John Bateman

[Perth Red]

Alleged Wigan have offered him $3.5mill over 5 years. He'll be off back to SL.

 

[ACTPanthers]

DWZ not in the top half? Gtfo... you’re clueless. He’s easily better than 8 other starting fullbacks. Aekins, Roberts, Isaako, Kennedy, Doeuhi, Mitchell, Papenhuyzen, Charnze.. I’d take him over all of them.

Oh my... you should've stopped at Aekins to honest brother...

 

[KennySterling]

$800k a season is looking very optimistic now.

Or looking even greedier than before.

 

[Rhyno]

Has told the raiders he won’t be there next year

 

[Twizzle]

Has told the raiders he won’t be there next year

source ?

 

[ACTPanthers]

source ?

Probably his sock puppet

 

[shear_joy9]

should just release him now and let him go home

 

[Generalzod]

English Test star John Bateman has told Canberra he will be on the move in 2021 as he weighs up whether to move to Canterbury or back home to his family and former club Wigan.

Bateman has a three-year offer on the table from the Bulldogs and a four-year deal from his old Super League outfit, with the contracts both understood to be worth around $2 million.

Bateman tells Raiders he won't be at club in 2021
https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/06/30/bateman-tells-raiders-he-wont-be-at-club-in-2021/

 

[skeepe]

Two-faced lying merkin can f**k off right now.

 

[The unknown]

Another Ryan Matterson lol

Raiders should tell him and his rehab to get fckd

 

[Timbo]

We better get our transfer fee back.

And he can f**k off and do his rehab somewhere else as far as I'm concerned.

It worried the shit out of me when thought THREE DAYS BEFORE THE GRAND FINAL was the ideal time to go to the club and say he wasn't happy with his contract and he's now shown himself to be a man of Dugan-esque character.

Eat a bag of dicks John.

 

[Chook Norris]

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

So it's confirmed that James Hooper is in fact a god.

 

[shear_joy9]

well Canberra's premiership window closed pretty damn fast didn't it

 

[Perth Red]

Shame, he was a good fit for the Raiders and a big part of their recent success.

 

[Wizardman]

An absolute dog move by him (don't take the soft option and solely blame his manager) to leave a contract by shitty means in the search for more cash. A big shame as he played a big part in the Raiders change of psyche last year.

 

[nick87]

Im gutted about him leaving
The moment he faked throwing the call in the face of a titan and laughed in his face when he flinched I was in love with the guy

Thanks for the memories John. And hopefully you can get back this year and help us make some more.
If not, so be it... 2019 was the most fun i've had supporting his team since i was 6 years old and he played a really big role in that.

 

[Sphagnum]

Good player. The raiders should’ve moved mountains to lock him up. This is on them, not him.

 

[Perth Red]

Good player. The raiders should’ve moved mountains to lock him up. This is on them, not him.

If he's considering Bulldogs for around $650k then you'd have thought it would be worth Canberra offloading someone to upgrade him. A rare attacking talent at second row is worth a lot.

 

[Greenfields]

I'm not fussed if he goes back to England but if he winds up at the Bulldogs then f*ck him.

 

[GAZF]

If not, so be it... 2019 was the most fun i've had supporting his team since i was 6 years old and he played a really big role in that.

You don't rate 2011 over 2019?