Thats bigman drinking, you look like you can only handle half a pint

When I used to go drinking I got by on far less than 13 hours sleep.

HAHA! I'll give you that one Tiger

How would fans feel about Bateman to wire for 260k IF it meant avoiding admin and keeping all the over young players?. Don't know if theirs anything in it but heard this rumour from a couple of sources today.

Snap their hands off.

Losing Bateman would undoubtedly be a big blow, especially to those who have pledged. However I would have to hear why selling our best young player meant we could move forward in the future. I worry for our long term future if we need to sell to keep going. What will have changed in 2 years from now? Or will we need to sell our next brightest star once again to keep going.

We have heard we have this long term plan.. well I'd want to hear it and in some detail. Selling someone like Lynch at inflated prices I can seethe logic in. Selling youngsters to balance the books paints a grim picture for me.

Exactly my thoughts

How would it know that it wouldn't be Bateman today, then Whitehead tomorrow? How long before we sell Kopczak, Crookes and so on. It could simply be a repeated cycle....just to keep going

Once again I would like to know how they would fit that in under the cap...

Me 2 plus i would be very annoyed when everybody pledged i will feel cheated

Quite frankly is there much point in competing in the super league if we have to resort to selling our best players to struggle within it. Id much rather see us have a good championship side than a complete also ran super league side.
Keeping hold of our top players is also what attracts new potential players. Its a must that this young group of players are retained and built on.

Peronally I hope Bateman stays with Bradford. However, with the 'live' cap Wire would have to get clearance from RFL for a significant signing, so he either would fit or the deal could not be done. One scenario, outlined by others, is a sale to Wire ( or Leeds or Pies or someone ) and a season-long loan to the Bulls. All theory, as I reckon he'll stay put anyway.

I would be loarhe to sell anyone with the promise of staying out of administration. That seems to be in the hands of CC as and when he decides wht he is doing.

I would suspect that official 'cap' money wouldn't be where he would get the bigger part of his earnings. With wealthy outside sources of income the sky's the limit - not the cap.