Dixon gone : Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:16 pm  

According to Sky Sports, has signed for Hull Kingston Australia. Broncos made him a very good offer but has turned it down.
Two points here:
After a year out, doesn't he feel he owes the club something ?
Has he not spoken to Caro? HKA are an underperformance team despite the roster and with a succession of coaches, he must be mad.

Re: Dixon gone : Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:22 pm  

He doesn't use the same agent as Caro, I suppose? Remember the bit near the bottom of this piece? http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/sport-c ... 69318.html

He doesn't use the same agent as Caro, I suppose? Remember the bit near the bottom of this piece? http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/sport-c ... 69318.html

Re: Dixon gone : Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:21 pm  

I can't agree he owes the club anything. It's not his fault he's been out. Let's face it last winters antics very left him unemployed at a point when he was basically unemployable as a rugby player. Owe a club that nearly did that to him??

He needs to look after himself. Reading between the lines the injury was nearly a career ender. We still don't really know how he'll come back. If he can get better money and / or a longer deal + a higher standard of rugby he's have been daft to stay sadly.

Re: Dixon gone : Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:24 am  

Nice lad, wish him luck, but I think HKR is a poor choice (though choices could have been few).
Got to agree with Halfdan. After the debacle of last winter he owes us very little.

Re: Dixon gone : Fri Aug 15, 2014 11:06 am  

Hull KR is a club that can't sign or keep top class players but are attractive to mid-level players because they pay higher wages than Cas / Wakey / Widnes.

Re: Dixon gone : Fri Aug 15, 2014 2:25 pm  

Ronniequin wrote:

After a year out, doesn't he feel he owes the club something ?

That's not really how professional sport works.

Has he not spoken to Caro? HKA are an underperformance team despite the roster and with a succession of coaches, he must be mad.

Eh? Whereas we, of course, are at the peak of our powers.....

HKR are in Super League. London Broncos are not. If I were Kieran Dixon, it would be a very, very easy decision and I'm only surprised it's taken this long to become public.

Best of luck to one of the most exciting, watchable players we've ever had.

Re: Dixon gone : Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:32 pm  

Good lad, obviously ambitious he's made the right choice

Re: Dixon gone : Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:26 pm  

Haven't Rovers recently signed two wingers from their more traditional recruiting ground?

Oh, and I don't think Dixon owes the Broncos anything. Hope he gets back to full fitness and impresses in SL.

Re: Dixon gone : Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:40 pm  

Ronniequin wrote:

According to Sky Sports, has signed for Hull Kingston Australia. Broncos made him a very good offer but has turned it down.
Two points here:
After a year out, doesn't he feel he owes the club something ?
Has he not spoken to Caro? HKA are an underperformance team despite the roster and with a succession of coaches, he must be mad.

just onto our 3rd coach in 9 seasons so hardly a succession of coaches and you sound like gutterfax with the old HKA 2 English players signed this week. And we havent treated caro badly he just isn't up to standard much as I hoped he would succeed

Re: Dixon gone : Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:34 am  

fun time frankie wrote:

just onto our 3rd coach in 9 seasons so hardly a succession of coaches and you sound like gutterfax with the old HKA 2 English players signed this week. And we havent treated caro badly he just isn't up to standard much as I hoped he would succeed

I completely understand the deal about Rovers being in Super League, but the point I am making is that after a year out Dixon is an unknown quantity, we are also very familiar with his defensive limitations and lack of height in taking cross field bombs to the wing. Rovers are an ambitious club but the knowledgeable fans have very high expectations and I think Dixon will go there with a big reputation and a lot of pressure. A spell with Broncos to restore fitness and confidence would have been a better option for the longer term in my view. We were of course aware of the limitations of Caro prior to his signing. I thought then he might get crucified by the fans and I don't think I was wrong.