If Pay nabs Bateman and played a big part in it of course he deserves credit but to deflect what I was saying with a hypothetical is a bit of a cop out.
As if stands Bateman isn't a Bulldog and it's only rumour. On the flip side what happens if Pay doesn't attract anyone and has another year of "rebuilding" with not much to show for it?
The club has spent the last two years treading water and yes that due to the cap but I don't really see any of these players Pay has asked for patients with being long term answers.
Jackson, Hoppa, Tolman, Elliott and Foran were already established first graders when Pay arrived and he has added DWZ and Napa to that last.
The rest are all still trying to establish themselves and look what he's doing with the likes of Reimis and Meaney with their positional changes.
Hopefully some more players establish themselves this year because its going to be mighty disappointing to have gone through these last few years and we only have DWZ and Napa to show for it.
Yes, as my post clearly said, at this stage Bateman hasn't happened - and might not - it'll just be funny to see which of the board and Pay haters flips if it happens.
No cop out mate - you just seem to have lost your well respected objectivity and are happy to bag Pay at any opportunity.
You're saying to me I used a hypothetical and then you've done exactly the same.
We've played two real games since September - one of which we lost narrowly after a tumultuous week for the club and the other, yes, we absolutely blew it in the first half with way too many errors and couldn't catch up in the second half.
I'd take your point a little more if the season had've continued and after this weekend of Round 11 we were 1-10.
I don't agree with everything he's done (positional changes), but nor do I believe it's for no reason and that it's because he's clueless as some here continually suggest.
