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[color=darkred:2d8t03fs][b:2d8t03fs][size=200:2d8t03fs]ANCIENT & LOYAL UPON MY CHEST[/size:2d8t03fs][/b:2d8t03fs][/color:2d8t03fs]
[size=75:2d8t03fs]Ancient and loyal, upon my chest
they are men of wigans best
a team that plaaayed, the wigan way
and won the championship in may
jim sullivan, he was the king
brian mctigue and johnny ring
a team that plaaayed the wigan way
and won the championship in may
when eric ashton was alive
and billy boston by his side
with dave bolton and billy blan
oh what a time to be a fan
in 85, at wem-ber-ly
john ferguson and brett kenny
a team that plaaayed the wigan way
and won the challenge cup in may
in 95 we won them all
tuigamala, faz and paul
a team that played the wigan way
and won the championship in may
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He's absolutely nailed on for young player of the year. Absolutely outstanding signing
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Didn't William Webb Ellis pick up the ball and run, someone should really tell Rugby Union.
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| Quote: Famous "I cant see this at all. My only criticism of Bateman is precisely that he doesnt pass and stiffles our attack on the right at times by not passing when he should. He also sometimes gets in the way instead of being a dummy runner as Farrell does on the left and as Hansen used to but hopefully that is just him getting used to our systems. To compare his passing to O'Loughlin's is an insult to O'Loughlin.'"
I haven't seen him play this season. The last time I saw him play was when he was being used as a battering ram at Bradford, which was criminal.
Trust me when I say he is a better ball player than O'Loughlin. The game I am referring to against AIS he was the most natural ball player on the pitch, AIS included. |
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| Quote: pies-r-us "This young lad can go all the way to the top; he’s as hard as granite, and shows no fear for any opposition. He’s deffo one you’d want to have in your side, and not one you’d relish playing against. Let’s just hope the good Doctor doesn’t start waving his cheque book in his direction any time soon, or the wizards of Oz come sniffing either. He must be destined for a place in The Hall Of Fame if he keeps it up. I hope we can keep him for a long time yet.
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La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Bate Man.
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| He's turning out to be great signing, just glad Wire didn't get their paws on him when he was rumoured to be going there. Our best player this season along with McIlorum and Taylor.
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| Quote: Famous "I cant see this at all. My only criticism of Bateman is precisely that he doesnt pass and stiffles our attack on the right at times by not passing when he should. He also sometimes gets in the way instead of being a dummy runner as Farrell does on the left and as Hansen used to but hopefully that is just him getting used to our systems. To compare his passing to O'Loughlin's is an insult to O'Loughlin.'"
Obviously not to the high level he plays today but most of his junior career he played at stand off, and at 16 he came into our first team played a game off the bench at full back and was fantastic then started the next game at stand off and took Heworth to shreds. Not an easy thing for a 16 year old to do at conference level. |
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FWIW after watching him while at Bradford and keep tabs on him at Wigan - and hearing glowing reports from Wigan fans at work - the key thing he has picked up is consistency. He's dropped weight and switched sides since moving to Wigan, but in 2012 - when he was awarded Young Player of the Year - and the once or twice he wasn't broken last year he was playing just as well as he is now.
I'd sit with his grandad and from what he was saying when administration mk1 was happening there were offers from 3-4 NRL clubs, that will only increase I reckon. I think, no matter which club he plays for, he was always going to make it and probably make it very big. I for one was gutted when he left, I still am, he was living his dream but the financial fall-out put paid to that. Naymind, we still have Tom Olbison...!
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