What's the frequency?

I for one am really looking forwrd to seein ghow KR go this year, if Cockayne is injured I think a backline of

1. Mantellato
2. Dixon
3. Goulding
4. Blair
5. Sio
6. Campese
7. Kelly

is as dangerous as most in super league, and if they gel for me will be above FC come seasons end

Just last year (2013) I watched the Knights go out to a 14 - 0 lead over Canberra, then Campese took control of the game and seemed to have us pinned in our own half all game with pin point kicking, and Blake Ferguson took advantage of the field position to force his way over for 3 tries (well, one was a long range effort, but you get the idea).
We lost 44-14 I think.
I've seen Campese do that a hell of a lot over the years, all the way back to when he took the whole comp apart in reserve grade. Canberra set point scoring records when Campo led reserve grade.
Him and Ricky Stuart obviously didn't get on, and 2014 was a lost year for Campo, but the reason he is on a 500k contract is because the guy rules the field when things are working for him.
If a change of club and the fact that he is playing for his football life gets him to have one of his great years, he will really be worth whatever you are paying him.
I can tell you that whenever we are playing Canberra I always think, geez, I hope Campo is off his game today, because we are stuffed if he isn't.
He has had a lot of off games in recent years. Hell, he was off his game all last season, but he has also had some terrible teams around him and the culture at Canberra has been really off.
Ricky Stuart is second only to Brian Smith in his ability to destroy the morale of a playing group, and just getting away from Stuart might be enough to kick start Campese back to his best.
In conclusion. Form is temporary. Class is permanent. Campese has a lot of class when he wants to show it.

roopy, how's Campese's short kicking game, and could we expect to see a few hoists to the corners for Mantellato to use his height?

No way will Josh be used at full back, it would be a total waste of the guy's best attributes. Dixon, Sio or Cockayne at f/b for me.

Campo has the full range of kicks, and he also has the ability to use the strengths of the players around him. He will give Kelly plenty of chances to run, and Josh plenty of chances to jump.

You should also know that Campese is 6 foot and 103kg and has been used as a lock forward in the past. He defends as well as a forward because he is built like one.
He won't be a defensive liability. In fact, he'll probably be one of your better defenders.

If he brings all what you are saying to the pitch he will do for us

I'd love to tell you the guy I just described shows up every week, but you don't always know which Campese will get off the bus. Sometimes he can be very disinterested for no obvious reason, and I don't think he goes well injured. Some guys play just as well if injured, but he isn't one of them.

Do you think that Campese and Kellys styles of play will blend well together in the halves Roopy?

I think they will. Kelly can kick well, but he'll probably be happy to leave most of the kicking to Campese and look to run a lot more, which is his strength.

If he didn't have flaws in his game he wouldn't be heading to the UK. I just hope he can stay fit for 20+ games.

Good to see the HKR youngsters coming through.

1/10. You won't be making the FC trolling 17 with garbage of this standard.

It's quite interesting on the Canberra Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RaidersCanberra that most fans are annoyed by all of the Trolls having a go about about Campese, If Hull fans look back they will find bad comments about most of their players by their own fans, it happens!, Didn't some fans of a certain club once say that Dobbo was crap because he couldn't make it in the NRL, and in 2013 when he went back to the NRL, certain people said he wouldn't get a game because he was behind the likes of Campese, if that's truly the case I for one will be well happy.

It's quite interesting on the Canberra Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RaidersCanberra that most fans are annoyed by all of the Trolls having a go about about Campese, If Hull fans look back they will find bad comments about most of their players by their own fans, it happens!, Didn't some fans of a certain club once say that Dobbo was crap because he couldn't make it in the NRL, and in 2013 when he went back to the NRL, certain people said he wouldn't get a game because he was behind the likes of Campese, if that's truly the case I for one will be well happy.

Who cares where they come from. Look back at your best days, kemble, o hara, sterling,
Au kau, leului (sorry about terrible spellings). Don't think they came off west hull.
If they are a winning team that's all that matters.

I'm not to bothered about my team been a local team for local people it isn't royston vasey

Trouble is, a winning team these days (in a league with a salary cap) contains the vital ingredient of having a fruitful academy.

There's no fruit at Rovers. Just a few cabbages with Australian accents.

Shows how little you know about our club then

FCs youth system is the only thing they can bang on about nowadays. What makes them think they can hang onto them if they come good anyway? They have been in decline since the day Adam Pearson bought them. I wonder if Chelsea and Man City fans give a t@ss where their players are from?

Talanoa
Sa
Paea
Miniciello
Paleaaesina
Michaels
Rankin

Yep, plenty of Aussie accents there. Obviously, these are only here as back up to the conveyor belt of local talent that has been delivering title after title to West Hull.

Is there any?

Absolutely any?

Chance?

We can stop talking about Hull Football Club?

They're an irrevelance.

1 year deal, had a year left on his contract in Aus - I don't see how this can be a bad signing, if he wanted to sit in the stands he'd have done so in Aus whilst earning his final years salary. He obviously wants to continue playing and hopefully will play out of his skin. He'll move on after a year, we can't afford him.

Who?

Absolutely Sister.

Quote ="phil webbo"It's quite interesting on the Canberra Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RaidersCanberra that most fans are annoyed by all of the Trolls having a go about about Campese, If Hull fans look back they will find bad comments about most of their players by their own fans, it happens!, Didn't some fans of a certain club once say that Dobbo was crap because he couldn't make it in the NRL, and in 2013 when he went back to the NRL, certain people said he wouldn't get a game because he was behind the likes of Campese, if that's truly the case I for one will be well happy.'" Canberra fans are very odd ducks. They spend their lives tearing their own players to pieces, but if anyone else says one word about their boys, especially a club legend like Campo, they'll back him to the death.

Quote ="phil webbo"It's quite interesting on the Canberra Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RaidersCanberra that most fans are annoyed by all of the Trolls having a go about about Campese, If Hull fans look back they will find bad comments about most of their players by their own fans, it happens!, Didn't some fans of a certain club once say that Dobbo was crap because he couldn't make it in the NRL, and in 2013 when he went back to the NRL, certain people said he wouldn't get a game because he was behind the likes of Campese, if that's truly the case I for one will be well happy.'" Canberra fans are very odd ducks. They spend their lives tearing their own players to pieces, but if anyone else says one word about their boys, especially a club legend like Campo, they'll back him to the death.