If we match his valuation of himself he wants to stay.

Yes that may well be the case but not always

Told you that has he?

Hull have all the control right now, he has said he wants to stay providing Hull meet his requirements. So if they agree he stays.

Its that simple.

He wants to stay as has been said, he likes it at Hull playing with hisfriends Houghton, Steen and Burnett.

It all depends on if Hull will pay him the money that he wants (or that other clubs are offering) the same applys for Wheeldon.

Due to the salary cap Hull are becoming victims of the sucess of their academy players they have produced

Its never that simple Paul.
But for what its worth i doubt Rovers are interested in Hall at this present time anyhow.

Has this thread actually raised anything new?

Hall out of contract end of season, has his own estimates of his worth and may look elsewhere if this isn't met.

9 pages of same old same old if you ask me

You should be, he has the potential to be one of the best centres in SL.

It might depend on your salary cap space though and the need to sign another centre, when you already have two big money centres signed up.

It is two sides of the same coin really. 'Control' of the situation is held equally by both Hall and Hull.

If Hull approach him about a new deal, then decision is his. If he comes to them with a set of demands, then they can choose.

Only if Hull did not offer him any deal or counter offer would I say they did not want him. Not wanting him because they think his demands excessive or unreasonable is not the same as not wanting him.

id guess thats why its called a contract negotiation

Exactly

Typical of you to come wading in here getting your digs in without reading the thread!

Noones doubting Berrigan's quality, and JM didn't simply 'turn him down'.

You strut around these boards like a peacock on coke, so surely you of all people should be aware of things such as 'the salary cap', and the rules regarding the number of overseas players etc etc.

I'm sure there were many reasons we couldn't and didn't sign Berrigan, but JM was given some advice from a couple of respected coaches and that, amongst those other factors, also had an influence on us not offering him a deal.