Re: John Bateman : Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:20 pm  

Bulls Boy 2011 wrote:

Bateman will be the future Loose Forward for the Bulls I rekon.

He won't get a game at Loose because we're stocked with skilful, ball playing, creative loose forwards like Bryn Hargreaves and Craig Kopczak

Seriously though, I hope we'll see quite a bit more of Bateman this season. hopefully Potter will see sense and put him at 13, rather than shifting him around the park.

Re: John Bateman : Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:12 pm  

According to the match report, Liam McAvoy played 8, and we had two more young Bulls on the bench. I make that four out of the 17 - all the Bulls in the squad were selected. Stains had 4, Whinos and Wire 3 each, Pies, Cods and Smellies 1 each.

Seems Bateman scored one and had another disallowed.

Maybe a message in there, somewhere?

Re: John Bateman : Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:17 pm  

Good thing about Bateman though is he is versitile. His best position is Loose/Second Row. But can play Centre, Stand Off and the two I already said

Re: John Bateman : Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:07 pm  

whatever position he ends up making his own, and I do hope it is creative LF, playing those other positions won't do his development any harm, look at Leon.

Re: John Bateman : Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:32 am  

Also, i am pretty sure he was in bed sick less than a week ago so thats a fair effort from him to be named MOTM.

Re: John Bateman : Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:51 am  

The next Sculthorpe?

Re: John Bateman : Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:28 am  

nw636 wrote:

The next Sculthorpe?

Not Danny I hope.

Re: John Bateman : Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:49 pm  

He was exceptional, played with a maturity beyond his years. You have a real star on your hands there.

Re: John Bateman : Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:36 pm  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

He was exceptional, played with a maturity beyond his years. You have a real star on your hands there.

Lets hope we can hang on to him as well!

Re: John Bateman : Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:40 pm  

dddooommm wrote:

Lets hope we can hang on to him as well!

Thankfully it probably makes little difference, but the chances won't be helped if he reads some of the usual suspects on here saying how shiit he is, too small, what has he ever done, will never make it etc.