Re: Allan Bateman : Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:25 pm  

One of my favourite players. If anything a little too selfless... on a number of occasions he could have scored brilliant solo tries but looked for support. I guess that could’ve been his RU background, not wanting to be isolated.

Re: Allan Bateman : Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:53 pm  

He was on our coach trip to Cardiff I think it was. Of course I had to ask him the question...yes he is a Wire.

I asked Jiffy the same question too one time....Clare Balding quipped up immediately "is he a Wire?...we can't shut him up about Warrington"
Jiffy just gave a big smile.

Re: Allan Bateman : Sat Feb 17, 2018 1:46 pm  

So Warrington offered Bateman a contract worth £14,000 a year in 1995, that would have been worth about £25,000 now.

Cronulla offered him the equivalent of £70,000 a year in Britsh pounds, which is more like £130,000 now. Then Warrington told him they'd match it.

Sounds like the club was taking the mickey out of him. What a shambolic way to treat a great Wire.

Re: Allan Bateman : Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:18 pm  

I think someone did the maths and realised at the time it would have cost £100K to sign a centre near his capabilities.

Re: Allan Bateman : Sat Feb 17, 2018 4:48 pm  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

I concur, Kwik

Bateman was quality. Saw him stick Tuigamala on his aris, a couple of times.
Liked Rowland, too
Was never overly keen on Ellis. He was good at dominating poor halves, but was always second best to Edwards, Gregory, Fox and Aston.

Johnny the Sheep Davies........manlove
I'd pay good money to watch him make toast.

Genius

Davies could still play now and be our best player! Effortless talent. Man love

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Allan Bateman : Sat Feb 17, 2018 4:56 pm  

Double whammy moment, we signed Andy loving Currier to replace him.

Re: Allan Bateman : Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:09 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

Double whammy moment, we signed Andy loving Currier to replace him.

don't I know it.
That's like reminding me if that Lydon drop goal....argh doh!

Re: Allan Bateman : Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:26 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

Double whammy moment, we signed Andy loving Currier to replace him.

A poor time in Wire history.
I remember half the letters to the Guardian one week (when the rumours were abound that we were signing him) were fans BEGGING the club not to sign him.

Peter Higham wrote an open letter in the following week's edition, basically telling the fans to shut up, and he'll sign who he wants. Days later, the dirty deed was done.

Peter Higham's darkest hour. Sad, really.

Disgrace of a player.

Re: Allan Bateman : Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:31 pm  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

A poor time in Wire history.
I remember half the letters to the Guardian one week (when the rumours were abound that we were signing him) were fans BEGGING the club not to sign him.

Peter Higham wrote an open letter in the following week's edition, basically telling the fans to shut up, and he'll sign who he wants. Days later, the dirty deed was done.

Peter Higham's darkest hour. Sad, really.

Disgrace of a player.

Just disgrace covers it.

Re: Allan Bateman : Sat Feb 17, 2018 6:14 pm  

I feel grubby just reading his name.