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Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 10 Aug 2018, 16:34
by bane73
Saw him up at junction 32 this morning and he looked fine, no limp, carrying one of his kids.

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 10 Aug 2018, 17:43
by Mysterio
Strikes me as the exact type of player who could suffer with nerves and anxiety etc. Hope he’s ok.

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 09:43
by jackknife
If Ben Roberts was a race horse they would of shot him a long time ago

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 10:09
by HuddsTigers
Wells said last night he could be back for the back end of the Super 8s.

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 10:48
by derbystiger
HuddsTigers wrote:Wells said last night he could be back for the back end of the Super 8s.
For how many minutes?! :roll:

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 16:32
by SREGITSAC
If people got their way and he and Jamie leave who will next years target be? Wonder if Gale will get another injury and take the honour

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 17:22
by jackknife
Young Trueman would be an easy target

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 17:55
by RonnieGibbs'forearm
SREGITSAC wrote:If people got their way and he and Jamie leave who will next years target be? Wonder if Gale will get another injury and take the honour
Can't recall a player having an injury record like Roberts at Cas before. Big money. Key position. Important player and must have missed virtually 2 seasons out of the 5 (?) He has been here. It's not like he is a bench fodder squad man. He must take up a chunk of cap and a quota spot we can't afford to carry him. I know it is not all his fault but the team suffers. On top of that he is so inconsistent when he plays. Can be class but can be dire/anonymous week to week.

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 18:21
by tigerfeat
To be honest he didn't get off to the best of starts a player who's being starting for the Melbourne storm at half - back id expect to be selected over liam Finn

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 18:27
by Tigersbarmy
RonnieGibbs'forearm wrote:
SREGITSAC wrote:If people got their way and he and Jamie leave who will next years target be? Wonder if Gale will get another injury and take the honour
Can't recall a player having an injury record like Roberts at Cas before. Big money. Key position. Important player and must have missed virtually 2 seasons out of the 5 (?) He has been here. It's not like he is a bench fodder squad man. He must take up a chunk of cap and a quota spot we can't afford to carry him. I know it is not all his fault but the team suffers. On top of that he is so inconsistent when he plays. Can be class but can be dire/anonymous week to week.
Mate please get yours facts right , he’s been here since 2015 , hows that 5 years ?

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 18:30
by Spanishtiger
He's appeared in 67 out of a possible 122 games over the last 4 seasons

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 18:38
by RonnieGibbs'forearm
Tigersbarmy wrote:
RonnieGibbs'forearm wrote:
SREGITSAC wrote:If people got their way and he and Jamie leave who will next years target be? Wonder if Gale will get another injury and take the honour
Can't recall a player having an injury record like Roberts at Cas before. Big money. Key position. Important player and must have missed virtually 2 seasons out of the 5 (?) He has been here. It's not like he is a bench fodder squad man. He must take up a chunk of cap and a quota spot we can't afford to carry him. I know it is not all his fault but the team suffers. On top of that he is so inconsistent when he plays. Can be class but can be dire/anonymous week to week.
Mate please get yours facts right , he’s been here since 2015 , hows that 5 years ?
It isn't 5 years then is it. The 'fact' I put a question mark was a clue that I wasn't saying it was fact mate. Please check your reading. 2015 season to now is 4 seasons though. Are my 'facts' right that he has missed nearly 2 of those seasons? :-k

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 18:40
by RonnieGibbs'forearm
Spanishtiger wrote:He's appeared in 67 out of a possible 122 games over the last 4 seasons
So just over half. How many of those appearances were cameos and cut short I wonder? More than enough to justify concerns and some criticisms.

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 19:42
by Tigersbarmy
RonnieGibbs'forearm wrote:
Tigersbarmy wrote:
RonnieGibbs'forearm wrote:
SREGITSAC wrote:If people got their way and he and Jamie leave who will next years target be? Wonder if Gale will get another injury and take the honour
Can't recall a player having an injury record like Roberts at Cas before. Big money. Key position. Important player and must have missed virtually 2 seasons out of the 5 (?) He has been here. It's not like he is a bench fodder squad man. He must take up a chunk of cap and a quota spot we can't afford to carry him. I know it is not all his fault but the team suffers. On top of that he is so inconsistent when he plays. Can be class but can be dire/anonymous week to week.
Mate please get yours facts right , he’s been here since 2015 , hows that 5 years ?
It isn't 5 years then is it. The 'fact' I put a question mark was a clue that I wasn't saying it was fact mate. Please check your reading. 2015 season to now is 4 seasons though. Are my 'facts' right that he has missed nearly 2 of those seasons? :-k
‘Must have missed virtually 2 seasons out of the 5 ‘ mate , we didn’t sign him in 2012 , how long you been a fan ?

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 21:39
by derbystiger
The simple way of putting it is that he has appeared in 55% of games in all the time that he has been here (4 seasons). That is not value for money in anyone’s book. On his day he can turn a game and is a pleasure to watch but can any club afford to have, presumably, a high earning player sat doing nothing for 45% of the time? I’m not saying he is at fault for getting injured, nobody does it on purpose, but it is a business and would anyone here stay in their job if they only turned in until Wednesday afternoon every week? Probably not. The flip side about Roberts though is that he is the type of player that is good enough to come back into the squad with 3 games to go, produce a few moments of magic and take us to Old Trafford. Peoples concerns about him are justified though, in my opinion, as he’s off the field for roughly the same amount of time as he is on it.

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 22:40
by The Firm
Tigersbarmy wrote:
RonnieGibbs'forearm wrote:
Tigersbarmy wrote:
RonnieGibbs'forearm wrote:
SREGITSAC wrote:If people got their way and he and Jamie leave who will next years target be? Wonder if Gale will get another injury and take the honour
Can't recall a player having an injury record like Roberts at Cas before. Big money. Key position. Important player and must have missed virtually 2 seasons out of the 5 (?) He has been here. It's not like he is a bench fodder squad man. He must take up a chunk of cap and a quota spot we can't afford to carry him. I know it is not all his fault but the team suffers. On top of that he is so inconsistent when he plays. Can be class but can be dire/anonymous week to week.
Mate please get yours facts right , he’s been here since 2015 , hows that 5 years ?
It isn't 5 years then is it. The 'fact' I put a question mark was a clue that I wasn't saying it was fact mate. Please check your reading. 2015 season to now is 4 seasons though. Are my 'facts' right that he has missed nearly 2 of those seasons? :-k
‘Must have missed virtually 2 seasons out of the 5 ‘ mate , we didn’t sign him in 2012 , how long you been a fan ?
He put 5 seasons with a question mark. He’s been here 4, so he was a year out. What’s 2012 got to do with it? He’s missed nearly half of the games during his time here, so about 2 seasons worth. If your going to be a pendantic prat get your facts right.

As for Roberts he’s been a waste of money. If he’d take a pay off i’d get shut of him tomorrow.

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 11 Aug 2018, 23:02
by HuddsTigers
I’d be intrigued to see how many games others have missed/not played in by comparison.

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 12 Aug 2018, 00:01
by MØL
Appearances since 2015 (Super League only):

Milner - 105‎
Millington - 104‎
Gale - 95
McShane - 89 (from Super 8's 2015)
McMeeken - 88‎
Massey - 87‎
Cook - 85
Webster - 85
Moors - 84
Shenton - 76
Holmes - 72
Roberts - 68‎
Springer - 57 (from July 2015)

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 12 Aug 2018, 00:03
by westerbeast
Must be getting well paid for the picture of him eating the raw steak on the side of the beer tent. Made of biscuit to be honest. When he does play he's a better tackler than he is in attack. Time to get rid to be honest he's done well out of Cas no matter how long it is he's been here. You lot need to grow up.

Re: Ben Roberts

Posted: 12 Aug 2018, 07:57
by duke street 10
We have certainly missed his defence this year.

However he has simply missed too many games to be counted on. I agree with The Firm if we can get shut we have to explore this.