Benji: try being loyal to your sport

[Brutus]

So Benji doesn't want to ever play against Tigers and would never play for another NRL team as a result.

This obviously opens the door for a move to union.

Stop the bullshit Benji. Try showing loyalty to the sport that gave you a name.

I would prefer these high profile players show loyalty to the game rather than the club.

 

[DC_fan]

Marshall like a lot of players is loyal to no one but himself.

I have never been a fan of Marshall. IMO he is the most overrated player of all time. To me he has always come cross as a love me I am a fantastic player.

If he went to another sport I wouldn't miss him.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Meh.. he only has a few years left in his playing career so he may as well make as much as he can...

I dont believe he has the ability to move into a TV role after he has finished playing, which probably helped to keep the likes of Joey in NRL until he retired...

The way he is playing at the moment, he wont be missed on the field either...

 

[shiznit]

Marshall should be loyal to nobody but himself...

He's coming to the twiglight of his career, he needs to get as much money as he can for himself.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Loyalty to the sport?? Give me a f**king break.... For every big name player like Benji Marshall that makes a lot of money from this game there's a thousand nameless kids who have had theyre dreams shattered by the same game.

It's not just RL though.... that's the reality of pro sports.

As for the question of loyalty to club over sport... Your club mates are the guys you go to battle with week in week out for year after year. They are your brothers. That jersey you wear over that time means something to you. I can definitely see where he's coming from.

 

[shiznit]

Meh.. he only has a few years left in his playing career so he may as well make as much as he can...

I dont believe he has the ability to move into a TV role after he has finished playing, which probably helped to keep the likes of Joey in NRL until he retired...

The way he is playing at the moment, he wont be missed on the field either...

He will definitely be in the media when he's done... He's already over Channel 9.

I love joey... I think he's hilarious... But Benji is far more camera friendly and has more charisma than joey, freddy & gordie put together.

Mind you.... I thought Vossy was far better than Hadley... But 9 didn't think so...

Either way... If 9 don't pick him up... Sky NZ would take him in a heartbeat

 

[El Diablo]

Marshall is washed up

not worth big money. the Tigers should let him go

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

I dont believe he has the ability to move into a TV role after he has finished playing, which probably helped to keep the likes of Joey in NRL until he retired...

Bizarre comment. He's already all over the TV and clearly better suited to it than, say, Joey or Lockyer.

 

[Eddie Lab]

As for the question of loyalty to club over sport... Your club mates are the guys you go to battle with week in week out for year after year. They are your brothers. That jersey you wear over that time means something to you. I can definitely see where he's coming from.

Where is benji coming from? he is trying to get more money by playing the union card.... again. every single time his contract comes up he plays this.

 

[Card Shark]

Marshall is washed up

not worth big money. the Tigers should let him go

That's why they have reneged on the 2 year extension

 

[shiznit]

Where is benji coming from? he is trying to get more money by playing the union card.... again. every single time his contract comes up he plays this.

So he's not allowed to explore all his options??

He's been approached to by a RU club to make a switch... That's a viable option for him.

The same way the tigers weren't willing to offer 9 year tiger chris heighington anymore than a 1 year extension on his contract last year.

Loyalty goes both ways...

 

[gronkathon]

He is contracted for two more f**king years.

We have a lot of junior talent we need to secure and this merkin is ragging on about an extension that isn't needed for two f**king years.

f**k that gammy merkin

 

[Stagger Lee]

He is contracted for two more f**king years.

We have a lot of junior talent we need to secure and this merkin is ragging on about an extension that isn't needed for two f**king years.

Did Benji not hint on TV that his contract might not have two years remaining thanks to that shonky Stephen Humphreys?

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

cant wait to he gets out of the tigers i dont care where he goes

 

[gronkathon]

Did Benji not hint on TV that his contract might not have two years remaining thanks to that shonky Stephen Humphreys?

He has been handed the upgrade promised in his contract.

He is talking about an extension which was apparently a verbal one with Humpty. It is not a contractual obligation.

Seems Benji wants to follow his mate Beaus lead and try and leave and blame the club when in reality it is a decision they are making themselves

 

[MSIH]

He's too arrogant for TV, doesn't have the common touch.

 

[Stagger eel]

The tigers are in a real pickle over this, you either tie him up for close to a million a year whilst he produces the quality only worthy of a third of that or you don't sign him and it becomes a PR and marketing disaster off the field...

I wouldn't like to make the decision.

 

[shiznit]

He is contracted for two more f**king years.

We have a lot of junior talent we need to secure and this merkin is ragging on about an extension that isn't needed for two f**king years.

f**k that gammy merkin

Hang on.... There was a clause in his contract that there would be a renegotiation for an upgrade if the salary cap increases.

Benji is just doing what hes entitiled to do.

I doubt Benji would have signed on for the length he did if they didn't put this clause in.

The tigers gambled that this was a safer option than signing him to a short term deal and letting him test the market when the cap increases.

Now his value had fallen and there left with no option but to either upgrade his contract to his liking or release him...

The only ones you should be pissed off with are the tigers

 

[Pierced Soul]

The tigers are in a real pickle over this, you either tie him up for close to a million a year whilst he produces the quality only worthy of a third of that or you don't sign him and it becomes a PR and marketing disaster off the field...

I wouldn't like to make the decision.

its a tough decision. the problem i see with benchy is he hasnt really adapted his game as he's gotten older. all palyers slow down, they all lose the ability to be as agile or quick but they develop other strengths but benchy still thinks he's 19 living off that side step.

by now he should be a better ball player than he is and be able to control a game better. look at players like locky who used to be quick and a good runners, but as they got older had to depend on ballplaying and change how they play

if marshall wants to i still think he can be a good half but he doesnt seem interested this year for whatever reason. i've always thought he seems like the player who doesnt want to follow anyones gameplan but his own and that could be why he's clashing (allegedly) with potter

 

[aqua_duck]

The other night on the footy show Benji said he doesn't want to play for another NRL team, I reckon tigers fans would've been tempted to throw their phones/remote controls at the TV and fans of all 15 other teams breathed a massive sigh of relief

 

[DeeJ]

He's too arrogant for TV, doesn't have the common touch.

Maybe a couple more seasons of him being a dud will knock him down a few pegs.