Re: Six figure bid for Bateman confirmed. : Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:29 am  

We could just buy Matty Smith and never play him

Re: Six figure bid for Bateman confirmed. : Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:58 pm  

Matty Smith signed for Wigan already, Saints fans won't be happy.

Re: Six figure bid for Bateman confirmed. : Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:11 pm  

Fuzzy-Duck wrote:

Matty Smith signed for Wigan already, Saints fans won't be happy.

Why, exactly?

As for Bateman I haven't really seen much of him, but when I have he doesn't seem to stand out much...

Re: Six figure bid for Bateman confirmed. : Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:37 pm  

Albion wrote:

Fuzzy-Duck wrote:

Matty Smith signed for Wigan already, Saints fans won't be happy.

Why, exactly?

Because he's ex St.Helens and some Saints fans said he shouldn't have been released when he was, and he's now going to wear a Wigan shirt.

Re: Six figure bid for Bateman confirmed. : Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:26 pm  

I doubt he's going to rub Saints faces in it the way Sean Long rubbed Wigan's faces in it though.

I can't understand Wigan going for Matty Smith, he would not be good enough to get into our team so them signing him is hardly a positive move forwards if they end up losing Brett Finch.

Re: Six figure bid for Bateman confirmed. : Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:54 pm  

Bateman is a class act at only 18 years old, his best postion seems to be 2nd row where he makes space for himself and his centre and winger, he also has a very good offload. Bateman isn't the biggest player but he hurts people in defence and has aggression in his game. He gets likened to Andy Farrell and Paul Sculthorpe and deserves to be, he is going to be a machine in a few years time.

Re: Six figure bid for Bateman confirmed. : Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:02 pm  

Diamond Harry wrote:

He gets likened to Andy Farrell and Paul Sculthorpe and deserves to be, he is going to be a machine in a few years time.

Reminds me of a young Danny Tickle.

Re: Six figure bid for Bateman confirmed. : Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:49 pm  

Whether Bateman is or is not a class act, the same cannot be said for Hood. What a piece of work.

Re: Six figure bid for Bateman confirmed. : Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:03 pm  

We should be careful we don't get stung here.

Why go in waving our big wads, when we might be able to wait for the Bulls to just crumble, then we can get Bateman as a free agent?

Similar to when Everton paid Rangers £5.5 million for Jelavic, only for the Scottish club to go t!ts up weeks later, when Jelavic could have walked off on a free and saved any buying club the large transfer fee.

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Re: Six figure bid for Bateman confirmed. : Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:37 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

We should be careful we don't get stung here.

Why go in waving our big wads, when we might be able to wait for the Bulls to just crumble, then we can get Bateman as a free agent?

Similar to when Everton paid Rangers £5.5 million for Jelavic, only for the Scottish club to go t!ts up weeks later, when Jelavic could have walked off on a free and saved any buying club the large transfer fee.

I don't think Bradford crumbling is in the best interests of the game. They have a strong following and the last thing we need in RL is a reduction in the overall fan base that the sport generates. If the club does go to the wall it will be more difficult to get sponsors and advertisers for all clubs (because if one club can go belly up, so can any others). Sky will also have less belief in SL and we may not get a good deal when we renegotiate the contract. So if Bradford disappear, it damages all of the RL cubs, not just Bradford.


Finally the Bradford supporters have put their hands in their pockets to save the club. It is not their fault that the Board have mismanaged the club.