Players go to whichever club is willing to give them a decent / better contract....they are proffesionals and wether supporters rate them or not is irrelevant, it's the coach who decides who comes and who goes.

But he would be able to get just as good a contract somewere else, he still has another year on his contract anyway so do you think we will release him from that to come to you? He has also turned rovers down twice before and has said he doesn't want to play there. So wakey it is then, he'll get a good supply from cookie.

He's only there for a month then other Championship clubs can come in and tempt him nearer to home for the rest of the season



I would love to see Rovers sign him for next year and send an Aussie packing but it wont happen

I bet I know who you voted for in the elections.

Craig Hall would have been good cover in the current situation we find ourselves in, Colbon out injured, Fox away for the next game.

I bet you dont.

Aussies can live here and sponge off the Government all they like for me, I just dont want more than one playing in each team.

Kids like Craig Hall should be playing week in week out in SL if we are ever going to have a strong National side.

Aussie coaches yes, Aussie players sod off.

I agree, but it takes time to develop a youngster from the academy, although Kris Welham is an exception.

They should be given National League experience, players like Spaven and Mariano and then progress from there.

So you think Kris Welham is the finished article???



FWIW I'd snap Craig Hall up in a heartbeat.

I worded it wrong, I meant an academy product holding down a first team place.

Of course he can still develop, as can any player! Well most.

If the RFL grew some balls and said in 2011 there will be only one Aussie/Kiwi/PNG/Frencie allowed in each team then SL clubs would have to play youngsters.

Hull could nearly do it now, as could a couple of other clubs, but the comp would not suffer in excitment terms, only skill levels perhaps for the first season or so.

If you watch the Thursday night Championship games I am sure you will agree most are really good games and exciting. There aint many Aussies kicking about in those games except the Gateshead cheaters or whatever they are called now.

It really annoys me, and plenty of other people in the game, that young kids are forced to play in a meaningless Reserve comp or go back to Amateur in order to play every week when there are overpaid Aussies taking their place.

It's always fun catching a few "Hull Sharks..."

No thanks. No better than what we have already.

you can have him, made no improvement what so ever in 2 years, he's still the same raw attacking threat and the same turnstile in defence.

Why would we revert to signing 'average' players.

no fun in making things up

We'll Said Jim

from what i heard at before the start of last season was he turned rovers down because he had to be better than jake and chev and not welham hes a good local played might as well sign him up to build our local players up.

I rate him quite highly as a player but yet what is always mentioned is his poor defending which hasn't improved notably since he broke onto the scene in 2007.

However when it comes to going forward and attacking flair he's top drawer imo and could prosper under a generally more expansive brand of rugby that HKR are playing this season. He's not got a fair crack of the whip from Agar since he became coach and under JM Craig Hall could do very well I think. Although he is British though so Justin may be reluctant to sign him.

Strange comment as our last pre season recruitment was Fozzard,Wheeldon,Colborn and Esders along with Spaven getting a deal.
What part of Oz are they from exactly

This is the bit where they become very quiet

Spaven and Esders? How many league appearances has Morgs given them this season?

However if you look at:
Jake Webster,
Mick Dobson,
Ben Fisher,
Clint Newton,
Ben Galea,
Daniel Fitzhenry,
Michael Vella,
Makali Aizue,
Stanley Gene

you see 9 of your first-choice 17 aren't english which is what I alluding to. (My mistake for thinking my point was fairly obvious)

Probably because they arn't ready.

He still signed them and any fool would know that he had to build a squad capable of competing in the SL which requires Quality overseas players as there arnt that many British ones who become available.
When the British players become available he is in for them

Cooke
Briscoe
Fox
Walker

As well as the ones ive already mentioned.

You seem to have forgotton Lovegrove who is also keeping out British kids

There are no current 'British kids' at Rovers right now that are good enough to take Rhys Lovegrove's place, regardless of his injury.