Theres no doubt about that. Most SL squads would benefit from having Newton there, guess you just expect more from him.

wasnt dobson voted man of the match???

When your halves have played a half decent team (not one thats played 3 lost 3) come back and tell us how good yours are in comparison.

Too much Scotch is it mate or selective vision?

That said I'll have a double

Why? Surely you aren't telling me he was actually playing. I thought they were going to need a search party for him.

must have been his twin then that put the grubber in for briscoe's try then you div!

Do people still use the word Div in East Hull? Classy...

Only 1 who's played for his country

They do, in Leeds I believe a similar word is Loiner. To be a div= Loiner.

Classy, but then East Hull does have its reputation to uphold I suppose.

Not entirely accurate.

Dobson has played for his country at Schoolboy level and Cooke's played for England!

Typo.

Infact, who'd have thought Noble's failed decisions as an international coach would have such a detrimental affect your clubs ridiculas wage structure?

Ya see, on planet James Rule, he believed that a player who contributed to 83% of the team's tries over a 4 year period was ot as important as being selected by Brian Noble and getting shown up for clearly not being international standard (Raynor & Carvel apart).

dont get what you mean there. are you suggesting thatit was rule who brought in the pay increase for gb internationals?

what you've got to remember is that cooke couldn't get a higher contract at any sl side thats why he agreed his 4 year deal with hull.

err as a winger was that?????

yeah hes only played once as a winger

sorry, was just checking, cos I thought we were discussing the merits of nearly international halfbacks, surely the international winger debate was back in october with calderwood v fox!

Only while he was with FC. He's been sh*t for his "boyhood heroes".

Oh I don't know he's had a few moments of brilliance - you've probably just erased them from your memory.

All i can say, based on your above comment is, a five year old is probably more informed regarding rugby league than you are .
You must have been wathching a different game to the rest of us.

Wrong there mate. He stated at the time that he received bigger money offers from other clubs but chose to stay at FC cos it was "local".

Maybe James Rule didn't introduce the system of introducing bonuses for GB internationals but he certainly advocated it.

It's a flawed system that can lead to chaos.

i've never seen any reports about him staying because it was local tbf.

agree with it been a flawed system though as is our reportedly overseas one.

TBH i think he had a poor game too, other than the kick for Briscoe he didnt offer much, good try line defence from him though,
maybe Dobson taking over doesnt suit his game?

Are you for real?

you think he had a good game then?

please enlighten me as to how he was so good.