i suspect he won't get 500k on his next contract which at most has 1 year to run.
secondly since we got the good version of Oates back, the one that can miraculously find a way to get the ball down and makes great meters (especially the tough ones out of our own end), is worth every cent of the 500k we're paying him.
if you were talking about the Seilbold (Wish) version of Oates, you'd be right, that guy was worth SFA.
we have him for another year, i'd rather not help the Tigpies out, or any other club for that matter ... **** them
Retirement probably (fairly) looks a lot better than the hiding to nothing he's on for the next few months...and next year when they're jostling for the spoon...just on the Tigpies ... did anyone see the post match press conference when Madge was asked "Are you the right man for the job for the Tigers?"
his response of "ah, yep" hardly convinced me that he thought he was the right coach for the Tigers
They've got the Jackson Hastings coming next year who is a marquee signing for them, and Gildart who is another SL player.
Other than that, not much but I'm hoping they decide Oates, Isaako and Flegler are really good buys.