Post subject: Re: Is Dobson to leave KR at the end of this season?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:56 am
Gordon Gekko
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barham red wrote: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.
They also had around a dozen players who had come through their own academy.
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Post subject: Re: Is Dobson to leave KR at the end of this season?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:06 am
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Sheldon wrote: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.
Yep, he's twenty nine, approaching his peak. If I were him I'd go now irrespective of the money, couple of years with the right team in the NRL and then he'll be able to name his price.
I really want him to stay, but you can't fault his ambition and he owes us nothing. He's also going about things in a completely up front and professional manner, if he does go, he'll go with the best wishes of the vast majority of fans, only the utter gormclopi would have a problem.
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Post subject: Re: Is Dobson to leave KR at the end of this season?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:16 am
rover49
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pmh wrote:Yep, he's twenty nine, approaching his peak. If I were him I'd go now irrespective of the money, couple of years with the right team in the NRL and then he'll be able to name his price.
I really want him to stay, but you can't fault his ambition and he owes us nothing. He's also going about things in a completely up front and professional manner, if he does go, he'll go with the best wishes of the vast majority of fans, only the utter gormclopi would have a problem.
Who, Dobbo !! thought he was 24 ish
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Post subject: Re: Is Dobson to leave KR at the end of this season?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:31 am
Sandro II Terrorista
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rover49 wrote:Who, Dobbo !! thought he was 24 ish
He's twenty five, god knows what I was doing there?
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Post subject: Re: Is Dobson to leave KR at the end of this season?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:16 am
barham red
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Gordon Gekko wrote:They also had around a dozen players who had come through their own academy.
Maybe they did but it still doesn't take away from the fact that they 'flouted' the rules in a similar manner to what we are accused. It could be said it is even more inexcusable that they would rather have 8 o/seas players rather than play more of the academy players they have.
Post subject: Re: Is Dobson to leave KR at the end of this season?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:41 am
Mild Rover
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GraftonRed wrote: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..
Fair play to Dobson. I can see an argument for him doing one more year and going back as the expanding NRL is at its hungriest for talent, but equally if there are good offers on the table now it'd be daft not to think seriously about them. If the NRL is where he sees his future (and who could blame him?), he shouldn't wait beyond 2013. My Tommy Lee riff could be about to go from phlegmatic realism to desperate pleading to the heavens. The rest seems reasonable enough. Now things are a bit calmer and happier, perhaps we'll get a video update on HullKRtv - hope they haven't gone the way of Phil-Back.
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Post subject: Re: Is Dobson to leave KR at the end of this season?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:14 am
Gordon Gekko
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barham red wrote:Maybe they did but it still doesn't take away from the fact that they 'flouted' the rules in a similar manner to what we are accused. It could be said it is even more inexcusable that they would rather have 8 o/seas players rather than play more of the academy players they have.
They have 8 this year but i don't think any have been given special dispensation in the way Rovers players have. Although the RFL's own rules on overseas coaches was broken when they got McGuire.
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Post subject: Re: Is Dobson to leave KR at the end of this season?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:24 am
Sheldon
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There's a rule for overseas coaches?
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The Rugby Football League are in the process of reviewing the video that you are referring to. We do not condone behaviour of this nature and have contacted the player’s employer, Hull F.C., who have confirmed that they are dealing with the incident under their club rules.
Post subject: Re: Is Dobson to leave KR at the end of this season?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:27 am
Mild Rover
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Sheldon wrote:There's a rule for overseas coaches?
I don't know the RFL rules, but I saw something regarding Salford's new coach needing special permission from UKBA as he is only an assistant in the NRL - can't remember the details but that is roughly right.
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