yes think mines the dumb blonde moment

When does he get his chance then? apart from the next ten weeks Dobbo is likely to play every minute of every match, as will Green, and will never be rested. Would we want to play him at home against a wily Jarrod Sammut / Michael Witt, or away against Salford with a wily Daniel Holdsworth. Give him a go, if he's good enough he'll show some signs of improvement. With Scotty at 13 and Galea in the back row he'll get enough help and if it gets tough they'll be able to move up and take some of the weight off.

Personally think if he doesn't get his chance now he never will and will afirm that Morgan wont let a young player ever have a pivotal position.

According to the HDM scotty is going to be at 7 and green at 6, so maybe our big players ie Vella and Clinton, galea need to step up a gear and support the backs, what about when webbo comes back drop colbon and put hall on the wing, I do think it's the right thing to do in operating now as more damage could have Been done the more weeks he would have played. Scotty needs to up his kicking game as we all know he is more than capable of this.

Bell was playing still playing under-18s last year, wasn't he? If he is amongst the best 17 players available, then I'm confident Morgan will pick him. The coaches see him train regularly - they'll know how close he is. I [uwant[/u him to be ready, but if he isn't yet that isn't a reflection on the club's overall commitment to developing players.

My one worry about Morgan is his seemingly lack of trust he puts in the younger players to play pivotal positions. We saw a couple of years ago when Briscoe was injured and he drafted in Haynes (i think it was). the kid was being touted as an exceptional FB in the U20's, so JM played him on the wing and moved our then winger (fitzy) to FB. It was a disaster and the kid got hung out to dry. Why we felt the need to blood the kids out of position on the wing is beyond me. Even seasoned pro's (briscoe) look terrible when played out of position. So if the lads are to get a go give them the most chance and play them in their preferred position.

The one thing about SH is that defence isn;t a big issue, most SH are the weak link in defence so all he'll have to concentrate on is his attack, if the pack muscle up againts a smallish cas pack he could show us what he's about. Must be worth a try cos scotty isn;t a 7 as long as he's got a hole in his ar5e.

250k is a snip, and of course saints would be willing to pay a fee.

When was the last time Saints paid a fee? All their spare cash is going into a new stadium, no way would they stump up a sizeable wedge this season. They will cover Eastmond from their excellent Jr ranks.

I would have thought Dobbo's next move will be back to oz, moving within SL would seem a bit pointless unless he was going to a club likely to challenge for honours in the near furture. Everyone knows Saints are starting there downward spiral as all there true talent is nearing retirement age and their only real prospect is off to RU. Reckon if wigan called he'd have his head turned but no one else.

why will he go he loves it hear it was sods law we get a decent number 6 to play along side him and he picks up a ankle injury

and let the young kid bell have a go

I actually messed up, thought blind man was a saints fan, never realised he was just another Duller fishing..

I thought he was a saint as well





Oh well it could have been worse he could have said Dobbo is dying to play for Agar

Good post, more of this please.

Quick question will Craig Hall be playing everyweek for you guys now? Or was webster just injured for one game?

Suspended for two after a dodgy tackle on Riley at your gaff. Therefore you'll need to sub him out of your fantasy team for at least another week.

Might find a niche somewhere in the 3/4s at least while Dobson is out, as a goal-kicker?

Came out of Sunday with more credit than most, it sounds like.

He's called blindman not stupidman, saying that he is a duller...

Yeah he did well made at least two, maybe three very good defensive plays that involved making good decisions and wrapping man and ball and a couple of astute passes. Unfortunately Fox seems to have decided to jam in on a lot of plays and was badly out of position. He never got a chance of running in broken field, but that can wait for the pitches to firm up.

He did kick well and if iirc whilst over on the wrong side of The Chocolate River's Tributary and got a chance used to over there too.

I'd personally like to see Welham to right centre, Hall to left with Webster moving out to the wing in place of Colbon who just seems to be lacking confidence since breaking his jaw, even his kick returns aren't what they were.

I'd like to see Bell start at scrum half but with him being spelled through a combination of Murrell moving there and Cockayne spelling Hodgson and Murrell. Cockayne put in good big minutes on Sunday, he'd been off about two minutes on Sunday before Murrell took a knock and then he came straight back on. I like Hodgson a lot but at the moment he doesn't seem to have the concentration yet to play as many minutes as we're asking him to.

That's an awful lot of tinkering to say it's only round four, I wouldn't necessarily do all of it, just wanging ideas out willy nilly.

As others have alluded to our major problem (more so than missing Dobson on Sunday for sure) was our inept performance in the front row. Wheldon has been our best prop, and has played well, I don't want to be detrimental towards him, but at fifth in the pecking order that really shouldn't be so. Vella was good in Cardiff but Clinton has been non existent so far and that's not acceptable from the guy who should be leading the line.

Im flattered with all this attention, thanks guys.
Still think Dobbo will be a Saint by Easter though, with one of there players returning to craven park.

It's not attention, it's people laughing and pointing at you for instantly recognising you as the gormclops you are.



Wink away, I look forward to your offerings of chocolate bunny rabbits as an apology for your idiocy when Easter comes around and you're shown to be the know nowt you clearly are when this fails to materialise.

That is it. First I tell everyone my internet connection is gash and NickHKR takes me to the cleaners for not watching Hull KR TV properly, then Mild Rover exacts his been/being revenge, after that Barton Baird (black and white get who never writes any poetry to substantiate his name) joins in and now ruddy Ranga's giving it out.

I'm self censoring myself for the rest of the evening.

you can take it

Your round the hat rack and need a check up from the neck up no way will Dobbo leave rovers so wind Ur neck in

The one who got outpaced by Coley?

Does anyone know whether Dobson carried this injury into the season and has been allowed to play on and now break down? Sounds like it in the HDM by Green's comments:
"It's going to be difficult losing a player like Michael as it would be if you took Darren Lockyer out of the Brisbane team. The little bugger has been toughing it out playing injured for a while. I'm just glad he has gone in and got it sorted now." Before this turns into an FC slagoffathon, I recognise that FC have a rubbish record on this sort of thing, but would be surprised if Rovers had let their most important player risk getting crocked.