Quote Originally Posted by Hail Sezer View Post
Article today saying that Mal is sounding out Bateman as an Arrow replacement. 800k is the asking price. Assuming he is our 13 for the foreseeable future - do we think he is worth it? I’m not convinced he’s an 800k player as per my previous essay but am interested to see what we all think.
I agree with you HS that I don't think he is an 800k player - perhaps 650-700k. Of course our trouble is we have to pay overs to get decent players as they want to win comps so we have to drag them away from the winning clubs.
My preference is that he sticks to his 580k a year deal that he signed. Bad luck that his Manager signed a deal that may be unders but he was unproven at NRL level and that was a fair deal at the time. We need blokes though that play injured and have mongrel so at the right price and even a bit overs I'd take him.