OK, I am worried so I'll give you ALL the info I have.
Cheese called Burton to confirm if he is still coming to us, Burton said yes so Cheese said yes. Reason for the delay is his manager trying to squeeze us. Apparently Cheese was going to be full time lock next year and Bellamy wanted a like for like player, hence RFM and Atoni being linked to the Storm.
Let's see how long this takes to hit the media...
Cheers for the update bro
Hopefully he's just playing games and looking for a bit more cash. We're that desperate for a 9 that we should just give it to him. I like the general philosophy of not paying overs but in this case we might have to. How many quality 9's have we missed out on in the past for the sake of $50K.
Regardless we need to put a deadline on it and get it done soon
BTW how cool is it that Smith, a 25 year old test player and premiership winner, is basing a large part of his decision on Burton, a 21 year old NRL virgin who has played fuck all games in the halves. That shows you the pulling power of this kid. Yes every prospective player looking to join a new club would look at the halves but if we didn't have Burton coming I doubt Smith would even consider us if we had Lewis/Wakeham/Avo in the halves
The fact that Smith had to call Burton to see if he is still coming though is a fucking disgrace and is a result of the media BS articles about Burton "backflipping"