Re: rumours on twitter : Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:45 pm  

blakeysrobin wrote:

Every team has players to make your own better, its a given. would take lineham but its a mystery why we have never craved your halfbacks whilst you have licked the backsides of plenty of ours.

I've been supporting Hull for 16/17 years now. In that time Dobson is the only half you have has that I would have wanted at Hull. Webster did well for you, but had a lot of deficiencies. Green was average for you and only since going to Wigan has he looked like a top player. Burns is ok, but it's his competitiveness and aggression that I like, I don't think he is that skilful. Keating looks worse that our halves.

Even Dobson is only a decent player and nothing more, if he was anything special he would be an NRL regular. Let's be honest he isn't fit to lace Jason Smith's boots. Same goes for Tony Smith. He will never achieve half of what Richard Horne has. And based on playing ability alone he is behind Adam Dykes and Matty Head too.

Re: rumours on twitter : Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:49 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

I remember bigging up the signing of Michael Ratu. I take a perverse pride in that.

I was delighted with Chris Thorman. But also McGoldrick. Best to remain optimistic until the (almost universal) let-down, you have a better time of it.

[Mild Rover]

Re: rumours on twitter : Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:27 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

I was delighted with Chris Thorman. But also McGoldrick. Best to remain optimistic until the (almost universal) let-down, you have a better time of it.

Happy trumps right, every time.

Even if it is short-lived.

Re: rumours on twitter : Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:03 pm  

McGoldrick and Rankin? Could have been a pretty good pairing I reckon.

Re: rumours on twitter : Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:21 pm  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

. Green was average for you

He was anything but average in his 1st year, winning POTY and looking a class act. It was only his blood clot injury pre-season in 2012 that ruined his 2nd season.

Re: rumours on twitter : Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:09 am  

Dykes and head better than Dobson are you for real everything in your post was wrong including your knowledge of Blake green

Re: rumours on twitter : Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:36 am  

fun time frankie wrote:

Dykes and head better than Dobson are you for real everything in your post was wrong including your knowledge of Blake green

You are deluded. Dobson was in his prime at Rovers.
Dykes & Head were finished/crocked when they joined Hull.
Dobson has had three attempts at the NRL & is/was hopeless.
Both Dykes & Head were major players their respective NRL clubs for years.

Re: rumours on twitter : Sun Jun 08, 2014 5:45 am  

Dykes was a great player, we just never got him on the pitch enough. I still believe we would have won the cup in 2008 if he had played.

Re: rumours on twitter : Sun Jun 08, 2014 6:11 am  

Hasbag wrote:

Dykes was a great player, we just never got him on the pitch enough. I still believe we would have won the cup in 2008 if he had played.

He put himself out of that final, the coach told Paul Hatton to get him 80% fit! which he did then on the day he wanted to do some light training they was inside wembley & he was running up the steps in the stands like a maniac, & pulled his hamstring!

Re: rumours on twitter : Sun Jun 08, 2014 6:31 am  

fun time frankie wrote:

Dykes and head better than Dobson are you for real everything in your post was wrong including your knowledge of Blake green

Both were far better players than Dobson. That's why they had over 300 NRL appearances between them and Dobson can't get a game. Trouble is they were crocks by the time they came to Hull, so we only got flashes of what they could do, but they were very good players. Head in particular imo.

As for Green, I remember him coming over and having a decent 1st season. Then he got his injury and they found the blood clot and his second season was heavily disrupted because of this. He was a good player, he's proving that now, but I certainly didn't "crave" him when he was at Rovers.