PRE-GAME Round 14 - Storm vs Broncos

[broncsgoat]

The ironic thing is that most of these fat shamers would be a minimum 130 kgs themselves.

I’m 107 and a bit soft around the middle but I’m also in my 30’s and not pretending to be a professional sportsman

 

[Socnorb]

The difference is that Fifita makes fat look good.

Bird is just an embarrassment to himself.

Yes , Fafita is the poster boy for girth.

 

[Socnorb]

I’m 107 and a bit soft around the middle but I’m also in my 30’s and not pretending to be a professional sportsman

How do know he's soft. My view is that if you met him in person you'd probably change your opinion.

 

[Alec]

How is fat shaming a thing for athletes?

 

[Number6]

It’s not fat shaming to say a professional athlete doesn’t look close to game fitness despite ample time, access to training and every best facility. It’s not just central obesity it’s lack of bulk elsewhere. If he’s playing the house down then non topic. If he’s finally going to lock that’s a different body shape but still needs to have bulk in legs and arms.

Agree sternum doesn’t stop you putting Maccas in your mouth or spending all day on the exercise bike.

 

[Socnorb]

How is fat shaming a thing for athletes?

Yeah, I agree with you. Clearly not fat.

 

[Harry Sack]

**** me this place has become a women’s magazine lol

Yep and I'm in charge of the hair care/style section......you're all fucked.

 

[Renegade]

Lol at the mental gymnastics in this thread to avoid calling bird out of shape.

 

[ZTop]

Yep and I'm in charge of the hair care/style section......you're all fucked.

**** you then, I'm in charge of the body cream section :notsureifserious:o_O

 

[tommy]

FiH has agony aunt written all over him.....her...whatever.

 

[WASSHHH]

What makes you so sure he isn't wearing anything underneath? Players with injuries regularly have things strapped to their body while training.

There is another photo that suggests that is the case.

You’re absolutely right, it’s totally plausible he has a fat stomach shaped guard strapped around his mid section.

 

[Super Freak]

You’re absolutely right, it’s totally plausible he has a fat stomach shaped guard strapped around his mid section.

It's funny because all of the photos on social media show a different picture.

I remember back in 2015 there was a very unflattering photo of Ben Hunt which showed he had developed quite a gut, it was really bulging out. Less than a week later, it's completely flat.

We simply don't know what they have on underneath their shirts.

 

[Super Freak]

If we play like we did in 2016, we will win.

If we don't, we will lose. I'm tired of us trying to grind them down. We simply can't. We don't have the wrestling technique to do so, so we need to exploit their weakness which has been the same every damn year but we fail to execute that gameplan. On rare occasions we do, and then we win.

The trouble for us is, we're likely going to be without Roberts while they are going to have Smith who will be fresh. They may rest Slater, but I can't see Bellamy doing so.

I predict the Storm will win and Bellamy will announce in the press conference that he has re-signed with Storm.

 

[Huge]

Couldn't give a **** ahout Bird's shape, he's super fit and competes in all the drills and doesn't come last or first, he's fit enough for WB and that's good enough for me.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Couldn't give a **** ahout Bird's shape, he's super fit and competes in all the drills and doesn't come last or first, he's fit enough for WB and that's good enough for me.

Could he start playing like it?

 

[Lockysillegitimatechild]

Could he start playing like it?

Bird has been playing like crap and justifiably needs to earn the fans trust but i dont think people realise how painful the injury he has is. The normal person would be advised to not use their arms to push out of a chair for 6 weeks, bird is being asked to tackle 110kgs runing at full pelt... if that inuury is healed i fully expect he will remind people how good he is in the next few weeks, gut or no gut

 

[Number6]

Bird has been playing like crap and justifiably needs to earn the fans trust but i dont think people realise how painful the injury he has is. The normal person would be advised to not use their arms to push out of a chair for 6 weeks, bird is being asked to tackle 110kgs runing at full pelt... if that inuury is healed i fully expect he will remind people how good he is in the next few weeks, gut or no gut

I agree painful injury. But if truly that bad why was he playing? Had a few injuries but not going to win games playing guys that are out of shape, out of form and injured.

And as stated sternum injury wouldn’t stop an exercise bike or a lot of lower body work.

At 700 a year there isn’t a lot of room for excuses.

 

[jarro65]

Couldn't give a **** ahout Bird's shape, he's super fit and competes in all the drills and doesn't come last or first, he's fit enough for WB and that's good enough for me.

Agreed.
If the Broncos strength and conditioning staff deemed he needed to lose weight then he would.
They are obviously ok with his body shape.