According to reports in Australia, Dobson could be heading back to Canberra for next season if he can negotiate a release from Rovers. www.canberratimes.com.au/news/lo ... 15779.aspx? What's everyones thoughts on this? Who would we replace him with? Is it all just nonsense?

According to reports in Australia, Dobson could be heading back to Canberra for next season if he can negotiate a release from Rovers. www.canberratimes.com.au/news/lo ... 15779.aspx? What's everyones thoughts on this? Who would we replace him with? Is it all just nonsense?

If Dobson does leave, maybe it shows that we should have gone in for Danny Brough

Interesting. I like the Aussie definition of 'coy'.
He'd need replacing like for like. It'd free up a quota spot, but I guess it'd have to be used on his replacement - no top British 7s are likely to be available. I'd much prefer him to stay, but if he wants away at least it is back home, rather than to a rival SL club.
The worrying thing is that a Hull fan is now almost certain to use the 'rats leaving a sinking ship?' line, and witless predictability isn't against the AUP.

The timings didn't fit, unfortunately. Excepting Brough, there isn't really anybody in SL who is the right type and quality of player to fill a Dobson shaped hole.

If dobson would have hung about at Canberra he'd have replaced carney.

I can see it happening tbh.

For hkr to find a 6 and a 7 from oz in the off season will be a big ask but not impossible.

Agreed.

one hell of a task...

Would be a big loss to Rovers, as other have said to find 2 top overseas halfbacks for next season would be hard and giving them time to gel etc.

I am not sure that Dobson is good enough for the NRL, cant blaming him for wanting to move back there.

Cronk and Finch, already Gelled and Melbourne need to off load a few, just need some cash and a the little black book of salary cap avoidance and we're well away.

too late, both have already agreed deals with warrington

Sounds like an agent trying to drum up buisness to be honest. Not spoken to Canberra, Rovers or the player in question.

Non story IMO.

I love the line about being sick of living in Hull. Not 'missing home', just sick of Hull. Not a direct quote, I hasten to add.

Think they missed the FC bit off the end of that quote..

Hasnt the agent in question got very good ties with Hull KR? so cant see it been him if im been honest.

If there is substance in the report then it does make you think there issues in Rovers camp - that's if we didn't already know.

If he's not happy then we won't get the best out of him so it's Auf Wiedersehen Pet!

Quote ="very red robin"Hasnt the agent in question got very good ties with Hull KR? so cant see it been him if im been honest.'" Titan management have ties with Canberra aswell. www.titanmanagement.com.au/index ... &Itemid=73 and lets be honest If this is a chance for an agent to make money they are hardly gonna turn it down.

Quote ="very red robin"Hasnt the agent in question got very good ties with Hull KR? so cant see it been him if im been honest.'" Titan management have ties with Canberra aswell. www.titanmanagement.com.au/index ... &Itemid=73 and lets be honest If this is a chance for an agent to make money they are hardly gonna turn it down.

Quote ="clubfoot fc"Titan management have ties with Canberra aswell. www.titanmanagement.com.au/index ... &Itemid=73 and lets be honest If this is a chance for an agent to make money they are hardly gonna turn it down.'" Not if its going to cost him in the long run by breaking ties with rovers...

Quote ="clubfoot fc"Titan management have ties with Canberra aswell. www.titanmanagement.com.au/index ... &Itemid=73 and lets be honest If this is a chance for an agent to make money they are hardly gonna turn it down.'" Not if its going to cost him in the long run by breaking ties with rovers...

They have players with every super league club apart from saints and wakey so I'd imagine they'd still be able to find uk clubs for there players.

I think your being a bit niave if you think an agent wont recommend a move for a player purely because he has good links with his current club.

That Cooke lad at Wakey wouldnt be a bad replacement

I never said he wouldnt recommend the move at all, i just played down on the suggestion made earlier that the Agent made the story up himself to get the interest, IMO the interest would of already been there and hes just backed that up.
And he has 6 players with Rovers, 2 with Catalans and the rest only have 1. So lets be honest here; its a very big chunk of the players.

Fair enough I thought you were suggesting that because riolo has links with rovers he wouldn't recommend a move away.

Agree they have a big chunk of players at the minute with rovers but that could all change at the end of the season.

IMO we will have 3 of them players next season, maybe 4 depending on Dobson situation.

Possible Riolo has been touting some of the players OOC at the end of the year to clubs like Canberra and has had the reply 'not interested in those but we'd have dobbo.'

Rovers would certainly not be averse to this deal happening......and may even have some role in it.....

The thing is, he is under contract so if Rovers couldn't find a replacement, and a deal doesn't suit them, it'd be perfectly reasonable to expect him to stay - maybe sweetening the pill, by saying he can go at the end of 2011. No need to panic.
Canberra's interest doesn't seem that firm yet, anyway.

Here we go again, the team isn't playing to well so the............. '([iinsert players name here[/i) .......... is leaving 'cos he's not happy



FFS get behind the guys, on the pitch and off it - focus on positive points not negative