Brough's never gonna happen. He has a distinct dislike for Hull. His kid's a Dobbin! When it was suggested to him he could just have easily have been a black and white the reply was a stern "I don't think so!".

I was saying to a mate of mine the other day that Hull should do what a lot of football clubs do and send some scouts or a scout out far and wide (in this case Oz and NZ) and look at 1st 2nd and 3rd grade players with a view to recruiting a suitable player.

We could send a cout out for 8-12 weeks with the remit to find a good up and coming srum half, like previously stated the Aussies 2nd and 3rd graders are often as good a player as our 1st teamers.

Agree, but the fact remains he's far better than anything we have in the locker now.

The name that always comes to mind when people mention players like that is Ben Barba at the Doggies who is a sensational player but is getting kept out by Brett Kimmorley.

Without a doubt but so is Jonathan Thurston and he won't be signing for Hull either!

Maybe you should apply for that scouting role previously mentioned!!

just wikied the fella, signed until 2010. Must be a goal kicker as 130 points in 11 games. To be honest i know nothing about him, but why we can't take a punt for someone like that i don't know.

I cannot see any reason why the club shouldn't be doing this approach (maybe they are?), after all it could turn out to be a masterstoke if a gem is found. We could offer an up and coming player a one or two year deal on half the salary an established qouta player gets.

Theres more chance of Stevie Wonder reading your email!

brough would love to come back,
its our board that is the problem

Think you could say Dobson was a risk, unproven in the NRL and only ever played for teams at the bottom of the table in the super league. But he's really matured as a player and when watching him you'd think he's a seasoned veteran but he's still only 22 and I think Rovers are trying to build a team around him (hopefully for us in return we'll win some trophies). The guy mentioned Ben Barba? He would probably be a risk worth taking, I mean what have FC got to lose?

Last time I checked, we already were a top 8 side.

Brough is not top 4 standard IMO. If you're happy to settle for less then that's fine I guess.