I don't mean the de reregistering debacle that happened last year; I was thinking of any English players that might be available.

Would you, as fans, rather see a SL young fringe player come in or a Champoinship player come in?

Neither.

As a fan.

Would you, as a troll prefer to see us try and bring another Aussie in via the de-registration route? It would give you something other than our 14,000 capacity in 2008 to moan about.

For now, I'd be happy to just use the squad we've got.

If we lost another pivot long-term then you'd have to look again.

If Moore is available, he'd be worth a trial maybe - is he the one that Sheldon was acting as agent for a season or two ago?

Calm down dear, its a qusetion i asked thats all. Cant you enter into a debate?

oh and BTW it was 2010

Its a tricky one, i see what you mean.
My question was in reference to a young SL fringe player might not be as battle hardened as a Champoinship player

But with all due respect to the Championship, for it to be worth it we'd have to be looking at one of the better players and why would any of those teams be willing to loan us on of their best players just before the season starts. As a fan six or seven years ago I'd have been livid if we'd decided to loan The Magic Rat out to say, Castleford a month before kick off. Mainly because we usually only had about half a team a month before kick off. We're not in a position to pay a fee either.

I know Scott Murrell was elected the fans forum scaegoat for 2012 but is it really necessary for us to be looking at paying to bring a lesser player in when Scott can do a perfectly good job for a few months if not all season, with the option of moving Withers to 6 and Carlile coming in if need be due to injury / form.
Murrell never had a good 2011 but he looked unfit and had been moved from 6 to 13 to 9 back to 13 and then into 7 over the last 3 seasons.
He's a perfectly able 6 alongside a very good 7 in Dobbo, last year he was playing 6 alongside an out of position green at 7 (or vice versa) so it was always difficult.
Give the lad a chance and he'll do a good job.

I've nothing against using Scotty as short term cover, but if this is a long term lay off, we should either give Bell a shot or if he's deemed not good enough, we should look for someone who is.

There will be no debate with you, as you clearly are a mass debater.

You mean half back? lol

Really feeling for Green at the mo, hope he makes a speedy recovery.

I know a local player who suffered from what he thought was a dead leg, ended up in hospital and diagnosed with a blood clot in the leg, nearly lost his life because of it.

Murrell would be my first choice for now but if CS wants to go for a big 17 he could easily put in Galea at 6, we know he can do a good solid job in the role.

Bell is miles behind Murrell and isn;t ready for first team rugby. The problem we'd have is a championship 6 would probably be no better than Murrell so why pay and risk it. An established 6 would cost a fair bit of cash even if you could find one. Got to asj the question, if a 6 who is that good is available, then why are they available??

I wonder if Sam Obst has a get out clause?

Gone to Batley

Don't blame him, there's a right massive Tesco and Red Brick Mill where he can get a nice sandwich and a sofa that looks like a zebra.

Love the Red Brick Mill. Champagne Nail Bar there.



I know Blake Green is a very good player, and a very important one for Rovers, but I think your elfin leader is overstating it to say he's better than Rangi Chase, Leon Pryce, Brett Finch and Danny McGuire. Just my opinion, but I don't agree with him.

Totally agree.

The most important thing we need from a 6 is a kicking game and Murrell has a superb one otherwise everything will go through Dobson and we'll be easier to shut down.

I don't think it's a good idea to move Withers from 9 either because he needs to be at acting-half and defending in the middle.

I suppose if Murrell did play 6 on the right-hand side there'd be the option of him interchanging right second-row with Con Mika who can also play 6 as well if necessary.

I just hope that if Murrell is selected to play 6, people get behind the team instead of whinging because of his lack of pace - a kicking game is more important than pace in today's game IMO.

Withers at 6, Carlile at 9.

this would be the option I would prefer to see also, but if Murrell does get the nod at 6 then as a fan he would get my full support.

Just not sure bout Carlisle at mo he's an unknown at present might be a risk to begin with

Mine too, I liked the look of Carlile at 9.

His hand speed from acting half was great, firing passes in both directions accurately and really speeds the play up by following the ruck well.

Withers was poor in a poor team last year, let's be honest, if Carlile is impressing, play him.

Got nothing to lose suppose, green such an important player gutted for him, I'd be tempted to play Galea there maybe.

I'm just going to run this up the flagpole..maybe we should play a 6 at 6?

I know it's wacky but, you know, sometimes these crazy ideas come off.