I'm going for bateman.my source told me last night pearson was quietly confident on bateman,and if as the story says we spoke to a player on monday,that all kind of fits in nicely

Monday is what I was told, AP and unamed player, a backrower.

It isn't Bateman or Whitehead.....it's both!

If true that will keep them going for a month or two as it certainly wont be cheap to get them both.

Only question I have is just how much have we actually got left on the salary cap ???

Id take them 2 and let Ticks go, think we could swing it all so it doesnt really cost us anymore than we are paying now and in transfer fee's

I just came.

If Tickle does actually go who is gonna be our goal kicker ??

Too much info

If we got both and lost Tickle it wouldn't be bad at all. The only thing then is the goalkicking.

Benji or Brough to take over the kicking

Holdsworth will kick the goals.

Calm down mate, doubt we'd be able to afford both.

If Whitehead has just signed a 5 year deal I'd have thought it will cost quite a bit to get him?

Westerman.

They are in administration and the administrators job is to take all sensible offers for a player. Although i reckon it depends more on whether CC and Noble want him.

Not really, Bradford need to sell.

So what is a sensible offer for a talented young English player with 5 years left to run on his contract?

Think any club waiting for liquidation to pick these players off is daft. These sorts of situations often end with a white knight arriving at the eleventh hour. I'm glad we're seemingly being pro-active, although now it's public knowledge I'd expect others to throw their hats in the ring, most notably Wire.

Not for knockdown prices though. It's the Administrators job to get as much money as possible. If other clubs are interested we won't get him cheap.

I don't think we are looking to get him cheap, we appear to be trying to get him ahead of the pack which makes sense to me. We have the money available and cap space it's a smart move.

Well they'll go to the highest bidder.

But it won't be dependent on how long they're current deal is.

We won't get anyone from Bradford on the cheap,the administrators will be hawking them around every club and they'll go to the highest bidder in both transfer fee and players wages. Unless Adam's negotiated a quick deal for taking them both,take it or leave it and put a tight time limit on the offer.

More than what it would cost for a 17/18 year old who only has played 20 games.

Length of contract has no bearing on the level of compensation when trying to buy out that contract?

Administrators don't care about the value of commodities, they just take the highest bid, they are mercenaries, could be hundreds could be thousands it matters not to them. The players will just want some solid employment and wages and as little upheaval as possible, a choice between working in Hull or Wigan/Warrington? Hopefully they would lean towards us.