He kept Clint out of the Knights side when Clint was at his peak and Cory was 19 - easily better than Clint.

If he is better then clint bring him on come on the reds

The type of signing I expected in all honesty.

Fairly young, Australian, forward, not too expensive.

That will do for us Roops wonder if he likes blonde wigs

it's Sumet to
Do with newts by the way

If agent roopington says he's good, that'll do for me.

Pretty accurate assessments of McDonnell and Mika last year.

Obviously with roopy having watched all the grades at Newcastle for forty years makes east hull FC fan a better judge though.

Don't take my word for it San, Sheldon's a personal friend of his, apparently.

We won't thanks.

East Hull FC Fan lemon-bitter,
Tiresome trolling in his witter,

Boring McBoringson from boreville,
Frequently spouting utter pigswill,

Learn some new tricks, I ask thee,
For you sir, are as poor as a troll can be.

You aint a patch on our roops so go and DO ONE.

sheldon is a poor mans roopy

Welcome and good luck to him. It'll be interesting to see how we use him in the team and what it means in terms of the shape of the squad.

Didn't see this one coming did you clever clogs?

No.

Let's be honest, if he is better than Clint Newton we've done well to get him. Clint was immense for us. Big things to live up to

Cory Paterson towering kick off.

=#FF0000Sorry roopy, we're not allowed youtube links. MR.

search popular video sharing site for 'Uate try from kickoff'

Very defensive on here, just offering an alternate opinion, that's all. I've never been impressed when I've seen him in the NRL.
If you think you're getting the next Clint Newton you're sadly mistaken.

No we don't think we are getting the next Clint Newton. According to Roopy we are getting a player better than Clint Newton.

You ain't getting that either.

In your opinion. But in the all knowing Roopy's opinion, we are.

In the hierarchy of credibility, which I update on an hourly basis, it's safe to say your near the bottom.

Even my good friend & mentor, Cab Man, is above you. Although you are above FC Imp who has been languishing at the bottom for a couple of years now.

Quelle surprise.

Well, I await his presence in the 2013 SL dream team, and him to be regarded as one of the best 2nd rowers in the league for the next couple of years.
Paterson v Ellis is going to be some derby encounter, obviously.

. . .in your opinion!



I've just been watching Cory playing for NQC, he is a different type of 2nd rower to what we have at Rovers. IMO he will complement Mika, Galea (if he stays) and Coxy, and if all goes to plan become the impact player Rovers have lacked.

Cory also brings a solid defence, he can boot the ball miles, and jumps as high as any player I have seen. I can see him becoming a massive favourite.

Hull fans always (well, often) run down our signings - and vice versa in fairness. Let's see how he gets on once he's here. Making the right sounds at least, which is all he can do at present.
Remember that Newton is generally held in much lower esteem amongst Newcastle fans, than among HKR fans so roopy's endorsement is perhaps just slightly more qualified than first appears.

If Laithwaite is finally confirmed and it's a permanent deal, we suddenly look well stocked in the backrow, and less so for (experienced) props, which'd be a reverse of this season. Lovegrove could move back to prop from being a prop-like 13, I guess, with Galea or Murrell at 13. Otherwise this looks like a sign of further departures (BOOOO!) and arrivals (HUZZZZAH!)

Wow, your credibility rating just fell a couple more points.

I didn't realise you rated Clint so highly either.