ( not by me ) and basically some people were saying what I'd heard was false.
Then I was told again just yesterday ( without any probing from me mind you ) that the story is in fact true.
Obviously it is a rumour in here as I have no link .

oh
and I was told fifita also failed.

 

[Card Shark]

I guess it all comes down to interpretation of what is fat.

He's probably slimmer than everyone in here but because he's failed a couple of tests, he's "fat".

Depends how big a deal some in the club make of it. According to cb4, obviously too much.

 

[carcharias]

I guess it all comes down to interpretation of what is fat.

He's probably slimmer than everyone in here but because he's failed a couple of tests, he's "fat".

Depends how big a deal some in the club make of it. According to cb4, obviously too much.

I'm guessing each player is given a personalised off season plan the are told to follow.
I'm guessing blokes like Hasler and Bennet do the same thing.
I'm guessing that if a player fails to present himself on day one in a condition that clearly shows they didn't do the work they are getting paid to do that they'll cop some shit.

I'm not a coach
I don't even know a coach
I'm just guessing...and I'd say what I have guessed would be a pretty good guess...I guess.

 

[cb4]

Bird was out with Barba and Nu Brown a week ago...

The whole thread is a G up.

What is your point?

I just spoke to my mate at the club about this thread. He laughed. I won't repeat what he said abut the original poster, but it wasn't complementary.

Why am I not shocked that the club is not impressed with it's dirty laundry being aired?

 

[bad boy bubby]

I can understand if the coaching staff is a little upset if a few of their players have come back not to the weight that was expected, it is unprofessional.
I do not understand why it is getting out to the public.
Deal with it professionally.
What other players, from other clubs, have people heard about with this type of issue?

 

[cb4]

I can understand if the coaching staff is a little upset if a few of their players have come back not to the weight that was expected, it is unprofessional.
I do not understand why it is getting out to the public.
Deal with it professionally.
What other players, from other clubs, have people heard about with this type of issue?

Every club makes bullshit up when they want someone gone, or when something doesn't go there way.

Go into the Rabbitohs forum now and check out the Dylan Walker threads. In 2014 and even this season you didn't hear or read anything about his off field issues.

Now he is going to Manly and all of a sudden he is a raging alcoholic with a chip on his shoulder and a drug problem. :lol:

It's the way of the rugby league world these days.

 

[carcharias]

What other players, from other clubs, have people heard about with this type of issue?

there's actually been a few I can think of
George rose
cuthbertson
idris
inglis
sandow