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[town88]

WORKINGTON Town boss Gary Charlton has advised returning prop Peter Dobson to have a spell in the amateur game if he wants to earn a new contract with the club.

Dobson is fresh back from a year in Australia and declared an interest in returning to his former professional club.

But Charlton says he needs to see the prop in action before he can make a decision and has advised him to return to his amateur roots where he and fellow coach Martin Oglanby can then watch him in a game situation.

Dobson left West Cumbria last November to spend a year Down Under and returned much fitter and stronger from his spell in the Aussie game.

The former Glasson amateur spent time playing for both North Devils A-grade and North’s feeder club Aspley.

With North Devils being a feeder club for the Brisbane Broncos he has rubbed shoulders with some of the stars of the NRL, both playing with and against them.

But Charlton said: “Peter came down to training on Tuesday and I said to him that if he wants a contract at Workington, then he has to go back to amateur and play there so we can see him.

“We will definitely have a look at him and then we will see what materialises from there.”


I think this could be a bad move tbh! We should just get the lad signed up he can obviosly do the job.

[wonky]

no offence to either yourself or peter,but how do you know he can do a job.the coaches cant just take his word for it.i think its good advice,and if peter is serious about playing for the club then a couple of games at amateur will not do him any harm.when he left the club he wasnt exactly a world beater,and people seem to be judging him on the way coward has improved,which is unfair as there both different people.give the lad the chance to prove his worth in competitive games and then if hes good enough town will sign him up. i dont think anyone can question charlos judgement as there arent many players hes brought in that are duds.

[anok4u]

Well done charlo i say its telling people you just cant walk into the squad,i agree with all you said wonky,all but the last line because rhodes as to be the worst signing for many a year...

[wonky]

Well done charlo i say its telling people you just cant walk into the squad,i agree with all you said wonky,all but the last line because rhodes as to be the worst signing for many a year...

i did say nearly all.

[town82]

how could that possibly be a bad decision? lol just becuase he has spent time in australia means nowt, good idea coaches. it sends out the message you cant just walk into a town jersey!!! hope he does play well and gets a shot!

[town88]

did antone ask chris young or jarrad stack to go play in the amatuers??? All we had was someones word that they were good players? that all im saying. Im not saying that he should walk straight into the team but he would be a good squad player and add even more competition to the places!! If im not right alot of the people on this forum were saying we should get him signed up! He played well in his last season for town and a year in oz is only going to make him a better player i would of thought!!

[wonky]

did antone ask chris young or jarrad stack to go play in the amatuers??? All we had was someones word that they were good players? that all im saying. Im not saying that he should walk straight into the team but he would be a good squad player and add even more competition to the places!! If im not right alot of the people on this forum were saying we should get him signed up! He played well in his last season for town and a year in oz is only going to make him a better player i would of thought!!

seriously your comparing dobson to two of our best signings in recent years,young and stacky?they came over from scouting reports from peter walsh.whom im sure is regarded massively around the club.stack was an australian school boy player,so it wasnt exactly the biggest gamble ever.i think you must be peters mate and thats why you seem so bothered about if he signed or not.obviously the lad didnt show any improvements at training,so was given sound advice to prove his worth at amateur.and he played average in his last season for town,if hes improved so much then he WILL be signed when he has proven it.we have ginge,jacko,coward,mcgoff and mckenna,do we really need any more props to be sitting around taking up wages that could be spent on a good half back?

[town88]

seriously your comparing dobson to two of our best signings in recent years,young and stacky?they came over from scouting reports from peter walsh.whom im sure is regarded massively around the club.stack was an australian school boy player,so it wasnt exactly the biggest gamble ever.i think you must be peters mate and thats why you seem so bothered about if he signed or not.obviously the lad didnt show any improvements at training,so was given sound advice to prove his worth at amateur.and he played average in his last season for town,if hes improved so much then he WILL be signed when he has proven it.we have ginge,jacko,coward,mcgoff and mckenna,do we really need any more props to be sitting around taking up wages that could be spent on a good half back?

im not comparing him to them im just saying all we have is peter walsh`s word! yes that is a very good word to take but didnt he send bryce poisel and franco kmet over aswel???? if you look at the topic saying dobbo from a while back you in a round about way say he should sign wonky! as for knowing him your wrong i think ive spoken to the lad once after a game! if you look at last season at times we had 6 props on our books so whats the difference with this year?? mckenna is a secon row aswel.

Gavin

[gillmeister]

Theres other players in the Town squad who have never proven themselves in the amateur game either!!!! Good luck to Dobbo hope he proves the coaches wrong but if he does I get the feeling someone else will come knocking and he will go elsewhere

[Keith T]

When Arnie posted the original message that Dobbo was coming back and was looking for a team to play for I was one of those that said we should sign him up. I was saying that on the strength of his last few matches at Town before he left when I thought he had shown a lot of improvement. He has had a year in Oz which, if he has been playing regular, should have improved him further I would have thought. However, we have two coaches who we have to trust to do the job they have been given and if there judgement is that he needs to play a few amateur games for them to take a look at then I will willingly accpt that. What I would not like is if he decided to go to Haven, who are also looking for props, and come back to haunt us with a good performance!!!!!

[troutmaster]

seriously your comparing dobson to two of our best signings in recent years,young and stacky?they came over from scouting reports from peter walsh.whom im sure is regarded massively around the club.stack was an australian school boy player,so it wasnt exactly the biggest gamble ever.i think you must be peters mate and thats why you seem so bothered about if he signed or not.obviously the lad didnt show any improvements at training,so was given sound advice to prove his worth at amateur.and he played average in his last season for town,if hes improved so much then he WILL be signed when he has proven it.we have ginge,jacko,coward,mcgoff and mckenna,do we really need any more props to be sitting around taking up wages that could be spent on a good half back?

what about shackley,he is a prop/second row.

[town88]

When Arnie posted the original message that Dobbo was coming back and was looking for a team to play for I was one of those that said we should sign him up. I was saying that on the strength of his last few matches at Town before he left when I thought he had shown a lot of improvement. He has had a year in Oz which, if he has been playing regular, should have improved him further I would have thought. However, we have two coaches who we have to trust to do the job they have been given and if there judgement is that he needs to play a few amateur games for them to take a look at then I will willingly accpt that. What I would not like is if he decided to go to Haven, who are also looking for props, and come back to haunt us with a good performance!!!!!

Thats what i mean what if haven decide we will have him he is near enough guarenteed a game through ther if not with the 1st team then with the reserves. Im not saying sign him just so they cant have him, to be honest i would take the chance on him we did with rhodes so why not someone that has already proven that he can cope with our league in a poor team! Put him in this years team and you never know what might happen with some decent players around him? If he isnt making the grade then dont play him or release him!!!

Edited by town88, 28 November 2010 - 04:25 AM.

[griffin4]

no offence to either yourself or peter,but how do you know he can do a job.the coaches cant just take his word for it.i think its good advice,and if peter is serious about playing for the club then a couple of games at amateur will not do him any harm.when he left the club he wasnt exactly a world beater,and people seem to be judging him on the way coward has improved,which is unfair as there both different people.give the lad the chance to prove his worth in competitive games and then if hes good enough town will sign him up. i dont think anyone can question charlos judgement as there arent many players hes brought in that are duds.

lets hope he doesnt end up going to the jampots and end up being a very good signing for them by having a great season at the wreck!! possibly shooting ourselves in the foot springs to mind.