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Re: Bateman to seek upgrade, future clouded at Raiders

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:23 pm
by bertina
shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 6:41 pm I am not sure it was a good move by John to make such an announcement in GF week. No doubt that he is worth more than he is getting but there is a time and place for everything.
I'm sure he is now that he's proved he can hack it. But yet again, what about contracts. ?
If Bateman would have struggled in the NRL, i'm sure he wouldn't have wanted a pay cut after 1 year of a 3 year deal.

Re: Bateman to seek upgrade, future clouded at Raiders

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 7:06 pm
by Mike
bertina wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:23 pm
shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 6:41 pm I am not sure it was a good move by John to make such an announcement in GF week. No doubt that he is worth more than he is getting but there is a time and place for everything.
I'm sure he is now that he's proved he can hack it. But yet again, what about contracts. ?
If Bateman would have struggled in the NRL, i'm sure he wouldn't have wanted a pay cut after 1 year of a 3 year deal.

Yeah but the club might've tried to renegotiate or off load him.

Re: Bateman to seek upgrade, future clouded at Raiders

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:29 pm
by moto748
Mike wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 7:06 pm

Yeah but the club might've tried to renegotiate or off load him.
We'd have had him back.

Re: Bateman to seek upgrade, future clouded at Raiders

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:51 am
by DaveO
Mike wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 7:06 pm
bertina wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:23 pm
shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 6:41 pm I am not sure it was a good move by John to make such an announcement in GF week. No doubt that he is worth more than he is getting but there is a time and place for everything.
I'm sure he is now that he's proved he can hack it. But yet again, what about contracts. ?
If Bateman would have struggled in the NRL, i'm sure he wouldn't have wanted a pay cut after 1 year of a 3 year deal.

Yeah but the club might've tried to renegotiate or off load him.
And he could have simply refused either option. As I have said before, contracts only work for the benefit of the player.

Re: Bateman to seek upgrade, future clouded at Raiders

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:48 pm
by shaunedwardsfanclub
moto748 wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:29 pm
Mike wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 7:06 pm

Yeah but the club might've tried to renegotiate or off load him.
We'd have had him back.
In a heartbeat, but some posters are totally against players being allowed to return from Australia 😮

Re: Bateman to seek upgrade, future clouded at Raiders

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:51 pm
by medlocke
shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:48 pm
moto748 wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:29 pm
Mike wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 7:06 pm

Yeah but the club might've tried to renegotiate or off load him.
We'd have had him back.
In a heartbeat, but some posters are totally against players being allowed to return from Australia 😮
Only when they fail

Re: Bateman to seek upgrade, future clouded at Raiders

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:45 pm
by shaunedwardsfanclub
medlocke wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:51 pm
shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:48 pm
moto748 wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:29 pm

We'd have had him back.
In a heartbeat, but some posters are totally against players being allowed to return from Australia 😮
Only when they fail
What criteria do you use to decide if they failed?

Re: Bateman to seek upgrade, future clouded at Raiders

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:05 pm
by medlocke
shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:45 pm
medlocke wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:51 pm
shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:48 pm

In a heartbeat, but some posters are totally against players being allowed to return from Australia 😮
Only when they fail
What criteria do you use to decide if they failed?
What criteria do you use to decide if they've succeeded ?

Re: Bateman to seek upgrade, future clouded at Raiders

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:37 pm
by The booze hound
medlocke wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:05 pm
shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:45 pm
medlocke wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:51 pm

Only when they fail
What criteria do you use to decide if they failed?
What criteria do you use to decide if they've succeeded ?
Let's be honest, generally the successful ones don't come back.

Re: Bateman to seek upgrade, future clouded at Raiders

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:04 pm
by medlocke
The booze hound wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:37 pm
medlocke wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:05 pm
shaunedwardsfanclub wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:45 pm

What criteria do you use to decide if they failed?
What criteria do you use to decide if they've succeeded ?
Let's be honest, generally the successful ones don't come back.
Exactly