Quote: WARRIORCRAIG "Ah ok, seems a strange one, thought he was tied down to a longish deal. He's replaceable but I think we could do with some stability in the squad. I don't think we can cope with another heavy turnaround.
After last night's game I'm not convinced Bateman is a long-term option at centre and we need to know what is happening with Sarge ASAP. If he's going we need a quality replacement.
The thing that really confused me last night was why Bateman was playing right centre with Gelling and Manfredi on the left. Bateman bombed a couple of two on ones and didn't looking comfortable passing to his right. Gelling looked like a fish out of water on the left hand side and had a torrid time in defence. All of their tries came down that side, the tackling attempts for the break that led to Crabtree's try were woeful. Would definitely be looking to swap them for the Leeds game. Is there any word on how much longer Sarg is out for?'"
Although solid in the role im not a fan of Bateman in the centre if cover is needed I would use Tomkins, although moving position around is not ideal, Tomkins is just getting back to his best at second row he looked hard to handle last night I just think he offers a bit more as a centre in attack.
