John Bateman reportedly back two weeks earlier than expected

[greeneyed]

@9_Moley on Twitter

John Bateman has revealed in England that he will be back on deck for @RaidersCanberra v @WestsTigers - much earlier than expected.


That is two weeks earlier than expected.

[Old School Green]

So expect him back for the doggies then I’d say!

[LP Raider]

Great news, back to full strength by R13. BJ obviously out for the season.

[kiwi raider]

Not surprised, he looked as good as gold a couple of weeks ago in a couple of pics I saw on Twitter, must have had a good surgeon, it must have only been a week or two post surgery but you wouldn’t have known he’d had anything done, must be keyhole I assume? Still would have expected some scarring etc

[Botman]

Haha nothing was surer in life than him coming back earlier than expected

[-PJ-]

Nice..

[Dusty]

God I hope so. I’m going to the Tigers game


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[EJ]

Man, we need to win these next two games and no more injuries and we look locked and loaded again. Cotric staying healthy will be really important.

God I hope so. I’m going to the Tigers game


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Me too!

[Azza]

I love this guy

[BadnMean]

Not surprised, he looked as good as gold a couple of weeks ago in a couple of pics I saw on Twitter, must have had a good surgeon, it must have only been a week or two post surgery but you wouldn’t have known he’d had anything done, must be keyhole I assume? Still would have expected some scarring etc

Might have had a bit of a touch up, a few fillers, some botox...

[FROG]

It will have no relevance whatsoever to the outcome for the tigers game. We all know that if Benji plays we lose

[Dr Zaius]

I'd expect nothing less from him

[The Nickman]

I’m starting to wonder if our medical staff are REALLY that good or whether they just exaggerate every injury in the first place


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[Sid]

They would allow some cushion when predicting injuries rather than giving the best case scenario's

[The Nickman]

And if you give the absolute worst case every time, you’ll ALWAYS beat it! Genius!!


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[Botman]

Yeah that's a fair point, id imagine most clubs are giving the high side estimate of an injury to help manage the expectations of fans.

[The Nickman]

All I know is that in every other job if you continually beat your estimates by weeks to months then your boss eventually tells you to start revising your estimates haha


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[raiderskater]

Man, we need to win these next two games and no more injuries and we look locked and loaded again. Cotric staying healthy will be really important.

God I hope so. I’m going to the Tigers game


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Me too!

Me three!

Anyway, I always have mixed feelings about these announcements. On the one hand, yay, Bateman's back! On the other, eeeh, please don't be rushing back so you get more hurt.

For all that the early comebacks mostly help us, I vividly recall Sezer rushing back from his injury late last year, taking the intercept, and only being able to run about 20m in clear visible pain and desperately looking for someone to pass to before just slumping to the ground in agony.

[The Nickman]

Although in this case, “the boss” probably doesn’t want to do that. It’s the long game smokescreen


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[Botman]

All I know is that in every other job if you continually beat your estimates by weeks to months then your boss eventually tells you to start revising your estimates haha


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Haha yeah you get two cracks at that cherry before the boss pulls you in and like "can you please start providing more honest estimates to our stakeholders"

[Woodgers]

All I know is that in every other job if you continually beat your estimates by weeks to months then your boss eventually tells you to start revising your estimates haha


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Haha yeah you get two cracks at that cherry before the boss pulls you in and like "can you please start providing more honest estimates to our stakeholders"

Please. You and I both know old Donny Boy probably thinks a KPI is a nasty rap artist that the Harold Mat's boys are all listening to. If that bloke pulled you into the office to ask you to provide honest estimates to your stakeholders you'd be the Dalai Lama if you left that office without being terminated

[Sid]

I think it's more likely the medical staff are giving the correct estimates to the club, then the club whack on an extra 25% time frame onto that when giving estimates to the fans.

I recommend people to follow NRL PHYSIO for injury explanations, estimates and updates.

[Northern Raider]

[woppadingo]

Leilua back in time for the finals?

[The Nickman]

Leilua back in time for the finals?

Should be back by Round 15 at this rate.

[BadnMean]

Leilua back in time for the finals?

Should be back by Round 15 at this rate.

Judging by his latest recovery pic, I'm tipping Round 14 vs...

[T_R]

Leilua back in time for the finals?

Should be back by Round 15 at this rate.

Judging by his latest recovery pic, I'm tipping Round 14 vs...

You see, it's exactly that kind of behaviour that has people call him unprofessional. He's just had a major neck operation, and I really don't think he should be riding a huge shark 12,000ft above a city right now, especially without headgear.

[BadnMean]

Look you can't just wrap players in cotton wool, you've got to let them live their lives too.

[Mr. Snrub]

Leilua back in time for the finals?

Should be back by Round 15 at this rate.

Judging by his latest recovery pic, I'm tipping Round 14 vs...

You see, it's exactly that kind of behaviour that has people call him unprofessional. He's just had a major neck operation, and I really don't think he should be riding a huge shark 12,000ft above a city right now, especially without headgear.

[Botman]

Leilua back in time for the finals?

Should be back by Round 15 at this rate.

Judging by his latest recovery pic, I'm tipping Round 14 vs...

You see, it's exactly that kind of behaviour that has people call him unprofessional. He's just had a major neck operation, and I really don't think he should be riding a huge shark 12,000ft above a city right now, especially without headgear.

You cant ride a shark without a head gear? Tell that Aquaman.
This is a cowards take to be sure and certain

[Northern Raider]

Leilua back in time for the finals?

Should be back by Round 15 at this rate.

Judging by his latest recovery pic, I'm tipping Round 14 vs...

You see, it's exactly that kind of behaviour that has people call him unprofessional. He's just had a major neck operation, and I really don't think he should be riding a huge shark 12,000ft above a city right now, especially without headgear.

Fun police

[The Nickman]

God TR is such a nark, let the guy have some time to himself!


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[simo]

I hope youve all enjoyed yourselves. This has gone off topic and its driving posters away

[zim]

Leilua back in time for the finals?

Should be back by Round 15 at this rate.

Judging by his latest recovery pic, I'm tipping Round 14 vs...

[bonehead]

is he riding or jumping?