Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:32 pm  

marathonman wrote:

:ROCKS: gutted to lose him,!! they couldn't fit him in under the salary cap I believe . can't be that gutted really. Nah,just a poor man's Graham Eccles

Oh dear.. you need to do your research. Have a read of what Ricky Stuart said about losing Bateman then come back on here

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Fri Jul 03, 2020 10:11 pm  

Trebor1 wrote:

Annoyed at that tbh. We should have been able to get him with the huge amounts of cap space we have..

Even if we could afford him which i doubt he would always choose Wigan over Leeds.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Fri Jul 03, 2020 10:17 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

If you mean Bateman, I wouldn't have wanted him. Decent player, not more in my opinion, but I just don't see him as a Leeds type player. He's also got a hatred of the club and that never goes down well...

Sam Walters is the next in line, he needs to get playing from the bench and will be a cracker.

Totaly agree we have been here before with signings who didn't really want come.Walters i have really been impressed with he for has everything to be a top second row.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:48 am  

Bateman is legit one of the best 2nd rowers in the world.

Don't be immature saying you wouldn't take him at Leeds. Had he signed for us yesterday we'd all be saying what a fantastic signing it is.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Sat Jul 04, 2020 6:31 am  

Bang wrote:

Bateman is legit one of the best 2nd rowers in the world.

Don't be immature saying you wouldn't take him at Leeds. Had he signed for us yesterday we'd all be saying what a fantastic signing it is.

Not quite so sure it is in the immature league of the Gale denouncers though. You know those that were adamant we wouldn’t sign Gale as he was apparently absolute rubbish before his injuries, never mind after them, and wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole.

I suppose it just highlights different opinions people have.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:17 am  

Regarding Bateman's playing ability
He nailed the NRL in his first season over there and was a stand out player in that comp and could have stayed at the Raiders or have moved to another NRL side if he had wished to do so.

I applaud him for going over there to test himself in the NRL and I also understand why he want's to be back home closer to his daughter.

Wigan have got their man back but they're also paying Mega money for the privilege and on a 4 or 5 year deal too.

I would guess that he's either taking the majority of O'Loughlin's cap space (If he doesn't play on again next season) or some of Hastings and Gildart's too if they leave as predicted to the NRL in 2021.

In the current financial climate at the club then I would imagine that the Rhinos would never have even been in the bidding war to sign Bateman, even with the cap space available.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:25 am  

We will probably need a star signing or two to get back to winning ways. However what Agar and Sinfield are largely trying to do is build a solid, competitive and balanced squad - and to allow pathways for young talent.

Let the other clubs splash their cash, we really need to do this from ground up, and clearly we’re under significant financial strain. That’s just circumstantial with the timing of the outbreak after we’ve made a walloping capital investment.

[Frosties.]

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:31 am  

Doesn’t sound good on the injury report on YEP.

Ward & Crosby - indefinitely
Walker - touch and go for Huddersfield
Leeming - ready for Huddersfield
Sutcliffe - ready for Huddersfield

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:39 am  

It could be worse.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:51 am  

I hope Ward plays for us again.

Crosby - would imagine this will be his last year unless he plays.

Walker - we have Myler or Sutcliffe as some cover for now. Hopefully another Academy prospect will be ready as reserve for 2021.

Leeming - looking forward to seeing what he can do.

We should have Briscoe back as well? Not too bad and some of the injured players will not be here next season.

I’m hoping the young lads coming through have been training hard in isolation because we’ll need some of them ready for first team over the next year.