How does playing Loose Forward effect things?

The top 3 tackle busters in SL were Tomkins, Chase and Manu. After them 3 it was a few wingers and centres.

There's been no claim that Dowes is a great prop, but you chose to ridicule him for tackle busting, something it transpires he's not actually that bad at.

I'm not claiming that Dowes is a great prop. GML picked him out as an embarrassment, very specifically in the tackle bust department. Fact is, even as 5th choice workhorse (ie non impact) prop, his tackle busts per game are better than most Rovers props. Bring other elements of the game into it if you like, but that's irrelevant to GML singling out Dowes' alleged ineffectiveness as a tacklebuster when, in comparison, he compares favourably to Clinton, Watts, Netherton and Wheeldon. Strange he not laughing at them, particularly when you consider Clinton was the highest paid forward at the Broncos, yet breaks fewer tackles than a no-mark like poor Dowes.





None of which is to do with David Mills, strange how its off thread again mrs b

So where has Mills actually gone if he's not re-signed with us?

With the regards to the 'tackle bust' statistics , I suppose that only tells some of the story.
Part of the equation would be how many defenders are required to stop the run.

Not seen enough of Dowes to know how many defenders are generally assigned to stop his rampaging attacking runs.

She seems pleased that they retained him.
Almost as pleased as the rest of the super league.
Damn we should have released one of those 4 players and gone all out to pinch Dowes from under the grasp of Richard Agar obviously.

Am i right in thinking Dowes stalled on a new contract due to a proposed pay cut and whilst OCC hull AFAIK hardly seemed overwhelmed from other S.L. coaches with offers to sign him up..... and when he did re-sign because of hull's failure to capture other projected targets the majority of fans on their forum didn't seem overly impressed he had been re-signed.

Likewise the overwhelming majority of Rovers fans were delighted Mills was released so on reflection it appears most HKR fans and Mrs B were all delighted with their respective clubs aquisition and release respectively.

At last the true point comes out.

Mills was Rovers weakest Prop and was released.
Dowes is Hull's weakest and got a new deal.

In a nutshell.

Mrs Borista = OWNED

Not at all. The thread has gone like this:

GML chooses to slag Ewan Dowes as the equivalent of Mills and specifically to mock his tackle busting as embarrassing.
I then point out that Dowes, who I don't particularly rate, as our 5th choice prop is still better from a tackle busting perspective than 4 of Rovers props, including the superstar that was the highest paid forward at Brisbane and was being touted for Man of Steel on here.
Whether you rate Dowes or not, and clearly you don't, and I don't, you'd look a complete chump singling out his tackle-busting as an embarrassment when he outperforms most Rovers props on this measure.
I note GML fails to point out in his glee at FC missing out on LMS and Fielden, that Rovers were definitely targetting Radford (a point GML himself has confirmed himself) yet couldn't manage even him.
Still, with Mason arriving in 2 days, and the tackle-busting marvels you already have, I'm sure that's all forgotten.

Nice try, but no cigar, I'm afraid. You specifically mocked Dowes' tackle-busting. His tackle-busting is better than that of Clinton, Watts, Wheeldon and Netherton. Dress it up how you like, but those are the facts.

Of course, as you confimed on here, Morgan did have a target prop, Radford, but were disappointed to miss out.