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Mick Dobson to leave Newcastle and join Nobby at Salford

Albert Rosenfeld

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Mick Dobson, the dynamic half back languishing in Newcastle's reserve team, has decided to quit the Knights in 2015. Dobson has failed to dislodge Tyrone Roberts from the first choice half back position at Newcastle. He will join Kevin "Nobby" Locke at Salford next season.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-league/27867146

However Dobson is not guaranteed a first team slot at Salford. He will be competing with Rangi Chase, and emerging stars Marc Sneyd and French teenager Theo Fages, for his place in the team.

Salford has been taken over by the voluble Palestinian racehorse owner Marwan Koukash, who has big ambitions for his unfashionable team. Salford is currently running 11th in a 14 team Super League. Koukash had the temerity to try to sign Sonny Bill Williams, somehow fantasising that the Kiwi maestro would want to give up the pleasures of Bondi, Tamarama, Bronte and Clovelly beaches, for the dreary obscurity of Salford. However the beautiful baby-faced "Nobby" Locke, and Mick Dobson, along with talented Leeds utility back Ben Jones-Bishop, and former Parramatta, Leeds and Castleford forward Weller Hauraki, are part of the loud mouthed owner's plans to make Salford a contender for silverware.

Expect more announcements of Australians leaving the NRL and heading for a pay day at Salford (birthplace of Adrian Morley and an appendage of Manchester), later this season.
 
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nick87

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The only surprising thing is that an NRL club took a punt on him to begin with. It surely can't have been THAT hard to track down game tape of his FG time with the Raiders
 
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Liddell said:
Wasn't this Salford bloke the one who said he'd be poaching the NRL's best players?
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It ts the very same person. Marwyn Koukash.

As I mentioned, Koukash, who has lots of cash, tried to sign Sonny Bill Williams. He also said he would be going after Billy Slater. Koukash has not been successful in either case. He is a loud mouth with big ambitions. But he has snared Nobby, who is a very good player, and now little Micky Dobson, who is a good player (even if not as good as Tyrone Roberts), plus the others I named. But rest assured that Koukash will be going after some more famous NRL players, even if not super stars, before this season is over. And those future signings will make the NRL worse off.
 
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Nice Beaver said:
Pfft. A hack who plays a few games here or there.

No-one cares about the crap fringe players leaving to make easy cash in that sub-standard garbage in the UK.
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You mean "crap fringe players" like Jamie Lyon (St Helens), Matt Gidley (St Helens), Danny Buderus (Leeds), Pat Richards (Wigan), Joel Monaghan (Warrington), Michael Monaghan (Warrington), Steve Menzies (Bradford and Catalans), Luke Walsh (St Helens), Leslie Vainikolo (Bradford), Trent Waterhouse (Warrington), Matt Bowen (Wigan), Ryan Hoffman (Wigan), Greg Bird (Catalans), etc.? :D

The "substandard garbage" you speak of -- which I am sure that you don't watch -- includes several English club teams that have defeated Australian club teams many times. In fact English teams have beaten Australian teams more often than Australian teams beat English teams in the World Club Challenge. Since the WCC began officially in 1989, and excluding the multi-team fiasco of Super League in 1997, the English clubs have won 11 times and the Australian clubs 8 times. :lol:

Obviously you haven't a clue.
 
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Albert Rosenfeld said:
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It ts the very same person. Marwyn Koukash.

As I mentioned, Koukash, who has lots of cash, tried to sign Sonny Bill Williams. He also said he would be going after Billy Slater. Koukash has not been successful in either case. He is a loud mouth with big ambitions. But he has snared Nobby, who is a very good player, and now little Micky Dobson, who is a good player (even if not as good as Tyrone Roberts), plus the others I named. But rest assured that Koukash will be going after some more famous NRL players, even if not super stars, before this season is over. And those future signings will make the NRL worse off.
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We've already lost Dobson and Locke, how much worse can it get?
 
Charlie124

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I dont want to live in a world where reserve grade quality players can get poached from the reserve grade team of a wooden spoon favourite club, while David Smith just sits there and lets it happen. Surely theres a salary cap concession that could be made for this.
 
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Albert Rosenfeld said:
You mean "crap fringe players" like Jamie Lyon (St Helens), Matt Gidley (St Helens), Danny Buderus (Leeds), Pat Richards (Wigan), Joel Monaghan (Warrington), Michael Monaghan (Warrington), Steve Menzies (Bradford and Catalans), Luke Walsh (St Helens), Leslie Vainikolo (Bradford), Trent Waterhouse (Warrington), Matt Bowen (Wigan), Ryan Hoffman (Wigan), Greg Bird (Catalans), etc.? :D

The "substandard garbage" you speak of -- which I am sure that you don't watch -- includes several English club teams that have defeated Australian club teams many times. In fact English teams have beaten Australian teams more often than Australian teams beat English teams in the World Club Challenge. Since the WCC began officially in 1989, and excluding the multi-team fiasco of Super League in 1997, the English clubs have won 11 times and the Australian clubs 8 times. :lol:

Obviously you haven't a clue.
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No dipshit. I am referring to you making a special thread for Mick Dobson leaving - who bloody cares??

And yes, it is a sub-standard competition. Jamie Lyon left Australia due to contractual issues. Joel Monahan left for obvious reasons, Hoffman left because of the Storm debacle. The other players you refer to left for a retirement fund boost. You are an idiot if you think otherwise.

As for the World Club Challenge :lol::lol::lol: If you think the NRL teams take that seriously then you have serious issues.

Now pissoff back to your curried sausages, warm beer and sub standard league.
 
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