I think some may have misunderstood my point. He was guest of Wire at Magic weekend, went off to spend time with Saints and then signed for you despite an “understanding “ with Wire. That’s what I meant about burning bridges, nothing to do with moral high ground. This was also one of the reasons our fans enjoyed taking the mickey. (But yes he was brilliant for half a season...and anonymous after that).
Wasnt Inglis arrested for assaulting his then girlfriend in 2009, did he not have to attend a diversion course in relation to that instead of being convicted for it? Personally, I think those clubs who sign players with domestic violence history are morally bankrupt.
I wouldn't have him instead of Coote
Also be reluctant to have him back because of his half arsed attitude at the end of his stint, but I'd hate to see him ripping it up with another club.
Super sub maybe. Imagine him coming off the bench 👌
I’d like to see him at Leigh. Not a club that are going to threaten us so if he tears it up then it’ll actually be enjoyable to watch. He’d also have to get his hands dirty in defence and really step up to be a leader in a team under pressure so it’d be a chance for him to really prove himself. His biggest criticism has been that he can go missing when it gets tough and it would be tough all the time at Leigh.
Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.
I wouldn’t mind seeing him back over here, but not for us because im more than happy with Coote. Barbas attitude for us smacked a fair bit during the second half of 2018 but lets be honest, the bloke’s box office. If he goes to Leigh he could be the difference between them being basement dwellers and mid table. If he goes to a team like Wigan or Hull he could make them champions. If he goes to Warrington he won’t make much difference because them tossers won’t win ever win the league
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So Barba spending an afternoon with your lads meant he should have committed himself to be a Warrington player?? Jeez you really are an up your own arse entitled bunch aren’t you? Such feelings of self importance are comparable to claiming some moral silverware for simply beating Saints twice in one season. Yet that would be just silly.................Oh wait a minute.
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I think he'd be a good fit for Leigh depending on his fitness and how much he wants.
He is a crowd pleaser and may put drag some fans in also in their case he could be the difference between relegation and staying up.
We've no room for him at Saints we've three good young backs pushing for first team places next year, wouldn't want to risk any of those going elsewhere for a possible season or two of Barba
Fully agree.
Interesting take, I'm the opposite really. I would argue that the NRL distraction was actually the reason we got six months of brilliance out of him whilst he tried to land a contract down there. I'm of the opinion that no NRL distraction wouldn't mean he was at it every week but would actually mean he'd have little to motivate him and would mean he'd be going through the motions for a bit of cash before he packs it in. With the NRL distraction we got 6 months of brilliance and then a year of lack of interest. With no distraction we'd maybe just get the latter from the word go.