It's all a pack of lies I tell you. I have it on good authority* that he's coming back to Hull and will sign a 4 year contract with our neighbours. He only have to play 5 games for you.

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Best of luck to him - gave us great service.

I hope he does well, but he will have a hell of job removing last seasons partnership of Mullen and Roberts.

I would be surprised to see him back in SL the following year.

Fair play him having another crack at the NRL though.

Don't think he'll be back in SL quickly. Roberts was very good in the finals but Dobbo's a fair chance of getting his starting place imo. Roberts is more of a runner with quick feet & looks a better bet for the interchange hooking spot to me. My main worry for Dobbo is how he'll combine with Mullen. They play similar games & both are left footed kickers. Hope he goes well.

Thats why i think Mullen and Roberts will work better than Mullen and Dobson, too similar.

Roberts and Dobson could work, but I can't see them dropping Mullen.

He will get a chance at some point in the season, so it's up to him to impress, certainly has the ability to do well in the NRL if he gets a chance, he needs a bit of luck.

Dobbo's achiles heel will be his defensive frailties. I just don't see him cutting it week in, week out whilst missing so many tackles. I hope I'm wrong, as after his service to Rovers the kid earned his crack at the NRL.

Roberts really picked his game up after the Knights signed Gower and Dobson, but he still adds very little apart from solid defence and a good show and go once or twice a game. Mullen hasn't had a good halves partner since Andrew Johns and really does play a lone hand, and other teams know that and target him.
Roberts has been super lucky to hold onto the 7 Jersey. He was behind Kurt Gidley till Gidley got injured. He was behind Ryan Stig till Stig got injured. Gower was right on track to take his spot till Gower got injured. He was even one game away from being replaced by reserve grade half AJ Davis, then Davis got injured.
Wayne Bennett keeps hatching plans to replace Roberts with a player who adds more in attack and takes some pressure off Mullen, but the football Gods save him every time, and now he has 60 or 70 firstgrade games and is actually starting to earn his pay.

The dobson rumours were largely started by Rovers fans. It is clear he is not coming to Hull

I know that the false rumours have definitely been peddled by Rovers players and probably a few FC players as well.

No doubt a few months will pass by and they'll get started up again and the same gullible folk who took the bait before will do so again because some fans can't seem to comprehend that players are just like everyone else in that they like to have a bit of a laugh.

I really wish Dobbo all the best at Newcastle but I doubt he'll succeed because his defence isn't great and I just don't think he's very clinical with the ball in hand and a lot of his errors which are forgotten about quickly over here (because of who he is) won't be over there and he'll have a lot fewer opportunities to make his mark in games and I fear this may be the undoing of him.

Of course I hope I'm wrong and he makes a go of it and spends the rest of his career over there but I suspect we'll see him back in SL at some point.

Forget him he is gone if he comes back ok that's life. lets give this young kid Keating a go that is taking his shirt, he might not be as good as Dobbo, who knows the proof is in the pudding. he played in a grand Final more than Dobbo ever did. From what I know this kid is pretty good not same style play maker, he is more of a runner and if he backs up the pack Rovers look like fielding along with Travis Burns I am really looking forward to next season we have bought well as long as we can keep them fit and well we will do alright Dobson is gone finished forget him its a job to them he is a mercenary he will go where ever the shilling takes him. it is rover now not the past that you should be thinking about

What a load of crap. Mercenaries don't stick around for 6 years.

They do if they get 3 or 4 pay rises in that time ?

Oh, so now you know how many pay rises he's had?

I'd like to see him do well in the nrl but not sure he is good enough for that level. I think we may well see him back over here but where, I don't know

Who wouldn`t? its a short career. If someone offered you the extra shilling would you change jobs? I can`t understand you slagging a good servant to your club off either.

Absolutely, I doubt it's actually all about the money with Dobson. He's an ambitious player who wants to test his talent at the very highest level.

We at Rovers were very lucky to have the pleasure of watching him for so long, can't wish the lad anything but success.

I was chatting to Kris Keating on Toll Gavel the other day and he was of the opinion Dobbo will go really well at the Knights.

He also said it was his first week of pre-season and tough going. I asked him the inevitable question and he said he wasn't here to fill Dobbo's boots and he hopes the fans like his style of play.

With Jarod Mullen out for up to four months with hamstring tear it looks like Dobson gets his chance from round one.
He went pretty well in the first trial game against an Aboriginal selection of non NRL players, but in the 9s he was dropped after we lost the first game.
He plays tomorrow against the Raiders at Tamworth in what should be our round one side, plus or minus Kurt Gidley at hooker.


Team v Raiders

1. Darius Boyd
2. James McManus
3. Dane Gagai
4. Joey Leilua
5. Akuila Uate
6. Michael Dobson
7. Tyrone Roberts
8. Kade Snowden
9. Travis Waddell
10. Willie Mason
11. Robbie Rochow
12. Beau Scott
13. Jeremy Smith

Interchange

14. Adam Clydsdale
15. Korbin Sims
16. Zane Tetevano
17. Alex McKinnon
18. Chris Houston
19. Adam Cuthbertson
20. Pat Mata’utia
21. Josh Mantellato
22. Jake Mamo

I really hope he grabs this opportunity and goes really well for you. It's his last chance.

Good luck to him but like a lot of fans on hear I don't think he will make it in the big time and I recon after a season or two he will be back in super league but he will have tried

In a season or 2 he will be 30 and in the twilight of his career. No matter where he ends up, it's fair to say we have had his best years.

Knights side for round one

1. Darius Boyd
2. James McManus
3. Dane Gagai
4. Joey Leilua
5. Akuila Uate
6. Michael Dobson
7. Tyrone Roberts
8. Kade Snowden
9. Kurt Gidley (c)
10. Willie Mason
11. Beau Scott
12. Robbie Rochow
13. Jeremy Smith

Interchange

14. Travis Waddell
15. Chris Houston
16. Alex McKinnon
17. Adam Cuthbertson
18. David Fa'alogo

Dobson and Mason finally get to line up together, I see.

I hope he goes great for Newcastle.

We never saw them in the same room together..........?

I think he was consistently good for yourselves, Catalans and Wigan. I don't think he'll ever control an NRL game like he did over here, not because he's a bad player - just because he's more suited to the UK game.