At least we agree on one thing. I'm not sure you understood my point either....

None of what I would call a good organiser, once again a lack of direction would play a part.

Thats what i am getting at but Knocker is getting defensive and thinking it is just an excercise to have a pop at Hull.

Why would you change the habit of a lifetime?



As Kosh says we cannot sign a squad of playmakers and neither should we try to. If Long is missing then we do have players like Berrigan who can stand in. Every club is different.

The job of a playmaker will hopefully be a lot easier behind a dominant pack next year.

Like a few have mentioned, its hard to replace the key playmaker in the team, the good thing for Rovers is that we have players who can cover the role and have done in the previous few seasons without major disruption. Losing Dobson though would still be a huge loss.

But my point is, if Long is injured and Berrigan is moved into the halves as you suggest then who would share the hooking duties with Houghton? You would be in the same boat as this season when you looked pretty rudderless when Thorman wasnt up to the job and you had nobody else to step up to the plate.
Horney and Fitzgibbon your likely 6 and 13 have many qualities but playmaking and a kicking game are not amongst them.

Yer but Berro could do a job at 7 if required as he has proven previously. Not to the standard of Long but a whole lot better then Thorman!

Washy has played hooker before and could spell Houghton if needed also Tansey played hooker off the bench for Leeds but is more valuable at full back.

I like the idea of either Whiting or Turner at 13.

How? We've hardly beaten you in SL and then you weren't up to playing us for the previous 20 years!

If Long cant play for some reason i'm almost certain either Tansey or Washy will play 7 with Berro staying at 9 where he is most effective. Houghton may not make the bench for some of the season if Berro is going to play 80 mins. Would allow us to play 2 props and 2 2nd rows on the bench for impact. (horses for courses etc)

As Knocker has said, if any team in SL lose their playmaker it will impact them, and our cover is as good as any of the other sides imo. Youre right about Fitz and Horne and lack of kicking game/playmaking, if Tansey moves to 7 i would see us needing to play Washy at 13 and maybe Whiting at 1 to bring the extra play makers in. We have class depth to do that though.

3000 tickets snapped up already

All Rovers presumably?

1,203,354

give or take 15











11000

The simple response is, without Dobson, wh do Rovers have?

Cooke, whom they couldn't even get Crusaders to take on, for nowt!

Exactly the point. Without their first choice 7 most SL clubs could argue the same.

I've looked all over, has anyone any idea what time of day kick off is on 17th jan ?

His [url=http://www.richardhorne.co.uk/events.htmtestimonial website[/url says 2.30.

Dobson and Cooke played in the vast majority of games for them last year. A settled hb combination on the field and in training
is a massive boost for any team. As you say disrupt any team in the halves and things become a lot more difficult.

Found it cheers !

disrupted halves behind a beaten pack, you cannot win from there, even more so with a 5 drives and a kick tactic.

5 drives and a kick comes in part due to a lack of quality in the halves.

5 drives and a kick is modern RL. The majority of the game between Australia and NZ that many people were saying was the best game of RL they had seen on British soil was 5d+k.

Lights blue touch paper.... stands back...

Who won the prediction contest then ?

My prediction was not to shaby

I was high at 18k+

A certain undertaker owes £100 to the testimonial fund. Wonder if he will pay up?