Quote: Dave K. "Thats not to say he won't make a good SL player though'"
Possibly true, but a sad indictment of SL and Rovers ambition all the same...Green is obviously never going to make it in Aus, he is being cut adrift by his third club midway through his contract at 24.., Rovers have signed him in the hope that he will be revitalised by a change in surroundings and be a decent SL player...
Obviously therefore JM rates the English game as somewhat inferior to the NRL for him to hope this, and also cannot really be looking for success by signing a player he "hopes" can make it in this country...perhaps Wigans ominous signs of short term dominance have caused JM to admit defeat in trophy ambitions for a season or two..
Dobson, although very good at what he does in attack (particularly kick) and a prolific points scorer, will never be a medal winning half back due to his major deficiencies in defence and his general poor showing in "big" games.., something i believe JM is fully aware of.., Greens winning ratio is extremely poor.., he is not a "winner" per se.., if Rovers were serious at having a tilt.., having got together a decent enough pack (minus a genuine class hooker), then surely the next step would be a half back of the highest winning mentality..???., together with a some quality in the 1-5 shirts.., not a half back who "might " be "decent" to go alongside a good player, but one who cant take the next step...
I hope i am wrong but i think another it is going to be a season or two (depending on next years ins and outs) of nearly but not quite and what might have been...and unless the crop of youngsters coming through are as good as everybody hopes , we may have missed our boat.., we have had a golden window of a very poor FC side for a few seasons now, i cannot imagine that will continue ad-infinitum.., other Yorkshire clubs are looking to re-build.., Rovers will face a battle to get the best youngsters signed unless we can provide an enticing enviroment....and we will eventually not have the luxury of ten overseas players to flesh out our squad...interesting times for a lot of people...
