Here is the Mild Rover plan - you'll find me on page 3 of the Rovers and Hull Fantasy League!



Full back - Briscoe and Sheriff

Wing - Fox and a new signing (Ainscough or Hodgson?), plus one of Latus, Cockayne or Colbon.

Centre - Welham, Webster and Hall.

Halfs - Dobson, Green and Tommy Lee.

Hooker - New signing (splash some of the Mason cap space?) and Hodgson.

Props - Watts, Wheeldon and 1 of Clinton, Netherton and Vella. 2 new signings.

Second row - Newton, Taylor, Cook, Lovegrove (Cox).

Loose - Galea and Murrell.

25 players including unnamed new signings. Sheriff, Welham, Murrell, Lovegrove, Cox, Watts, Taylor are 7 homegrown players - we need an 8th, which puts Latus ahead of Cockayne and Colbon.

Unless Clinton doesn't take up his option and is one of the props to leave, we have no new quota spots. We do still have [u2[/u non-fed spots though, so a Samoan or Tongan (with passport already in hand!), would be a good option.

Ins: New wing, Tommy Lee, new hooker, 2 new props.

Outs: Cockayne, Colbon, Fisher, 2 props, (Mason)

Agree and of the underlined only Vella and Galea are pulling their worth. Cook for me is one of the form players and Taylor should be playing more game time or lose him.

10 of the starting 13 vs Salford & Wigan were in the side 4 years ago. That would've been 11 if Newton had been fit & 12 if Fisher had got the starting nod over Hodgson.

How many other sides are virtually unchanged from 2008?

Continuity can be a good thing but we’ve had a bit too much recently imo. We’ve stood still while others have upped the ante & passed us.

Time for some fresh blood.

We also need to find a couple of players that will inject the energy & enthusiasm Stan & Makali used to bring, especially off the interchange. We’ve missed that.

Briscoe, Colbon, Clinton, Vella, Netherton & Fisher to go for me. Not sure about Galea just yet.

Paul Aiton could be a good bet for the hooking role.

Too friendly up front. What we need badly(and Mason was that man) is an in your face impact forward who doesnt give a feck. An are you looking at me badboy.

Some promising props in action in the Fax-Leigh game - Frank Watene, Makali Aizue, David Mills, Jim Gannon.

Bloody pudding!

Remember Watenes try for rovers at home against York (i think) where he chased that kick down and managed to surprise the fullback?

Doing a brilliant impression of a Kiwi Brendan Hill. You could launch an observation balloon with those shorts.



Really miss Makali me, would've had a bromance with him.

Rich Beaumont and Dave Petersen?

Sadly not.







We'll have more than 8, but 8 have to be in the top 25 earners.

.......or could lead to a bid to sign someone like Iain Kirke.

Needs to have been with Rovers for 3 years between 16 and 21, iirc - I'm not sure Kirke qualifies. There are flexible rules if the year or years were prior to 2008, but they cease to apply if you've since left the club. Wilkin would qualify, possibly...?

It goes to show there is not too much out there to sign. Hull have signed a failed hooker from the national leagues, a scrum half or prop from the national leagues. And sicknote himself from Aus. And Agar knows what he is doing? Think we will struggle to find new blood but we need something and quick.

Apart from your last sentence, which is glaringly obvious to even a five year old this is all totally irrelevant you massive plank.

Well the rumours on hdm web site are fisher to widnes nevo webbo brisco also to widnes, retain Vella and galea for another season, who the hell are we gonna replace these with if tru

New hooker, more involvement for Sheriff, Peterson, Cox, Beaumont and Taylor. Hall slots into Webster's position and promote three or four (see R.B.A. for details) from the twenties.

Pick up anyone decent that's on the market, ideally a couple of props, fullback and maybe a half.

He's under contract??

We can always tell him to sling his hook if The Chemics come a knocking. The caveat to that is that ginge got that info off the HDM comments section so it's about as trust worthy as leaving Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a hotel room full of chamber maids.

About as good a read as your drivel... She is not to far off the truth with some of the Widnes stuff, will become more interesting in September when we can talke to other clubs.

Nobody takes that rule seriously - and to be frank, nor should they. Tbf to players, it ought to be May or June or even earlier. They should be allowed to test the market - and realistically they are. It's a useful charade to stop damaging stories and disruption. Informal discussions will be underway - discreetly.

What are you on about now spanner chops?

Paul Whitehouse must surely get the part when the movie is eventually cast!

I say!

Yeah so was Mason