jonh wrote:Given he has several suiters from the NRL who are after him to be their starting half it’s safe to say he won’t be cheap.
I have no idea how much cap space we have however I do know that there are several areas we need to look at before we look for a new starting half, namely centre.
TL retiring wasn’t an announcement that will have shocked the club, they will have know about this for months and will have taken that into account when making offers to incoming players and contract upgrades.
The priority at the moment is clearly finding a resolution to the French situation and the centre position. We have 1 centre confirmed, we still need another.
If we could upgrade contracts, retain French, confirm another centre AND then have enough cap space left to sign Croft I’d be onboard but I really don’t think that is realistic.
By the way, I didn't say we should sign Croft. I said we should be interested in him as we should any quality player.
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NickyKiss wrote:It sounds like we’re a chance still and that’s great. It would be one hell of a boost to tie him down.
I got a call from a mate the other day telling me that French was staying. He's pretty well connected to the club so I'm far more hopeful than I was a few weeks ago that French will be staying.
If it is true that he has agreed a contract extension then I'm a little surprised that the club haven't announced this already unless they want to get the playoffs sorted or maybe link it with some other news? Maybe Bateman going back to Australia could be part of the silence? I have zero knowledge of this other than a few rumours flying around and if French does stay how can we accommodate Field, Bateman and French within the cap? As I say pure speculation on my part but I'm quite sure that a number of deals (in and out) have yet to be announced.
Itchy Arsenal wrote:I got a call from a mate the other day telling me that French was staying. He's pretty well connected to the club so I'm far more hopeful than I was a few weeks ago that French will be staying.
If it is true that he has agreed a contract extension then I'm a little surprised that the club haven't announced this already unless they want to get the playoffs sorted or maybe link it with some other news? Maybe Bateman going back to Australia could be part of the silence? I have zero knowledge of this other than a few rumours flying around and if French does stay how can we accommodate Field, Bateman and French within the cap? As I say pure speculation on my part but I'm quite sure that a number of deals (in and out) have yet to be announced.
The Bateman to wests rumour got mentioned again on NRL360
Hooper said Bateman has knocked them back.
On social media I can see he’s just had a baby, has a big house in the north west and is managing a cleaning business.
Can’t see him going.
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NSW wrote:The Bateman to wests rumour got mentioned again on NRL360
Hooper said Bateman has knocked them back.
On social media I can see he’s just had a baby, has a big house in the north west and is managing a cleaning business.
Can’t see him going.
The pull would be if his Australian partner wants to go home and give her family the chance to see the baby grow up. At some point I can see him doing another couple of years over there but probably not yet.
Itchy Arsenal wrote:I got a call from a mate the other day telling me that French was staying. He's pretty well connected to the club so I'm far more hopeful than I was a few weeks ago that French will be staying.
If it is true that he has agreed a contract extension then I'm a little surprised that the club haven't announced this already unless they want to get the playoffs sorted or maybe link it with some other news? Maybe Bateman going back to Australia could be part of the silence? I have zero knowledge of this other than a few rumours flying around and if French does stay how can we accommodate Field, Bateman and French within the cap? As I say pure speculation on my part but I'm quite sure that a number of deals (in and out) have yet to be announced.
I think the smart money would be on the rumour that a family member of French is awaiting approval to move to the UK. Maybe Wigan are confident of it going through but nothing can be confirmed until it is.
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