The board will be active again today i suspect.

It's reported in the HDM that Dobbo wants to return to, and prove himself, in the NRL. He has an option in his contract to leave at the end of this season but Rovers are keen to secure another longer contract.
Other talking points today will be Hudgells comments about...
He will be staying for another 3 years..
How the club now sets its sights higher than "Knocking over Hull'
His thoughts on how Hull KR have under-achieved this season.
Willie Masons departure was a blessing in disguise, and he was a gamble they didn't have to take.
How we are unjustly bagged for our reliance on overseas players,yet we had 6 local lads playing on Sunday compared to Hulls 3.

As i said, expect a busy day..

Dobson to South Sydney?

www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html I'd be very surprised if he doesn't get a couple of good NRL offers.

www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html I'd be very surprised if he doesn't get a couple of good NRL offers.

Bit sad that was on the agenda any-way, beating us wins nothing in the long run, were pants


It is interesting about the rumours with Morgan leaving maybe this is one of the reasons Dobbo may want to go, though I suspect his ambition has to get in the NRL at home with his family.

I think we'll find out when his agent arrives, but i'd be surprised aswell. (your hoping one from South Sydney could be tabled i see)

Now it actually states eventually he wants to test himself I reckon Dobbo will sign for two more seasons then he will go back to aus as the case may be with green, if they can get their combination right together better who knows in two years time how great they will be, Dobbo is a great player and a really nice bloke to I for one wud wish him all the best if and when he does leave he's been great for kr.

Makes us feel better though.

,and we did have to beat you to get to the next round of the playoffs last season.

Unless Wigan get rid of leulia then surely there would be not enough room on the cap, and I don't think Many players would follow Morgan i would put money on it.

Yeah and who knows we may have fc to thank for kick starting out season

Would love him at Souths tbh, he exactly what we need.

It also states...
"=#0000FFIf the right opportunity doesn't come around for Michael I would hope we can tie him up sooner rather than later on a longer-term deal," he said."

So what if the right opportunity does come around?

Us as well....

If it comes around then so be it I'm pretty confident he will stay, I don't have gut feelings very often but when I do they're normally right, I said we would beat hull we did I said I must get up at 6 every morning and I do

he will go when he is ready and I think he has unfinished business here

Dobson has tried (and failed) twice to make an impact in the NRL however he is one of the best within the Super League and gets the plaudits and no doubt the pay for that.

This team is built around him and he must have had a large choice in to which stand off we should go out and sign. He probably would love a crack at the NRL but he is still very young and still gets found out a fair bit over here.

Taking any Rovers tinted specs off Dobson would be best spending a further few years here improving at a good standard before returning possibly to one of the new NRL clubs and trying to make a name for himself there.

As for Morgan leaving, I just couldn't see it unless it was to take charge of an NRL club. Morgan doesn't strike me as the kind of person to take a step down and an assistants role I doubt he would take up even if the long term benefits are greater. He has the chance at Rovers to really push on for honours and once you've won something over here I am sure he'd find it much easier to get a head coach job over in Aus/NZ.

The other link [url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/HULL-KR-Hudgell-targets-years/story-12737754-detail/story.html=#0000FFHudgell targets another three years.[/url

I don't agree there nick, he's at the right age now if he stays at hkr he may miss his chance to sign for a good NRL club.

Think ur spot on with that assessment nick that's my thoughts exactly, Dobbo apart from injury has not been back to his best yet this season if anything green has shone more but I think couple more years at kr he will be there or there abouts,and I think it's great news bout hudgell staying on.

What u mean like when fitzhenry went back to west tigers at what age.......

Not sure on this one, big thing is whether he wants to go back to aus for family reasons as well as playing ones. His stock isn't at its highest right this moment, his injury and rovers dip in form have probably lowered his profile a bit. He hasn;t had the call for the exiles which again will have been a bit of a knock back.
I'm certain he'll see out his extra year, whether he then pens a further term is purely dependant on how much of a risk he's prepared to take to try and prove himself in a comp he hasn;t fitted into that well before.

Someone who knows NRL better than me maybe able to answer this, would he be likely to have to take a pay cut to go back to NRL?

Yep that's the same, he went back to be a utility player and had a massive amount of NRL experience.

Dobson could have the chance to be a starting half back to prove himself and earn a big deal.

So in point 2) he's basicly admitting that playing FC was rovers cup final for the last 4-5 years



3) Signing the "biggest overseas signing in the history of SL" was a gamble they didn't have to take, is he saying they didnt need to Gamble (given the circumstances of his arival and the Tongan or not Tongan saga I'd say that was unlikely)or they didn't actually need/have to sign Mason?

And given 4) Rovers have applied for various dispensations (Stanley Gene, Lovegrove, the Mason/Dobson Hokey Cokey etc ) over the last few years to whine about being unjustly bagged for overseas players is somewhat taking the mick, especially when he measures it against local (presumably Hull born) players rather than UK born players in a single game. A better measure would be Brit v Brit and over the course of a season rather than one game that could provide a skewed view to project a certain agenda. Although I'm sure that was totally unintentional.

What does he earn BR? With the exchange rate he could get over £130,000 in the NRL and if he proves himself he could get a massive deal in 2013.

The bagging for overseas players may not be truely unjust, but certain other teams being seemingly completely overlooked for criticism is a bit unjust.
The Wigan team that won the comp last year had 8 o/seas players, I think your good selves are now running at 7 and that is coming from a team that once bragged about how much home grown talent they had.

I would just hate for him to go back down under and become an unknown and put on the back burner Dobbo knows how important he is to us and would hope he stays to at least see his last year out, his form hasn't Been great and as Br said he's lost out on a few things this season, I don't think money would be an issue with kr I've heard he is on a million pound contract for next three seasons

I wud be gutted if he went but also pleased for him.

The NRL is going to be the more lucrative option with their salary cap increase and I have no doubt given the chance he will shine but that is the thing, how long do NRL clubs give players to shine when they can go out and attract top youngsters at a fraction of the cost who will grow in to that role and possibly become a life long member of that club.

The problem Dobson has is he has tried twice at Canberra and not really done anything so by going back and quite possibly doing the same will do him no good what so ever. I would wish him all the best and hope Rovers would leave the door open for his return as long as we could financially afford him back but I honestly can see nothing other than a new 3yr deal here at HKR.