That wouldn't be far off.
He wasn't a top earner in the nrl but still on good money.

I think we should have put Clark at 13 and made Robert play at 9 and earn some money.
He's never a 7 as long as I've got a hole in my bum.
He's not a 9 either but he is a lazy git.

Rubber weren't you predicting he would win the GF for us?

Too right I was. We've invested more money than any team.
That only goes to show that there have been some flaws.
And the title thread I started has highlighted where it is....or a big feckin chunk of it lay.

Here is post no1... 2nd March!
Still haven't changed my opinion.

Then why on earth were you tipping him to win the Harry Sunderland Trophy?

Because there had to be something he was holding back that he'd let loose in the final.
I got that wrong...fortunately I had a tenner on Roberts and Ratchford for the accolade.

He was holding nothing back. That was it. We should have an unwritten forum rule never to refer to him again so we can forget the whole sorry saga.

Had you of said that before the GF rather than only tipping Roberts, it would have added a lot more credibility.

It was 14s I couldn't resist for Ratch plus the doubt that Roberts wasnt wasn't anything more than he's been all season.


I take some comfort in knowing he wasn't able to finish his Wire spell on the pitch.

Sandow had his failings but by god he gave everything he could. That's all I ask.

Perhaps Roberts did give everything, and our mistake was to pay a grossly inflated premium for him doing so.
Anyway, were done with him now and I agree with Wires71 that we close this chapter off.

RD asked for positive posts only on Roberts, the only positive I can come up with is that he has now played in PnB for the last time

File him away next to Asotasi under 'stealing a living'.

Never been so happy to see the back of a player.

IMO He was a lot better than Roy to be fair just not what was expected for a high roller in a pivotal position

Tosser

Roberts was signed at the last minute and he clearly rushed a decision, regretting it once he realised what life would be like over here. I suppose we bear some of that accountablity as it was always a risk under the circumstances. At the time I don't think we had much choice in the half back department - nothing available and persisting with Patton wouldn't have got us to two finals.

I don't get the same feeling with Austin and his family - they're already embracing the chance to spend a few years overseas (with their euro trip) and seem to be under no illusions as to the differences between here and home.