I will come clean and admit that i'm a FC fan.Now that is out of the way here is my post.I work with two warrington fans and they told me two weeks ago that Briers is off to Barrow and that Monaghan has been told to look for another club.They alledge that Warrington are going to make a bid for Dobson.Has anyone heared this also.This is not a pi$$ take but a genuine post.

I speak to many Warrington fans on a daily basis, and they were all in unison about how they'd love Dobson in their side.

Now, I think that's as far as it goes.

I can't see it, but if it did, I could see us beating Hull Fc to yet another aussie scrum half signature.

Warrington are linked with virtually every player coming to the end of their contract (or not). Whilst Monaghan will almost certainly leave Warrington at the end of the season, why would Dobson leave Rovers? Apart from the brown paper envelopes stuffed with cash, six figure salary for his missus to do a part time admin job at the club, and a Simon Moran-funded credit card account. Can't see it.

I'm resigned to it.

So we're signing an Aussie scrum half?

That plus some of your other posts have me intrigued.

I don't know anything concrete, but I suggested a week ago on these forums that I thought WIRE and HULL FC would be in the market for Orford if he was looking to come to the UK. Stands to reason if you look around that position around SL, out of the clubs wanting him, those two are the only ones able to match the wage demands I would have thought.

I think most clubs would be happy to see Dobson in their side and the sooner we sign him to a 4 year contract the happier i'll be!

are we able to meet the demands YES

does that mean we will pay them - ill let you answer that one

is he OOC, i thought he signed for 2 & 1/2 years

I thought that too. But apparently its a 1 1/2 year deal with a one year option.

TBH i would think there are many Super League clubs who would pay a kings ransom to have Dobson guiding their team round the field. I suppose already having him signed up is half the battle.

Lets hope his talks with Rovers to extend his contract are as succesful as Fox and Newton's were. The main priority is to get the majority of this seasons team on to long term contracts.