Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[tonza]

Perhaps the club hopes he enjoys it too much and doesn't want to come back.

Pretty poor decision, in my eyes.

Maybe we could forfeit the game and save the cost of the flights. This seems to be the thinking over recent years. Yet we still can't see where our cap money is going. We must have a motza of the cap left to spend.

 

[Newtown]

This club just keeps on amazing me
we are looking at a 3 rd spoon and we are playing with a heap of kids in our team so we send one of our most experienced players back home to UK .
we have not been able to sign Stef to his upgrade and extension.
We let Papai go to panthers with Nothing in return.
we let Richo go to the UK to find players and remove players with zero result , could have been done on zoom .
this is all happening under Richo , and so far he is not going as good as many think , he has been poor so far

Richo has been much worse than poor.

 

[Muffstar]

Perhaps the club hopes he enjoys it too much and doesn't want to come back.

Pretty poor decision, in my eyes.

Dunno mate. Honestly he doesn't offer much apart from silly penalties and a bit of niggle.

 

[BAGNF05]

Richo has been much worse than poor.

He inherited a turd on fire. Give him time to get to a hose.

 

[weststigers]

Loaning Bateman has to lead to a deal over in the UK.

Surely.

I've defended a lot of things done by the club- this one is odd. Unless it comes with the ability to move full time.

It's possible...and only possible, Benji told him to go back to the UK to boost our cap space for next year [front load] and to have him back for a full pre-season for the first time ever.

Otherwise I don't see the benefit.

 

[Telltails]

Such a polarising player - half the supporter base never want him in the FG squad again and others angry at letting him go.
It was going to be a miracle if he saw out his 4 years here. There is motive behind this move even if we aren't aware of it yet

 

[Newtown]

Dunno mate. Honestly he doesn't offer much apart from silly penalties and a bit of niggle.

Loaning Bateman has to lead to a deal over in the UK.

Surely.

I've defended a lot of things done by the club- this one is odd. Unless it comes with the ability to move full time.

I very much doubt that this

This club is hugely embarring in it's dealings. What is going on Benji?

 

[Tigerdave]

Bateman has been crap for us.

Who knows what will happen, maybe the club is hoping he'll want to stay, maybe they are hoping he'll return with some renewed vigour. At the moment he's garbage and contributing costing us games. His type of experience is not something we want to see passed on.

 

[Newtown]

Apparently loaned for the rest of this year and back with us in 2025.

Loaning Bateman has to lead to a deal over in the UK.

Surely.

I've defended a lot of things done by the club- this one is odd. Unless it comes with the ability to move full time.

Ri

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

It's possible...and only possible, Benji told him to go back to the UK to boost our cap space for next year [front load] and to have him back for a full pre-season for the first time ever.

Otherwise I don't see the benefit.

This could be right & actually smart by us.

Salary cap benefit & I believe he negotiated with Pascoe to spend each off-season and part pre-season in UK. This way maybe he’s back pre-Xmas for full pre-season.

 

[Newtown]

Crikey...2 more years after this one. Tough contract for us.

Talk about a club being used, the club is getting more embarising every day.

 

[rihannafan1]

Hold on, doesn't everyone on here think he's shit, anyway? Perhaps we'll win more games without him?

Pretty clear there's more to it than a loan. It's an audition for him to get a pay raise over there. And we get the cash, which you'd assume is going to be spent on someone else here, such as everyone's crush, F. Pole.

 

[Yossarian]

Loan deal makes sense to me. Gives us 200k extra in the cap which we can front pay someone this yr and use next yr and our season is over so no problem for us. Also Bateman has previously spent a fair bit of off-season in UK mayby it gets him back earlier as he can see family now instead of post the test series at end of year.

Also he may be more likely to stay if that's what we and he wants if he is their to negotiate and impress in Super League.

Win/Win

Yeah that's my take. I doubt we'll see him again.

 

[jadtiger]

John B has never seen out a contract. If he goes well Id say a deal will be done.

I certainly hope so he has been a very expensive dud

 

[LUPO]

Perhaps the club hopes he enjoys it too much and doesn't want to come back.

Pretty poor decision, in my eyes.

Do we get cap relief? Perhaps upgrading some of our better juniors

 

[liltiger]

Apparently loaned for the rest of this year and back with us in 2025.

Doubt at his age he comes back next year

 

[tiger05premier]

He inherited a turd on fire. Give him time to get to a hose.

Most supporters only allow 5 minutes for change

 

[Stevec]

Stephano to Storm (probably ) Papalii to Penrith and now Bateman to ESL !
I could pick a great team out of all those who have left in last 2 years plus those who are going . Seems we are still a basket case with 1 step forward and 2 steps backward
Cant make sense out of our Master Plan !!

 

[BAGNF05]

Most supporters only allow 5 minutes for change

I get the impatience. Even a glance across at the Bulldogs will show you it’s taken them 3-4 years to reshape their roster.

Think people.

 

[Demps]

Stephano to Storm (probably ) Papalii to Penrith and now Bateman to ESL !
I could pick a great team out of all those who have left in last 2 years plus those who are going . Seems we are still a basket case with 1 step forward and 2 steps backward
Cant make sense out of our Master Plan !!

Trust the process
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