THAT is the definition of a new low for you..
You should spend less time watching Leigh and more time watching these players actually play.
Roby's the only one that gets anywhere near.

You're the one claiming Buderus's past playing performances in some way justify his signing whereas signing other players with their best years ahead of them is not justified, I think you are the only supporter of any club who would complain if they has signed Dobson two years ago given his consistently good and frequently excellent performances for Rovers over these last two years.

Overall this season Buderus has been no better than any other player at Leeds English, Aussie or Kiwi.

Lovegrove was Rovers players player of the season this year, this suggests that real players have a different opinion of his worth to your good self.

Which player would you drop for Ratu? One of those well known mediocre Aussies Cockayne or Welham?

Fine you think Donald is a top quality player. I dont, i think he is a middling NRL player and the game in this country wouldnt lose anything by playing Lee Smith and Ryan Hall ahead of him. It would be my personal choice, and would have been for the past three years to play Lee Smith and Ryan Hall ahead of Donald because i beleive they are better players.


i have said consistantly that a team like Hull KR could drop 2 or 3 of their 10 overseas players and find a british player to replace them and the league would suffer no drop, or a negligable drop in quality. Wigan could do so also.



Scott Donald-----Lee Smith
Kylie Lueluai-----Luke Ambler
Ben Fisher-----Paul McShane,
Rhys Lovegrove-----Liam Higgins
Blake Green------Greg Mcnally/kyle wood
Shad Royston------Danny Addy/Vinnie Finigan
Charlie Leeano-------Kyle Bibb
Mitchell Sargaent----Jacob Emmitt
Michael Korkidas------Ben Gledhill/kyle amor
Cameron Phelps-----Karl Pryce/Josh Charnley
Phil Bailey-----Tuson/Mossop/Farrell
Damien Blanch-----James Davey/Sak Hardaker
Jason Demetriou---Danny Allan
Maurie Fa'asavalu----Sean Maggennis
Willie Talau-----Ash Gibson/Ste Tyrer
Epalahame Lauaki------Anyone, Mike Burnett/Dane Manning,
James Evans----Joe Arundel/mike coady


there is half of them there for you off the top of my head who have shown they can, or deserve the opportunity to show they can do the job their equivelant overseas player does.


was it, im think you are doing a disservice to Clarkson there. He is in there on merit, not potential,

what else would you suggest a player is judged on other than his performances?


when they arent particularly good yes, it isnt justified.
i have no problem with you having Dobson, its having Dobson AND Fisher AND Green AND Lovergrove AND Galea AND Newton AND Webster AND Mason AND Vella AND Clinton


That just simply isnt true

FWIW, Huddersfield had just 3 overseas players in the 17 on Saturday night

including 2 signed from the lower leagues,

well done huddersfield, They are a acting as a top quality template for 'smaller' clubs in how they should be run, many of them should take note

But it's not about replacing Donald with Smith or Hall is it? They're already playing. It's about replacing Scott Donald with either Kallum Watkins out of position on the wing or with Tom Bush. That is most definitely a drop in standards.


No what you said was

You're confusing yourself here aren't you?




Indeed, and half of them are already playing regularly in SL. They can't play in 2 positions at the same time now can they. The other half are virtually untried, for instance you've suggested Coady who's made 1 appearance in SL and 6 Championship appearances this season and you expect him to play every single week in SL and there be no drop in quality. Also Danny Allan to replace Jason Demetriou? You're just making yourself look silly now.


He is now yes, which is not what I said was it. I said there was a drop in standards at first which there was, unless you now think Clarkson is a better winger than Ryan Hall.

So are we playing 3 wingers or is this massive drop in quality down to the fact we would have Kallum Watkins or Tom Bush as cover? Are you really arguing that it is an unacceptable drop in quality to have Kallum Watkins as Leeds first choice back up rather than Scott Donald?


there will be a drop in quality, it just wont be that big.


indeed they are, its asking young british players who have been first reserve to step and replace fairly average overseas players and give them a chance as first choice, again not a huge drop in quality


no, but then James Evans has only played 8 games this year. Do I think Mike Coady could play 8 games of SL in a year and it not result in a massive drop in quality for the league, I certainly do, it would be nonsense to suggest otherwise.

Not all the overseas players i have listed are first choice players, they are reserves which is where the untried players will get that experience, they will then move forward to be first choice. But this wont happen if we instead bring in 24 year old Australian reserve graders.

Yeah, Demetriou has been fantastic at Loose hasnt he? thats probably why he isnt being released and cant get another gig in SL he is so good.
Leeds, Clarkson, and as such SL have certainly benefitted more from Clarkson getting a shot on the wing due to injuries. Certainly more than if Leeds had employed a second middle of the road thirty year old Australian winger as cover just in case Hall, Donald and Watkins were injured

And you miss the point that had Clarkson not been given the chance, had Leeds decided to go pick up a Charlie Leeano or a Blake Green insterad of trusting Clarkson he would never have got the opportunity to prove his worth and to earn his place on merit.

If he was as poor as you suggest then Rovers wouldn't even be a mid table side.
Is this the same Jake Webster who's only played 14 games this season?

Try again Smokey.

Its irrelevant.
There's no need to employ Jake Webster

What?

Indeed, a mediocre side like Rovers beat Leeds home and away this season, food for thought eh?