Mine has a lot of pictures for the hunks thread. It's a veritable rugby league porn gallery.

And you said the concept of Chinese lanterns was bourgeois. That goose would cr@p on an encroaching peasant as soon as look at him

I am the epitome of nouveau riches.

And actually, no, that's not just any Goose, that's my Mario Testino.

So he has his vias now,

Is this Blake fellow any good then?

Seems a back up NRL player, another Dobson then?

Hope so.

It wasn't a dig, even though reading back it maybe sounded like one.

I think all Rovers fans would be happy if he turned out to be as good, Dobson though was younger and a had a very good proven record in SL already before you signed him.

I watch a fair bit of NRL and to honest I have never seen or noticed Green play before.

Sorry, I couldn't help it.

I've never seen him play either, I have no knowledge of him other than what I've read since HKR were rumoured to be signing him.
Im just looking forward to having regular halfbacks next season, hopefully he will be as amazing as some people have predicted.

Have they?

I have just done a little research (yes I have nothing better to do ) and most comments I have read seem to think he is a average backup utility player.

Thats not to say he won't make a good SL player though.

Possibly true, but a sad indictment of SL and Rovers ambition all the same...Green is obviously never going to make it in Aus, he is being cut adrift by his third club midway through his contract at 24.., Rovers have signed him in the hope that he will be revitalised by a change in surroundings and be a decent SL player...

Obviously therefore JM rates the English game as somewhat inferior to the NRL for him to hope this, and also cannot really be looking for success by signing a player he "hopes" can make it in this country...perhaps Wigans ominous signs of short term dominance have caused JM to admit defeat in trophy ambitions for a season or two..

Dobson, although very good at what he does in attack (particularly kick) and a prolific points scorer, will never be a medal winning half back due to his major deficiencies in defence and his general poor showing in "big" games.., something i believe JM is fully aware of.., Greens winning ratio is extremely poor.., he is not a "winner" per se.., if Rovers were serious at having a tilt.., having got together a decent enough pack (minus a genuine class hooker), then surely the next step would be a half back of the highest winning mentality..???., together with a some quality in the 1-5 shirts.., not a half back who "might " be "decent" to go alongside a good player, but one who cant take the next step...

I hope i am wrong but i think another it is going to be a season or two (depending on next years ins and outs) of nearly but not quite and what might have been...and unless the crop of youngsters coming through are as good as everybody hopes , we may have missed our boat.., we have had a golden window of a very poor FC side for a few seasons now, i cannot imagine that will continue ad-infinitum.., other Yorkshire clubs are looking to re-build.., Rovers will face a battle to get the best youngsters signed unless we can provide an enticing enviroment....and we will eventually not have the luxury of ten overseas players to flesh out our squad...interesting times for a lot of people...