I was saying earlier that Mrs B will give an honest answer when asked an honest question - she'll try to hide it away, but it'll be there. The forecast remains fair according to our reluctant weathervane (sp?).

When the question marks disappear - that is the time to worry. Isn't it?

Why would it happen in football? they don't operate a quota.

The most likely scenario is that all will be well. However, there is no escaping the fact that Rovers look completely ridiculous to be in this position 6 months on.

Who by the RFL?

But when will this be? Rovers are confidently saying "a few days" but he was sipping the beers just after Christmas with the Tongan president and it was purportedly all sorted then! As it is he's here on a NZ Visa and passport, will he have to go thorough the whole "applying for a Tongan Visa again" fiasco again once the passport arrives? And how will the passport physically arrive anyway? Will he have to go back to Tonga to collect it?

There are certainly no concrete deadlines, and, if the last 6 months are any indicator, I'd have either a twitchy bum or itchy feet if I were Dobbo.

What seems odd is why go to all this bother if they are so sure Masons Tongan passport will arive in a matter of days, they've waited this long for Mason so whats another few days?

it seems even more odd that there are more fc fans bothered than rovers fans. oh, hang on a minute!!!!


big willie's here, dobson going nowhere (this season at least) only a matter of time before we turn it around.

sack the coach! (fook, wrong board, wrong coach)

They can't be sure, surely

We always look ridiculous to you though.

But yeah, I take your point, it hasn't run smoothly has it?!
On the plus side, by purest coincidence and clever finagling I get to see Rovers biggest signing in a generation make his debut this weekend. Those who find themselves ridiculous... c'mon pmh, sing along.



A 4?er. Good effort.





A fair and intriguing '?'. No answer for you, but have a kudo.

is he a quote player also

Havnt a clue as i dont follow football, its just what he's told me tonight, he just said players have previously been de registered in football,
Even though i freely admit i know little about football i would have thought that a footballer would need to go through some kind of registration process

seems to me rovers have bought themselves 10 weeks more to sort it out while willie is actually on the park, if and when the passport arrives its all over, if it doesn't it won't be dobbo making way. I don't remember all this drama when wakey deregistered jason demetriou then re-registered him later on.

Kinda. More along the lines that an 'arrangement' with the RFL fell through once certain other parties became aware of it.

thats because demetriou didnt play for hull kr. the hull fc police are only interested in rovers.

the 4th round challenge cup draw is on sunday 20th march 2011

So we have been hung out to dry then.

Too damned right.

This would be the Greek Jason Demetriou would it? The one that wouldn't count on the quota?

Apparently Nigel Wood has been on some radio station in Lancashire tonight and has stated Rovers can re-register Dobson as soon as Mason's Tongan passport is confirmed. He also confirmed Dobson's contract had to be terminated to allow de-registration so he is actually a free agent.

Taken off Wigan board.

Depends if you count having to play by the letter of the rules as being hung out to dry I guess. Nobody forced you to sign Mason or to bring him over before his passport cleared.

Anyway - I hear lots of things that don't turn out to be true. Maybe this will be one of them.

Technically any such re-registration is at the discretion of the RFL Board. Seems that Nigel Wood has made his mind up already. I wonder if board members from certain other clubs will be as pliable...

Oh no I agree this is a problem we have gotten ourselves in simple as.
But if Wood is going on record to cover his own back when he was in the know and involved then it's a bit off IMHO.

I would certainly hope they do. This club is a total disgrace so far as the quota is concerned and the constant squeezing of foreign players into it's ranks is nauseating.

To be fair it's all just speculation, although the RFL does have previous when it comes to protecting itself at the expense of others.

Any player can play in the challenge cup upto round 4 providing they are registered with a member club as a player. After round 4, only players registered on the Monday preceeding the 5th round are allowed to play from thereon in. If you want dobson in the cup, he has to be registered by Monday 16th May or will become ineligle.

This closed the loophole after the Thackray incident at FC.