Lowdesert Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/nrl-com-report-ben-barba-is-set-for-early-release-from-st-helens/ Edit: Found the report on NRL, which this claim mentions. Maybe just more gossip/agent PR https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/07/04/ben-barba-eyes-off-nrl-return-casting-doubt-over-valentine-holmes-future-at-cronulla-sharks/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Skipper Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 It’s important Saints don’t let hunger for success get in the way of compassion. Hopefully they’ll see sense and let him go before the end of the season as it’s the right thing to do. Yours Sincerely, Super League Table teams 2 to 4. “There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.” Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdesert Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 Strange that the article indicates his Wife is homesick, after McManus said they were perfectly happy at St Helens. He really can’t say any different, but the NRL piece indicates she wants home. matter of a short time before an announcement imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldcoaster Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Saints should hold his rego until he fulfils his contract. I’m sick of Aussies backing out of deals when something better comes up. He is a druggo anyway and has to serve a ban if he does come back to the NRL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSaint Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, Lowdesert said: Strange that the article indicates his Wife is homesick, after McManus said they were perfectly happy at St Helens. He really can’t say any different, but the NRL piece indicates she wants home. matter of a short time before an announcement imo. The article is in direct contradiction to what the club and people around the periphery of the club are saying; the NRL attempt to destabilise the situation perhaps? I do expect him to leave at the end of the season though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 19 minutes ago, goldcoaster said: Saints should hold his rego until he fulfils his contract. I’m sick of Aussies backing out of deals when something better comes up. He is a druggo anyway and has to serve a ban if he does come back to the NRL. He’s already served it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintGeoff Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Why are people willing to believe an article written several thousand miles away is actually true? The view from the town itself is that he is quite happy and might even sign a longer contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vet Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 49 minutes ago, goldcoaster said: Saints should hold his rego until he fulfils his contract. I’m sick of Aussies backing out of deals when something better comes up. He is a druggo anyway and has to serve a ban if he does come back to the NRL. Your righto, its frustrato for English clubs to savo players careers, then when they get some formio they then claim the home sicko card and get back into the bigo time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Prince Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 hour ago, GeordieSaint said: The article is in direct contradiction to what the club and people around the periphery of the club are saying; the NRL attempt to destabilise the situation perhaps? I do expect him to leave at the end of the season though. Is this the 'NRL', or is it the 'NRL News Media' which is I believe supposed to now be a separate organisation from the official ruling body. (The possible, nay inevitable, consequences of this bizarre separation appears somewhat problematical) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Wiganer Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 39 minutes ago, SaintGeoff said: Why are people willing to believe an article written several thousand miles away is actually true? The view from the town itself is that he is quite happy and might even sign a longer contract. That's the spirit. And we will the World Cup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuffer Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 hour ago, goldcoaster said: rego druggo flamin galah!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx RL Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 10 minutes ago, Exiled Wiganer said: That's the spirit. And we will the World Cup! And may win the World Cup too! - Adepto Successu Per Tributum Fuga - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris22 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Incredible that the official NRL website would publish an article that is baseless. And that's a nice way of putting it, malicious is probably more accurate. Barba may well leave at the end of the year, but his wife's alleged homesickness is not the reason. She wants to stay, particularly as she thinks their kids have great educational opportunities here (no obvious jokes please...) Barba' s kids are also by all accounts enjoying being part of the community, settling in to the Saints junior cheerleading squad. And rumours suggest that an improved, longer contract may be on the table for Barba at Saints, so we may hear something soon.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdesert Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 3 hours ago, SaintGeoff said: Why are people willing to believe an article written several thousand miles away is actually true? The view from the town itself is that he is quite happy and might even sign a longer contract. Have you got a link to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdesert Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 2 hours ago, The Vet said: Your righto, its frustrato for English clubs to savo players careers, then when they get some formio they then claim the home sicko card and get back into the bigo time. Did you formally post as o o Antonio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Rover Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 How many articles have there been this year from Australia about Barba wanting to be released from his contract. I just think Barba being in Super League and not the NRL is putting the Aussie medias noses out of joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moove Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Denied by McManus again, must be getting fed up by now. Barba has said time and time again that a decision will be made at the end of the season. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/st-helens-chairman-eamonn-mcmanus-12855177 Smacks of the NRL and their clubs trying to unsettle a player they want to get back (given it's on the NRL website). In a way it's a good sign that clearly money isn't the main motivation for Barba otherwise it'd be done and dusted by now. Awesome if he stays, but if he goes back then he's been a great addition to SL while he's been here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Barba and Saints need to get in touch with Gelling,he seems to have found a cure for homesickness recently,although if the treatment involves moving to Widnes he might give it a miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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